Advanced Care Practitioner

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust; Poole; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust in Poole is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards). You will deliver autonomous care to frail older adults across hospital and community settings, with strong leadership and clinical governance responsibilities.

The post requires a Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice, capability across all four pillars, and independent prescribing (or progression towards).

Qualifications

• Hold a Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice aligned to the NHS England framework.
• Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
• Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
• Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
• Be confident practising autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced, autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults with complex, frailty-related and multi-morbid presentations.
• Manage undifferentiated and highly complex clinical scenarios.
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to formulate differential diagnoses and evidence-based management plans.
• Take professional responsibility for complete episodes of care, including prescribing (where appropriate), investigation, referral and follow-up.
• Support safe, effective patient flow and proactive pathway management.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Autonomous practice

Frailty management

Decision-making

Independent prescriber

Education

Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivatedAdvanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards.

This post is aligned to the NHS England Advanced Clinical Practice Framework, operating across the four pillars of advanced practice. The successful candidate will practise with a high level of autonomy and complex decision-making authority, delivering expert care to frail older adults across hospital and community settings.

• Provide advanced, autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults with complex, frailty-related and multi-morbid presentations.
• Manage undifferentiated and highly complex clinical scenarios
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to formulate differential diagnoses and evidence-based management plans.
• Take professional responsibility for complete episodes of care, including prescribing (where appropriate), investigation, referral and follow-up.
• Support safe, effective patient flow and proactive pathway management.

Interview:22nd September

Main duties of the job

The Role

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards) at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and will provide clinical leadership and advanced autonomous practice across the Directorates OPCC Wards.

The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of older persons who are medically fit for discharge but have ongoing care needs. Utilising an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

Working for our organisation

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see JD and PS

The Role

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards) at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and will provide clinical leadership and advanced autonomous practice across the Directorates OPCC Wards.

The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of older persons who are medically fit for discharge but have ongoing care needs. Utilising an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

Leadership & Management

• Provide visible clinical leadership within the Olde and across the Directorate.
• Support prioritisation of workload and operational flow
• Contribute to service transformation, redesign and integration aligned to national and Trust strategic priorities.
• Champion quality improvement, governance and values-based care.
• Support workforce development and advanced practice role modelling.

Education

Act as an expert resource for ACPs, trainee ACPs, ECPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.

• Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and support.
• Develop, deliver and evaluate specialist education programmes.
• Contribute to embedding the ACP role in line with national capability standards.

Research & Evidence-Based Practice

• Promote a culture of enquiry and continuous improvement.
• Apply critical appraisal skills to inform clinical decision-making and pathway development.
• Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.
• Support implementation of best practice and emerging evidence within older persons services.

About You

• Hold a Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or be near completion) aligned to the NHS England framework.
• Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
• Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
• Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
• Be confident practising autonomously
• Show strong leadership, influencing and service development skills

Why Join our OPCC Wards?

• Work within a supportive, forward-thinking multidisciplinary team on a nurse-led Ward
• Make a meaningful impact on outcomes and experience for older people.

Person specification

EDUCATION

• Hold a Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or be near completion) aligned to the NHS England framework.

GENERAL

• Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
• Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
• Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
• Show strong leadership, influencing and service development skills

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name ANN BROWN Job title MATRON Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0300 019 8143 Additional information

Ward Lead - Gabi Vanci 0300 019 4933

ACP -Jeanette O'Donnell 0300 019 4934