Senior Staff Nurse

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Senior Staff Nurse

The closing date is 10 March 2026

Are you an experienced Senior Nurse within an acute care setting looking for an opportunity to utilise your proven leadership skills alongside patient clinical assessment and acute care delivery? If so, this unique role is for you.

The Acute Care at Home service is a partnership between the University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), University Hospital of Derby and Burton (UHDB), Royal Wolverhampton Trust (RWT) and Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust (MPFT). The successful applicants will join an integrated, collaboratively focused team, employing proactive clinical practice and knowledge, to provide clinical assessment, monitoring and support, as part of our urgent care pathways.

Due to an appointment within the service, we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced nurse to join our Central Virtual Ward team.

Main duties of the job

You will be based at County Hospital and will play a key role in supporting the Central Virtual Ward team in hospital admission avoidance and supporting patients to leave hospital sooner than would otherwise be possible.

You will provide senior leadership working closely with the Clinical Nurse manager, visiting patients in their own home to carry out clinical assessments, formulate treatment plans and provide evidence-based care. You will also spend time as shift coordinator; facilitating staff support, triaging new referrals and liaising with members of the MDT to ensure patient safety and service continuity to the standards required.

To support your development, there will be ample opportunities to develop your knowledge, leadership and communication skills by contributing to specialty pathway development and innovations that will shape the future service in accordance with policy guidance.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Utilising Physical Health assessment skills to deliver direct clinical assessment and care provision of people in their home environment.

Co-ordination of daily Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and Consultant ward rounds, ensuring that patient related information is up to date and relevant clinical information is disseminated clearly and concisely.

Act as a point of contact providing advice, support and guidance to patients, colleagues and other healthcare professionals on issues relating to patient care.

Communicating sensitive information concerning patients medical condition(s) and status which involves relationship building; displaying persuasive and reassurance skills acting in the best interests of patients at all times.

Qualifications

• NMC registered
• Physical Health assessment
• Full Driving Licence

Experience

• Evidence of leadership skills
• Evidence of utilisation of Health assessment skills
• Evidence of mentorship/teaching in a clinical setting
• Experience working at band 6
• background in acute medical care setting in NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust