[Hiring] Virtual Care Practitioner @South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

Role Description

The frontline has changed. Clinical expertise is no longer limited by geography, ambulance availability or hospital walls. Virtual Care is transforming how urgent and emergency care is delivered, helping patients access the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Lead the future of Virtual Care. Shape the future of healthcare.

As a Virtual Care Practitioner, you will:

• Undertake enhanced virtual assessment and management of patients accessing 999, NHS 111 and other referral pathways.
• Manage complex and high-risk patients using advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice and professional judgement.
• Formulate differential diagnoses and develop safe, effective and patient-centred management plans.
• Provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support to colleagues across the Virtual Care service.
• Lead, coach and mentor clinicians, supporting professional development and workforce capability.
• Support the development and optimisation of referral pathways and innovative models of care.
• Contribute to quality improvement, clinical governance, education and service transformation initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and healthcare partners to improve patient outcomes across the healthcare system.

Qualifications

• Experienced clinician with a passion for patient care.
• Committed to professional growth.
• Excited by the opportunity to be part of an evolving service.

Requirements

• Advanced clinical reasoning and professional judgement.
• Experience in managing complex, high-risk patient presentations.
• Ability to formulate differential diagnoses and develop management plans.
• Leadership and mentorship skills.
• Collaborative approach to working with multidisciplinary teams.

Benefits

• Option to join the NHS Pension Scheme.
• A minimum of 27 days' annual leave, increasing with NHS service.
• Excellent personal and professional development opportunities.
• Salary sacrifice schemes, including car leasing and cycle-to-work options.
• Access to occupational health and counselling services.
• Access to our award-winning wellbeing hub.
• Access to NHS staff discounts through a range of national and local schemes.