Junior Sister/Charge Nurse - RUH at Home
Location
Bath BA1 3NG
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 a year
Job Highlights
- Deliver hospital-level care for patients in their homes, including assessment, planning, and evaluation of personalised acute care.
- Ideal candidates should possess strong clinical judgement, leadership skills, and experience in nursing care for complex needs.
- The role involves working in a multidisciplinary team, seven days a week, with benefits including professional development and a supportive work environment.
Job Requirements/Description
Deliver hospital-level care where it can make a real difference: in a patient’s own home.
RUH Hospital at Home (RUH@Home) is our consultant-led virtual ward, supporting patients who would otherwise need to be admitted to hospital, or who can safely return home earlier with the right clinical support around them. The service works closely with primary, community and social care partners to ensure safe transitions of care.
You will join a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, therapists, therapy assistants and healthcare assistants providing personalised acute care in patients’ homes, seven days a week between 08:00 and 18:00.
In this key role you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care for patients with acute and complex needs within their own homes. Working autonomously, you will provide expert clinical decision-making, manage clinical risk and support the recognition and escalation of patient deterioration.
As a senior member of our multidisciplinary team, you will coordinate the day-to-day delivery of the nursing service, support patient flow and provide clinical leadership to other staff. You will contribute to service development, quality improvement and the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care within the virtual ward model.
Patient Care Responsibilities
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate person-centred care for patients with acute, complex and frailty-related needs.
Use your clinical judgement to recognise deterioration and respond or escalate appropriately.
Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care, including medicines and treatments.
Work collaboratively with patients, families, carers and the wider MDT to promote independence and achieve positive outcomes.
Maintain high standards of patient safety, clinical documentation, dignity and confidentiality.
Clinical Leadership and Service Coordination
Provide clinical leadership, advice and support to nursing and multidisciplinary colleagues.
Coordinate the RUH@Home caseload, prioritising visits, allocating patients and supporting effective patient flow.
Support the management of complex and deteriorating patients, ensuring timely escalation and transfer where required.
Work closely with acute, community and primary care partners to support admission avoidance and safe, timely discharge.
Identify and escalate clinical or operational pressures and contribute to service improvement.
Support the effective use of remote monitoring and virtual ward technology.
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we’re proud of.
We’re committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing – and yes, we even have a pool!
Discover what it’s like to live and work in Bath , explore our RUH staff benefits , and learn how we’re building healthcare for the future through the Dyson Cancer Centre and our commitment to research .
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information about this role.
This is a community-based role which requires the ability to work independently across a wide geographical area whilst remaining connected to the wider multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication, compassion and adaptability are essential, as patient needs can change throughout the day.
If you enjoy variety, autonomous working and building meaningful relationships with patients, while using your clinical skills to help people avoid an unnecessary hospital stay or return home sooner, this could be a fantastic next step in your nursing career.
RUH Hospital at Home (RUH@Home) is our consultant-led virtual ward, supporting patients who would otherwise need to be admitted to hospital, or who can safely return home earlier with the right clinical support around them. The service works closely with primary, community and social care partners to ensure safe transitions of care.
You will join a multidisciplinary team of doctors, nurses, therapists, therapy assistants and healthcare assistants providing personalised acute care in patients’ homes, seven days a week between 08:00 and 18:00.
In this key role you will be responsible for the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of care for patients with acute and complex needs within their own homes. Working autonomously, you will provide expert clinical decision-making, manage clinical risk and support the recognition and escalation of patient deterioration.
As a senior member of our multidisciplinary team, you will coordinate the day-to-day delivery of the nursing service, support patient flow and provide clinical leadership to other staff. You will contribute to service development, quality improvement and the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate care within the virtual ward model.
Patient Care Responsibilities
Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate person-centred care for patients with acute, complex and frailty-related needs.
Use your clinical judgement to recognise deterioration and respond or escalate appropriately.
Deliver safe, effective and compassionate nursing care, including medicines and treatments.
Work collaboratively with patients, families, carers and the wider MDT to promote independence and achieve positive outcomes.
Maintain high standards of patient safety, clinical documentation, dignity and confidentiality.
Clinical Leadership and Service Coordination
Provide clinical leadership, advice and support to nursing and multidisciplinary colleagues.
Coordinate the RUH@Home caseload, prioritising visits, allocating patients and supporting effective patient flow.
Support the management of complex and deteriorating patients, ensuring timely escalation and transfer where required.
Work closely with acute, community and primary care partners to support admission avoidance and safe, timely discharge.
Identify and escalate clinical or operational pressures and contribute to service improvement.
Support the effective use of remote monitoring and virtual ward technology.
We are proud to be part of BSW Hospitals Group - a formal partnership between the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. With a combined workforce of over 17, 600 colleagues, and budget of 1.6 billion the Group is united by a common purpose to deliver the best possible care to over 1 million people.
We are creating a health and care system that works with the people we care for, reducing the differences people currently face in access, experience and outcomes, improving the experience of our colleagues and tackling shared challenges like sustainability and finances. Every improvement we make across our Group will be guided by what creates the greatest benefit for our colleagues, our patients, our communities and our partners.
By working together, we make a real difference for our patients, each other, and our community. Every role matters in delivering the exceptional, person-centred care we’re proud of.
We’re committed to a compassionate, inclusive culture where kindness is championed, differences are valued, and diversity makes us stronger.
We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential. We prioritise staff wellbeing – and yes, we even have a pool!
Discover what it’s like to live and work in Bath , explore our RUH staff benefits , and learn how we’re building healthcare for the future through the Dyson Cancer Centre and our commitment to research .
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information about this role.
This is a community-based role which requires the ability to work independently across a wide geographical area whilst remaining connected to the wider multidisciplinary team. Excellent communication, compassion and adaptability are essential, as patient needs can change throughout the day.
If you enjoy variety, autonomous working and building meaningful relationships with patients, while using your clinical skills to help people avoid an unnecessary hospital stay or return home sooner, this could be a fantastic next step in your nursing career.
Location
Bath BA1 3NG
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Salary
£39,959 - £48,117 a year