Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

Monday - Sunday including bank holidays, 8am-8pm, mixed shift pattern - 8am -4pm; Early Shift, 12pm - 8pm; Late Shift & 8am - 8pm weekends (1 in 4)

Oxleas Bexley Rapid Response/Urgent Community Response Team (UCR) have an exciting 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner post available. The role works across UCR and Virtual Wards.

The successful post holder will work clinically within the team, whilst providing clinical leadership and line management to junior colleagues within the integrated multi-professional team. The post holder will be an expert nurse with extensive clinical experience in the management of patients, and the ability to clinically lead a community team.

We welcome dynamic applicants from adult Nursing and AHP backgrounds. This is an opportunity to join and further shape Bexley's UCR and Virtual Ward service.

UCR teams provide urgent care to people in their homes which helps to avoid hospital admissions and enable people to live independently for longer. Through these teams, older people and adults with complex health needs who urgently need care, can get fast access to a range of health and social care professionals within two hours. This includes access to physiotherapy and occupational therapy, medication prescribing and reviews.

Main duties of the job

The Directorate is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an innovative Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work as a member of the UCR team to support patients experiencing crisis ill health the team offer wider admission avoidance strategies.

The successful applicant will be working as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner supporting the UCR and Virtual Ward pathways to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and contribute to effective admission avoidance. The role incorporates high-level of advanced clinical assessment skills and use of the non-medical prescribing qualification to medically support complex patients within the community, presenting with a wide range of acute medical conditions.

You will be required to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process; identify gaps within the service and lead with service improvement and development in line with national and local strategies. You will be actively involved in research and responsible for leading implementation of evidence based clinical changes as well as facilitating a positive team culture through effective clinical leadership, providing a clinical resource to colleagues as required and delivering training and education to the team and wider services to improve standards of service delivery.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

The UCR team in Bexley provides a community rapid response to patients registered to Bexley GP and who live in the London Borough of Bexley seven days a week, Monday to Sunday from 8am to 8pm. This service treats patients at home to avoid a hospital admission or readmission.

All referrals are triaged by a senior member of the team and if clinically necessary seen within two hours (patients will also be seen later that day or the next day if required) by a multidisciplinary team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Advanced Primary Care Nurses, Staff Nurses Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Health Care and Rehabilitation Assistants, Social Workers, social care assistants and highly experienced administrators.

The team is supported by Consultants and Doctors, and works closely with hospital frailty teams, and colleagues in emergency care.

The team of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, and support staff complete comprehensive holistic assessments and provide short-term interventions for up to five days.

The service is designed for people over 18 who are housebound and who live in the borough registered with a Bexley GP.

Please refer to the Job Description attached for further information.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The UCR team in Bexley provides a community rapid response to patients registered to Bexley GP and who live in the London Borough of Bexley seven days a week, Monday to Sunday from 8am to 8pm. This service treats patients at home to avoid a hospital admission or readmission.

All referrals are triaged by a senior member of the team and if clinically necessary seen within two hours (patients will also be seen later that day or the next day if required) by a multidisciplinary team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Advanced Primary Care Nurses, Staff Nurses Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Health Care and Rehabilitation Assistants, Social Workers, social care assistants and highly experienced administrators.

The team is supported by Consultants and Doctors, and works closely with hospital frailty teams, and colleagues in emergency care.

The team of Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, and support staff complete comprehensive holistic assessments and provide short-term interventions for up to five days.

The service is designed for people over 18 who are housebound and who live in the borough registered with a Bexley GP.

Please refer to the Job Description attached for further information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold current professional registration with respective professional body NMC( Adult Registration / HCPC
• Hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Hold an Accredited autonomous practitioner MSc & Post Graduate Diploma Advanced Clinical Practice
• Accredited Leadership Qualification
• Non-medical Prescribing V300
• Portfolio of evidence for advance clinical practice consolidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Evidence of education/training in specialist area (i.e. therapies, interventions, service-specialism)
• Post graduate certificate in education

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum 6 years' experience as HCP
• Experience working within healthcare services at an advanced level of practice minimum of 1 years' experience as ACP or equivalent.
• Experience of service / practice development
• Experience in a range of care settings Primary Secondary Care Emergency Departments
• Advanced level understanding of specialist-specific disorders and their corresponding evidence-based interventions
• Applied knowledge of safeguarding, inclusion and equality
• Experience of leading research/quality improvement initiatives, developing and evaluating new ways of working
• Experience of leading a team

Desirable

• Experience of writing for publication and/or presenting to professionals and the public
• Extensive experience of leading the delivery of care for a diverse population

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Advanced autonomous clinical assessment
• Critical decision-making skills/ Advanced problem-solving skills
• Competence in requesting and interpretation of required investigations
• Advanced level written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of appraisals
• Full driving license with access to car
• Clinical Audit and interest in research
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working

Desirable

• Evidence of radiology requesting and Interpretation

Other Requirements

Essential

• Willingness / ability to work flexibly (time and location)
• Willingness to undertake further training and education relevant to practice and service need
• Supportive, friendly, adaptable and patient focussed
• Effective interpersonal skills with colleagues, patients and public
• Mental Effort Expected to concentrate for long periods of time when assessing patients Need to have constant vigilance and awareness of the client and environment.
• Ability to work flexibly to deal with interruption regarding service issues.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
• Demonstrate commitment to support national and Trust strategies and objectives for clinical care and advanced clinical practice

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Hold current professional registration with respective professional body NMC( Adult Registration / HCPC
• Hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Hold an Accredited autonomous practitioner MSc & Post Graduate Diploma Advanced Clinical Practice
• Accredited Leadership Qualification
• Non-medical Prescribing V300
• Portfolio of evidence for advance clinical practice consolidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Evidence of education/training in specialist area (i.e. therapies, interventions, service-specialism)
• Post graduate certificate in education

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Minimum 6 years' experience as HCP
• Experience working within healthcare services at an advanced level of practice minimum of 1 years' experience as ACP or equivalent.
• Experience of service / practice development
• Experience in a range of care settings Primary Secondary Care Emergency Departments
• Advanced level understanding of specialist-specific disorders and their corresponding evidence-based interventions
• Applied knowledge of safeguarding, inclusion and equality
• Experience of leading research/quality improvement initiatives, developing and evaluating new ways of working
• Experience of leading a team

Desirable

• Experience of writing for publication and/or presenting to professionals and the public
• Extensive experience of leading the delivery of care for a diverse population

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Advanced autonomous clinical assessment
• Critical decision-making skills/ Advanced problem-solving skills
• Competence in requesting and interpretation of required investigations
• Advanced level written and verbal communication skills
• Experience of appraisals
• Full driving license with access to car
• Clinical Audit and interest in research
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working

Desirable

• Evidence of radiology requesting and Interpretation

Other Requirements

Essential

• Willingness / ability to work flexibly (time and location)
• Willingness to undertake further training and education relevant to practice and service need
• Supportive, friendly, adaptable and patient focussed
• Effective interpersonal skills with colleagues, patients and public
• Mental Effort Expected to concentrate for long periods of time when assessing patients Need to have constant vigilance and awareness of the client and environment.
• Ability to work flexibly to deal with interruption regarding service issues.
• Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
• Demonstrate commitment to support national and Trust strategies and objectives for clinical care and advanced clinical practice

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address

181 Goldie Leigh

Lodge Hill

London

SE2 0AY

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