Clinical Practitioner Virtual Ward - Band 6

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Medical Hub Virtual Ward and be part of a friendly, supportive and dynamic multi-disciplinary team.

In Gloucestershire, our Virtual Wards provide specialist led care for a variety of patients with pathways currently for frailty, heart failure, respiratory, General Medical and work closely with our Surgical Virtual Hub team.

We deliver acute level care in patient homes using advanced personal remote monitoring technology where required, enabling them to safely leave hospital sooner (or not come into hospital at all). Our service is forward thinking and innovative, but not delivered as a remote service. We work with a Hospital at Home community team.

The Virtual Ward Hub team work together to assess and provide support enabling early discharge from hospital or avoiding admission to hospital.Come and be part of a newly established, forward-looking service.Work with a range of health and care professionals.Support providing care to patients in their own homes-use innovative digital technology.Be part of an integrated model working across community and acute services

Main duties of the job

The Band 6 Clinical Practitioner will provide clinical care and ensure that evidence- based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment. You will work as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team, working closely with acute and community practitioners, taking referrals from Primary and Secondary Care across Gloucestershire localities, and reviewing patients who can be managed at home. The role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of a developing service model, working in the virtual ward hub providing acute care within the community. This role is flexible and across key services including SDEC, Frailty Assessment Service, Respiratory, Heart Failure and community SPCA services. The post holder will work collaboratively with the virtual ward consultants, operational leads, GP's and wider Multi-professional Teams taking part in a rota that currently covers a seven-day service during the hours of 8am and 6pm.

The role is not a remote post as a requirement to work within the main bases and visit patients for clinical assessments, care and decision making.

About us

The Virtual Ward programme is a truly whole system initiative.

This role will be employed by the acute trust with an honorary contract with our community provider GHC - we believe that this role is crucial to the interface between community and secondary care, and this role will build on the great partnership working already established between the 2 providers for the delivery of excellent care. We are fortunate that Gloucestershire has a single acute trust, and single community provider, which provides excellent conditions for a cross- system roles such as this. Our digital partner Doccla has a wide range of Virtual Ward experience from other systems - and we are leading the way with two way integration into our electronic patient records.

This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to help shape and develop the service and team to meet the needs of patients at home. In return, the opportunity to work alongside and across providers is an exciting prospect for clinicians who really believe in integrated models of care. You will be supported by clinical leads, operational leads and transformation leads within both organisations.

Details

Date posted

15 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year (pa, pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-26-T0329

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

United Kingdom

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