Job summary
- Main area
- Nurse Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 225-DIV3-7428968
- Employer
- The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wolverhampton Science Park
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Practitioner
Band 7
Job overview
Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
Level 7 Advanced Health Assessment qualification
V300 Non-Medical Prescribing qualification, with a minimum of 12 months prescribing experience
Proven clinical expertise in managing patients with complex needs/acute experience/managing the acutely unwell patient.
Excellent communication, clinical decision-making, and leadership skills
Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively across services
As this is a community-based role, a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Deliver high-quality, autonomous care to patients within the Virtual Ward, using advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills.
Monitor patients remotely using a variety of digital platforms; therefore, strong IT skills and digital literacy are essential.
Identify and manage patients suitable for step-up or step-down care between acute, urgent, and community settings, including in-reach to Accident & Emergency and acute hospital wards.
Promote public health and wellbeing through the ‘Making Every Contact Count’ approach, supporting individuals, carers, and families to make positive changes to their physical and mental health.
Support and mentor junior staff, contributing to their development and the overall capability of the team.
Developing and delivering teaching sessions to junior members of the team.
Actively participate in service improvement initiatives, research, and audit activities to enhance clinical practice and patient outcomes.
Ensuring safe and effective clinical practice through evidence-based care and adherence to professional standards.
Enhancing the patient experience by delivering compassionate, responsive, and personalised care.
Contributing effectively to the organisation’s objectives, including integrated care delivery and admission avoidance.
Efficient and effective use of resources, ensuring value for money and sustainability.
Ability to request and interpret clinical investigations (i.e, bloods, ECG, etc).
Person specification
Driving
Essential criteria
- Full UK driving license and access to own vehicle
Clinical
Essential criteria
- Relevant postgraduate community nursing/acute nursing qualification, training and experience
- Registered Independent non-medical prescriber
- Registered with professional body
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- SEAN WHEATLEY
- Job title
- Lead ACP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07586524439
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