Hospital at Home Band 6 Nurse
A great opportunity has arisen within our Hospital at Home team for a nurse passionate about delivering high‑quality, patient‑centred care outside the traditional ward setting.
You’ll provide clinical care directly in patients’ homes, rehabilitation units, and residential or nursing facilities, ensuring safe and seamless support.
The role includes assessing patients in hospital for discharge readiness, coordinating documentation and equipment, and continuing their care through observations, bloods, and both planned and urgent virtual‑ward reviews.
You’ll contribute to service quality through audits, work closely with senior staff to maintain high standards, and help manage the waiting list by assessing needs and directing patients to the right services.
Duties
- The post holder will be responsible for assessing patients within the hospital setting to determine their readiness to return to a more appropriate environment, which may include their own home, a rehabilitation facility, or a residential/nursing home.
- Following the assessment, they will coordinate all required documentation and equipment to ensure a safe and timely discharge from acute care.
- Once patients are admitted to the Hospital at Home service, the post holder will provide ongoing clinical monitoring, including undertaking observations, blood tests, and managing both planned and urgent reviews as part of the virtual ward model.
- They will contribute actively to the service’s audit processes, working alongside the Team Manager and Matron to maintain high standards of care and support continuous improvement.
About Us
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton.
Both hospital sites offer key services, including A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity, and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high-performing Trust committed to staff health and well-being.
As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region, you will have access to a programme of high-quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trust's core values. We achieve this by using values-based recruitment.
We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Please note that vacancies may close before the advertised closing date when a sufficient number of applications have been received. All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering the first 6 months in post.
Travel between hospital sites may be required. Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarise yourself with all requirements of the job
For further details / informal visits, contact:
Name: Anna Szatkowska
Job title: Manager
Email address: anna.szatkowska@bedsft.nhs.uk
