Staff Nurse - VIRTUAL WARD | The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 Per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | King's Lynn, PE30 4ET |
| Company: | Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7283304/426-856-25MG |
Summary
A rare opportunity has arisen in our Virtual Ward as a band 5 staff nurse.
Virtual Ward aims to provide safe and effective monitoring and a follow up service for patients who require ongoing care following acute hospital admissions. Virtual ward offer a safe alternative to traditional hospital care for patients meeting specific clinical criteria.
*Please note that online interviews will not be available for this vacancy. All shortlisted candidates will be required to attend an in-person interview*
The successful candidate will work alongside the existing members of the multidisciplinary team,Consultants ,Nurses ,community , DTU & Virtual ward Clinical Co Ordinator to provide a high standard of care to patients who require medications, procedures of investigations to either control or diagnose medical conditions.
Detailed Job description given below.
There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH. We’re working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we’ve ever undertaken.
Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.
At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.
We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.
We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.
Virtual Ward are looking for someone who is passionate about patient care and who is dedicated to providing a high standard of care.
The team have built a good rapport with many of their patients due to the nature of treatment they are able to see some of their patients on a regular basis due to the ongoing treatment programmes of the patients they care for.
This advert closes on Thursday 10 Jul 2025