Advanced Care Practitioner - Team Leader

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 63,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Southampton is seeking an Advanced Care Practitioner Team Leader to provide leadership to the Home Visiting and Care Home team, deliver acute care, and manage team operations. The ideal candidate should have extensive experience in advanced clinical practice, excellent team leadership skills, and the ability to coordinate care effectively. This full-time, permanent position offers a salary between £63,000 and £65,000, with a focus on improving health outcomes for the local community.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in advanced clinical practice.
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification.
• Experience in leading a team and service development.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-the-day visits for housebound patients.
• Lead clinical supervision and ensure high-quality care.
• Oversee daily service operations and team management.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical skills

Communication

Decision making

Education

Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc

Current NMC Registration

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an Advanced Care Practitioner Team Leader (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic), who can prescribe, to join our already established Home Visiting and Care Home team. The practitioner will provide on the day acute visits for housebound patients and care home residents within the PCN, as well as delivering proactive visits to support the ongoing health needs of our population. This post holder will be the team leader for the current Home Visiting team which consists of 2 prescribing ACPs from a nursing background and a paramedic. The team is likely to expand in the future. They will provide clinical and operational leadership for the PCN service, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care to housebound patients & care home residents across Southampton West PCN. This role combines direct patient care with key leadership responsibilities including staff supervision, rota coordination, governance, and service development.

The post holder will be required to provide on the day visits for housebound patients who are acutely unwell and need a clinical assessment, as well as pre-planned proactive care assessments. The practitioner will also need to visit patients living in care homes for both acute and proactive care, this will be in the form of either a ward round or an acute visit. The clinician will be responsible for prioritising visits according to clinical need and will be required to take a comprehensive history and devise a treatment plan.

Main duties of the job

As part of the proactive care service delivery, the post holder will be required to complete comprehensive frailty assessments, advanced care plans, end of life care planning, and medication optimisation while working closely with a wider MDT to identify patients who require input from other services or agencies.

The post holder will work with PCN member practices and the PCN leadership team to continuously develop the services, this will include reviewing and developing clinical policy, practice, and procedures to ensure the service is safe, efficient, and effective for our housebound and care home residents and GP member practices.

The Advanced Care Practitioner Team Leader will work as an autonomous practitioner responsible for the delivery of the PCN DES requirements and Home Visiting contractual requirements whilst working across the PCN multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice. Relationships are essential to this role and the practitioner will be required to always build meaningful working relationships with GP practices and PCN team members, including social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches and pharmacists.

The post holder will have access to a wide range of support from the PCN and Member Practices, this includes regular supervision with a GP.

Full details of the role and a list of primary duties can be found in the attached advert.

About us

About us

Southampton West Primary Care Limited

Southampton West Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of the 9 GP surgeries in the west of the City and covers 87,000 patients. Our mission is to work collaboratively to develop high quality services for our patients, so that we can improve health outcomes that enable people to live well, for longer, whilst developing resilient primary care.

The PCN already hosts a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary wellbeing team consisting of mental health practitioners, peer support workers, social prescribers, care coordinators, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Pharmacists, and First Contact Physiotherapists

Details Date posted

30 July 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£63,000 to £65,000 a year Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

W0004-25-0002

Job locations

The Shirley Health Partnership

355 Shirley Road

Southampton

SO15 3JD

Doctors Surgery

34 Raymond Road

Southampton

SO15 5AL

Hill Lane Surgery

162 Hill Lane

Southampton

SO15 5DD

Atherley House Surgery

Shirley Road

Southampton

SO15 3FH

Walnut Tree Surgery

14 Carlton Road

Southampton

SO15 2HQ

Brook House Surgery

98 Oakley Road

Southampton

SO16 4NZ

Cheviot Road Surgery

1 Cheviot Road

Southampton

SO16 4AH

Aldermoor Health Centre

Aldermoor Close

Southampton

SO16 5ST

Lordshill Health Centre

Lordshill District Centre

Southampton

SO16 8HY

Job description Job responsibilities

Primary Duties as Team Leader

Clinical Leadership

• Ensure the Home Visiting Team deliver high-quality clinical care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing, at all times.
• Support complex clinical decision-making.
• Lead on clinical supervision, medication safety, and prescription audits with input from frailty GP and pharmacists.
• Provide support with clinical queries and escalation.

Team Management

Oversee daily service operations and rota coordination for the AVS team working closely with the Care Coordinators and PCN Leadership Team.

Manage team development including:

• Monthly 1:1s and clinical supervision
• Probation reviews
• Annual appraisals and performance management
• Lead on recruitment and induction of new team members.
• Lead on team clinical development and training
• Ensure compliance with mandatory training and clinical competencies.
• Foster a supportive and inclusive team culture.
• Develop and implement robust CQC compliance processes

Service & Strategic Development

• Support development and implementation of Home Visiting Service protocols and policies.
• Work collaboratively with the PCN Business Manager, Frailty GP Lead, and Clinical Directors to enhance service delivery.
• Monitor performance and undertake quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure delivery of PCN DES, Home Visiting Service, and Proactive Care Service Contracts and QOF-aligned targets.

Primary Duties as an Advanced Care Practitioner

• Uses expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to housebound patients and care home residents registered with Southampton West PCN
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost effective, individualised patient care
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non-acute, and chronic medical conditions
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriate agencies.
• Directly admits patients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need
• Refers patients, as appropriate, to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations
• Interprets a range of diagnostic tests
• Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct
• Works within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management
• Communicates information well and sensitively to patients and carers having due regard to confidentiality
• Contributes towards targets under the primary Care Network Enhanced service and the Quality and Outcomes Framework
• Undertake and completes quality improvement projects where necessary
• Undertake annual reviews and care plans for patients including medication reviews ( with support of pharmacists where necessary).
• Accurately records clinical consultations on practice clinical systems ensuring the correct use of SNOMED codes and clinical templates
• Understand and implements safeguarding protocols and understand how and who to refer and escalate to when required
• To prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework
• Develops meaningful positive working relationships with local frailty teams and Multi Disciplinary Teams

Professional Development

• Maintain professional registration
• Work within the latest Code of Professional Conduct of professional body
• Partakes in monthly clinical supervision with GP service lead
• Actively participates in clinical PCN and Practice meetings
• Participate in any training programme implemented by Southampton West PCN Limited as part of this employment, such training to include:
• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Job description Job responsibilities

Primary Duties as Team Leader

Clinical Leadership

• Ensure the Home Visiting Team deliver high-quality clinical care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing, at all times.
• Support complex clinical decision-making.
• Lead on clinical supervision, medication safety, and prescription audits with input from frailty GP and pharmacists.
• Provide support with clinical queries and escalation.

Team Management

Oversee daily service operations and rota coordination for the AVS team working closely with the Care Coordinators and PCN Leadership Team.

Manage team development including:

• Monthly 1:1s and clinical supervision
• Probation reviews
• Annual appraisals and performance management
• Lead on recruitment and induction of new team members.
• Lead on team clinical development and training
• Ensure compliance with mandatory training and clinical competencies.
• Foster a supportive and inclusive team culture.
• Develop and implement robust CQC compliance processes

Service & Strategic Development

• Support development and implementation of Home Visiting Service protocols and policies.
• Work collaboratively with the PCN Business Manager, Frailty GP Lead, and Clinical Directors to enhance service delivery.
• Monitor performance and undertake quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensure delivery of PCN DES, Home Visiting Service, and Proactive Care Service Contracts and QOF-aligned targets.

Primary Duties as an Advanced Care Practitioner

• Uses expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to housebound patients and care home residents registered with Southampton West PCN
• Provide safe, evidence-based, cost effective, individualised patient care
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non-acute, and chronic medical conditions
• Assesses diagnoses and treats patients who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriate agencies.
• Directly admits patients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need
• Refers patients, as appropriate, to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations
• Interprets a range of diagnostic tests
• Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct
• Works within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management
• Communicates information well and sensitively to patients and carers having due regard to confidentiality
• Contributes towards targets under the primary Care Network Enhanced service and the Quality and Outcomes Framework
• Undertake and completes quality improvement projects where necessary
• Undertake annual reviews and care plans for patients including medication reviews ( with support of pharmacists where necessary).
• Accurately records clinical consultations on practice clinical systems ensuring the correct use of SNOMED codes and clinical templates
• Understand and implements safeguarding protocols and understand how and who to refer and escalate to when required
• To prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework
• Develops meaningful positive working relationships with local frailty teams and Multi Disciplinary Teams

Professional Development

• Maintain professional registration
• Work within the latest Code of Professional Conduct of professional body
• Partakes in monthly clinical supervision with GP service lead
• Actively participates in clinical PCN and Practice meetings
• Participate in any training programme implemented by Southampton West PCN Limited as part of this employment, such training to include:
• Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development
• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Leading a team and proven track record of service development
• Previous primary care experience in Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
• Own transport and driving license, in order to be able to travel regularly between sites around West Southampton

Desirable

• Previous Care Home Primary Care experience
• Experience of clinical audit, evaluation research and implementation of evidence-based practice
• Background in community nursing

Knowledge & Skills Essential

• Communication and consultation skills
• Practising holistically
• Data gathering and interpretation
• Making a diagnosis or decision
• Managing medical complexity
• Project management and leadership
• Working in a team
• Continuous professional development
• Maintaining an ethical approach
• Fitness to practise
• Clinical examination and procedural skills
• Learning and development
• PCN Core values
• Awareness of the legal and ethical issues of the role
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team as a key player
• Adult safeguarding level 3
• IT experience / computer skills

Qualifications Essential

• Advanced Care Practitioner Requirements
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc
• Current NMC Registration
• Membership of a professional body
• UK Driving license
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
• Paramedic Requirements:
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic
• has a further three years experience as a paramedic
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
• UK Driving license

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Leading a team and proven track record of service development
• Previous primary care experience in Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
• Own transport and driving license, in order to be able to travel regularly between sites around West Southampton

Desirable

• Previous Care Home Primary Care experience
• Experience of clinical audit, evaluation research and implementation of evidence-based practice
• Background in community nursing

Knowledge & Skills Essential

• Communication and consultation skills
• Practising holistically
• Data gathering and interpretation
• Making a diagnosis or decision
• Managing medical complexity
• Project management and leadership
• Working in a team
• Continuous professional development
• Maintaining an ethical approach
• Fitness to practise
• Clinical examination and procedural skills
• Learning and development
• PCN Core values
• Awareness of the legal and ethical issues of the role
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team as a key player
• Adult safeguarding level 3
• IT experience / computer skills

Qualifications Essential

• Advanced Care Practitioner Requirements
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc
• Current NMC Registration
• Membership of a professional body
• UK Driving license
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
• Paramedic Requirements:
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic
• has a further three years experience as a paramedic
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
• UK Driving license

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

Southampton West PCN Limited

Address

The Shirley Health Partnership

355 Shirley Road

Southampton

SO15 3JD

Employer's website

https://www.southamptonwestpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Southampton West PCN Limited

Address

The Shirley Health Partnership

355 Shirley Road

Southampton

SO15 3JD

Employer's website

https://www.southamptonwestpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)