BANK Senior Nurse for UCR & Virtual Ward - Various Sites
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 18/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse to join the Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. The role involves providing care to patients in their own homes, aiming to prevent hospital admissions. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering agreed treatment and care plans. The position requires flexibility to work shifts between 08:00-00:00, seven days a week, including bank holidays.
Essential criteria
- Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Degree or alternative post registration qualifications in a relevant discipline or portfolio of significant relevant experience supplemented by Diploma specialist training, experience, short courses.
- Health Assessment and Examination skills within clinical practice or willingness to work towards.
- Extended/Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards.
- Long term condition module or specialist practice qualification or willingness to work towards.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Sound clinical judgement and decision making regarding acutely unwell patients.
- IT skills, data collection & input, audit and evaluation.
- Knowledge of current community services and utilise research within nursing to maintain best practice.
- Excellent interpersonal and Leadership skills Proactive approach and innovative.
- Leadership skills.
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills.
- Wide range of experience within the Community, Urgent Care, Rapid Response or Emergency Care.
- Evidence of personal and professional development.
- Experience of undertaking clinical assessment.
- Clinical supervision & leadership.
- Ability to work safely under pressures across competing priorities.
- Able to follow detailed written instructions and assessment outcomes.
- Other
- Must be able to meet travel requirements of the post
- Training and Qualifications
- Level 1 Adult Nurse Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Degree or alternative post registration qualifications in a relevant discipline or portfolio of significant relevant experience supplemented by Diploma specialist training, experience, short courses.
- Health Assessment and Examination skills within clinical practice or willingness to work towards.
- Extended/Supplementary Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification or willingness to work towards.
- Long term condition module or specialist practice qualification or willingness to work towards.
- Knowledge and Skills
- Sound clinical judgement and decision making regarding acutely unwell patients.
- IT skills, data collection & input, audit and evaluation.
- Knowledge of current community services and utilise research within nursing to maintain best practice.
- Excellent interpersonal and Leadership skills Proactive approach and innovative.
- Leadership skills.
- Advanced communication, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills.
- Wide range of experience within the Community, Urgent Care, Rapid Response or Emergency Care.
- Evidence of personal and professional development.
- Experience of undertaking clinical assessment.
- Clinical supervision & leadership.
- Ability to work safely under pressures across competing priorities.
- Able to follow detailed written instructions and assessment outcomes.
- Other
- Must be able to meet travel requirements of the post
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 12d ago · Closes in 3d
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent Community Response & Virtual Wards service. The post will form part of a seven day ([phone number removed]) based across various localities.
The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology.
We are looking for a Registered Nurse who shares our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can help devise & deliver a recommended and agreed treatment/care plan to service users in their own home. The post holder will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers.
Please note this position is community based, requiring the successful applicant to see patients in their own homes. Therefore, a valid driving licence with access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
_Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you apply early to avoid disappointment._
Main duties of the job
- Take personal responsibility for actions and omissions, and fully recognise personal accountability.
- To work alongside the Adult Community and Planned Care Service Delivery Groups to deliver a
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