Band 7 – Frailty Virtual Community Nurse

Job title: Band 7 -Frailty Virtual Ward Nurse Practitioner

Location: Homerton Hospital /Community Sites/People’s Homes

Hours: Contract 37.5 PER WEEK; shift hours 9AM-5PM

Rates: £30/hr gross Inside IR35 rules

To be considered for this role you need a minimum of 6 months NHS experience within the last 2 years.

Job description:

Athona’s Nursing division is currently recruiting for Community Frailty Virtual agency nurses, with an opportunity based in East and North London and surrounding areas. This is community-based shift work for an NHS Trust. You will need to be a car driver and have access.

Key skills:
Wound care
Catheter care
Palliative care
Holistic assessment
Medication administration
Insulin administration/management

Job Summary:

1. The post holder will practice within a multidisciplinary team and provide care to patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating their care needs in the hospital and patients' own homes.
2. Working within the Frailty Virtual Ward to prevent unnecessary admissions and/or facilitate timely discharge from hospital/other healthcare settings under direct or indirect supervision of senior medical colleagues.
3. Responsible for delivering a high standard of holistic nursing care whilst promoting and maintaining health education and independence.
4. Participate in service development within Frailty Virtual Ward service setup, audits and outcome measures to embed a culture of continuous improvement and positive outcomes for patients.
5. Work in a challenging socioeconomic environment involving patients who have highly complex social problems and those from culturally diverse backgrounds.
6. Deputise for Band 8A Frailty Virtual Ward Lead in their absence, taking responsibility for operationally managing allocated parts of the service.

To be considered for this post, applicants will need:

• Full NMC registration
• Enhanced DBS for Adult and Child

Why Athona:

Athona is one of the UK’s leading on-framework healthcare recruitment agencies, with a reputation for building professional and personable relationships with our candidates and Trusts nationwide. After almost two decades in the business, we pride ourselves on taking great care and detail in every candidate that we place, and we believe that there is an art to being a good recruiter. This is what we call, ‘The Art of Recruitment.’

Negotiable excellent rates of pay, with weekly payroll
One point of contact and 24/7 out of hours support available
We’re CPD accredited
Industry-leading revalidation and appraisal support team
Benefit from our exclusive discount codes
Referral scheme – receive up to £200 for Nurses recommendation
If this job sounds of interest to you, get in touch by applying today to find out more.