Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Transformation Unit; Ashton-in-Makerfield; Sur place; GBP 58 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible working

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Résumé du poste

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is inviting applications for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Band 8a) in the Hospital at Home service. The role is based in Ashton-under-Lyne, working 37.5 hours per week across 7 days, providing autonomous advanced clinical assessment and management for adults in their own homes.

You will join an expanding team delivering urgent care with collaboration across primary care, community services and acute trusts, with a focus on safe,

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse/ Therapist with current registration at Advanced Practitioner level.
• Independent non-medical prescriber.
• MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent.
• Basic Life Support.
• NMC mentor preparation course or equivalent.

Responsabilités

• Lead autonomous ACP role in Hospital at Home.
• Deliver advanced assessment, management and treatment for adults at home.
• Collaborate with primary care, community services and acute trusts.
• Contribute to rapid two-hour response service development.
• Discharge planning and clinical decision making.

Connaissances

Compassion

Prioritisation

Communication

Coaching

Work under pressure

Formation

NMC Registered

Independent prescriber

MSc Advanced Practice

Basic Life Support

Mentor preparation

Description du poste

Main area Hospital at Home Service Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (this will be working over 7 days between the hours of 07:30 - 20:00) Job ref 245-AHP8AHAH-10-26

Employer Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Crickets Lane Clinic / Acute trust Town Ashton-Under-Lyne Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 12/11/2026 23:59

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band 8a

Job overview

Advanced Clinical Practitioner,Band 8a - 37.5 hours per week

NMC & AHP professional registrants can apply.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Division of Integrated Care, Adults, Children and Young People, we are seeking an advanced clinical Practitioner to join our Hospital at Home service.

Main duties of the job

Urgent Crisis response within the Hospital at Home umbrella is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner led service based in the community. The team provide urgent health care to patients in their homes who are experiencing an acute illness, to avoid an unnecessary attendance to hospital. You will be part of developing and shaping the future of the two - hour response service within Tameside and Glossop.

The post holder will be an autonomous Advanced clinical practitioner who will be expected to take an active role in the response, stabilisation and making safe element of acute care pathways by delivery of advanced assessment, management, and treatment of patients over 18 years of age within the Hospital at Home service.

The successful postholder will have community experience and demonstrate specialist clinical skills and knowledge in advanced clinical assessment. The Advanced clinical practitioner will offer clinical expertise, guidance, and management plans, clinical decision making, and discharge planning to acutely unwell patients. Develop differential diagnosis and work in collaboration with primary care, community services and acute trust and the wider multidisciplinary team to agree what services need to be put in place; what clinical and medical support will be needed to manage and mitigate risk to ensure a safe and supportive care in their usual place of residence.

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.

Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required . These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person specification

skills

• Desire to provide the best care possible
• Ability to efficiently prioritise and allocate care
• Evidence of excellent communication and listening skills
• Able to participate in on job training in relation to a range of aspects of providing physical, emotional and social care for patients using a coaching approach.
• Ability to work unsupervised on a day to day basis and to manage/ prioritise a delegated caseload independently
• Ability to deal with emotionally difficult situations
• Strong written, oral and presentation skills
• Ability to problem solve within a defined set of likely problems and possible solutions
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate empathy and compassion
• Ability to demonstrate self-motivation skills and evidence of an ability to motivate others
• Able to communicate effectively with the general public colleagues, clinicians and managers
• To act as an effective member of the team, supporting other members where appropriate and contributing fully to the work of the whole department
• Able to work under pressure and to demanding timescales, organising own workload to meet changing priorities
• Able to work on own initiative and as an effective and responsible member of the team
• Able to produce accurate, well presented documents to a high standard
• Able to adapt to change
• Accuracy and attention to detail, with a methodical approach
• Maintain confidentiality at all times

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse / Therapist with current registration working at an Advanced Practitioner level
• Independent non-medical prescriber
• MSc in Advanced Practice or Equivalent
• Basic Life Support
• NMC Approved mentor preparation course or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

• Clinical expertise relevant to area of practice
• Ability to build effective working relationships across a range of healthcare and other organisations
• Post registration experience in a community setting.
• Evidence of relevant experience working within a people centered health, social or customer care environment demonstrating an ability to work with a variety of individuals with varying needs and /or in varying environments.
• Experience of working as part of a team and in isolation.
• Working as part of / with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Demonstrate IT literacy and competency with e-mail, word, intranet etc.
• Knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
• Evidence of successful completion of relevant recent training in e.g. equality and diversity, disability awareness, safeguarding, moving and handling, management of violence and aggression.

Attributes & Behaviours

• Flexibility in a changing environment
• Flexibility to meet the demands of the service
• Understands and can demonstrate Trust core values
• Self-motivating, enthusiastic and self-disciplined
• Calm and resolute under pressure
• Courteous and professional attitude
• Ability to demonstrate a positive “can do” approach, whatever the situation
• Able to work flexibly around working hours, including occasional out of office core hours
• Ability and willingness to travel in the course of performing duties, in a timely manner on a daily basis
• Ability to travel to various locations within Tameside and Glossop

New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.

For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.

Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.

At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.

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