Advanced Clinical Practitioner

NHS; St Albans; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 59,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity exists for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner at a leading hospice care provider in St Albans, aimed at enhancing patient care in Palliative Settings. The role involves collaboration with medical teams and implementing quality improvement initiatives, requiring advanced clinical skills and experience. Candidates should have a regulated healthcare qualification and be committed to continuous professional development.

Qualifications

• Professional healthcare qualification and advanced clinical experience in Palliative Care or Long-term conditions.
• Independent Non-medical Prescriber certification required or willingness to obtain.
• Advanced Communications Skills training.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational delivery of clinical practices to improve patient outcomes.
• Monitor safe patient care and manage multidisciplinary care planning.
• Embed quality assurance frameworks into clinical practices.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Experience

Leadership

Communication Skills

Education

Professional Health Care Regulated Qualification

Master's Level or willingness to undertake

Job description

Job summary

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Living Well & Care Coordination Centres

• Hours: 37.5 hours per week (part-time hours considered)
• Location: Grove House, St Albans
• Salary: Rennie Grove Peace Band 8a - £51,971 - £58,496 per annum (pro rata)
• Closing date: 16 June 2025 at 12 noon
• Interview date: TBC

The Opportunity this role presents

• Opportunity to be the key collaborator with the medical consultant team and other Service leads to deliver the best clinical intervention for the patient while utilising clinical skills efficiently.
• Opportunity to upskill and remain at the heart of patient care.
• Opportunity to be sponsored and supported to study at Master level.

Main duties of the job

The role of Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Living Well & Care Coordination Centres is in place to improve the clinical practice and patient outcomes across RGP Living Well and Care Coordination Centres services, through the creation of a culture of learning, quality improvement and innovation.

Using advanced clinical expertise and extensive knowledge of the palliative care sector to deliver direct patient care and support colleagues to ensure best practice standards are maintained and improved patient outcomes.

About us

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care (RGP) offer exceptional, specialised and highly valued care, serving our local community of people affected by life-limiting illness or bereavement, across Herts and Bucks.

Details Date posted

06 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£51,971 to £58,496 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

NTX1105580

Job locations

Grove House

St Albans

AL3 5QX

Job description Job responsibilities

You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:

• Lead and support the operational delivery of the RGP strategy into day-to-day clinical practice, ensuring the agreed annual Patient Services work plan timescales are met.
• Deliver evidenced based practice and improved patient/carer outcomes across the end-to-end patient pathway.
• Monitor the delivery of safe, responsive patient care, proactively leading on multidisciplinary care planning meetings/case load reviews to ensure care is effectively co-ordinated and delivered.
• Embed the RGP Quality and Assurance framework into day-to-day practice in collaboration with the governance team, ensuring clinical policies & best practice guidelines are in place and audit findings are implemented.
• Proactively manage patient related accidents and incidences and embedding an open transparent culture that support continuous improvement and when required recommendations to changes in practice/ processes.
• Provide oversight and direction on the development needs of the wider clinical workforce, working with the Practice Educators to ensure the required internal and external training, programmes and resilient supervision practices are in place.
• Working with the Learning & Development team make Palliative Care an attractive place to work, ensuring a robust induction and mentorship pathway.
• With a steer on the development of external multi-professional student / career placements.
• As an expert practitioner, mentor and coach to enhance our nursing/ AHPs clinical decision-making confidence and competence, ensuring effective use of our clinical workforce's knowledge and skills to proactively respond to our patient/carers needs.
• Keep abreast of both national and local palliative care initiatives.
• Ensuring any service redesign/ evaluation developments drive maximum efficiency and improve patient experiences.
• Working collaboratively, influence and seek opportunities to further enhance wider RGP patient earlier diagnosis pathways. With a particular focus of raising awareness and engagement with other NHS/ Social Care long-term conditions leads, creating joint patient initiatives that avoid any unnecessary duplication.
• Working with the Business, Operations & Performance Managers, Medical Consultants and other external partners explore where the ACP leadership and expertise can be best utilised to the best effect.
• Be research proactive.
• As the nominated Medical Devices Safety Officer (MDOS) lead, chair and lead on the designated Patient Safety interest group, reporting to the wider RGP Patient services Safety group.

Job description Job responsibilities

You will therefore need to demonstrate your abilities in the following areas:

• Lead and support the operational delivery of the RGP strategy into day-to-day clinical practice, ensuring the agreed annual Patient Services work plan timescales are met.
• Deliver evidenced based practice and improved patient/carer outcomes across the end-to-end patient pathway.
• Monitor the delivery of safe, responsive patient care, proactively leading on multidisciplinary care planning meetings/case load reviews to ensure care is effectively co-ordinated and delivered.
• Embed the RGP Quality and Assurance framework into day-to-day practice in collaboration with the governance team, ensuring clinical policies & best practice guidelines are in place and audit findings are implemented.
• Proactively manage patient related accidents and incidences and embedding an open transparent culture that support continuous improvement and when required recommendations to changes in practice/ processes.
• Provide oversight and direction on the development needs of the wider clinical workforce, working with the Practice Educators to ensure the required internal and external training, programmes and resilient supervision practices are in place.
• Working with the Learning & Development team make Palliative Care an attractive place to work, ensuring a robust induction and mentorship pathway.
• With a steer on the development of external multi-professional student / career placements.
• As an expert practitioner, mentor and coach to enhance our nursing/ AHPs clinical decision-making confidence and competence, ensuring effective use of our clinical workforce's knowledge and skills to proactively respond to our patient/carers needs.
• Keep abreast of both national and local palliative care initiatives.
• Ensuring any service redesign/ evaluation developments drive maximum efficiency and improve patient experiences.
• Working collaboratively, influence and seek opportunities to further enhance wider RGP patient earlier diagnosis pathways. With a particular focus of raising awareness and engagement with other NHS/ Social Care long-term conditions leads, creating joint patient initiatives that avoid any unnecessary duplication.
• Working with the Business, Operations & Performance Managers, Medical Consultants and other external partners explore where the ACP leadership and expertise can be best utilised to the best effect.
• Be research proactive.
• As the nominated Medical Devices Safety Officer (MDOS) lead, chair and lead on the designated Patient Safety interest group, reporting to the wider RGP Patient services Safety group.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Professional Health care regulated qualification

Additional Criteria Essential

• Master's Level or willingness to undertake the accredited master's level Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) apprenticeship. Independent Non-medical Prescriber and Clinical assessment top to toe qualification or willingness to undertake. Advanced clinical experience of working in Palliative Care or Long- term Condition setting (Band 7). Advanced Communications Skills training certificate.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Professional Health care regulated qualification

Additional Criteria Essential

• Master's Level or willingness to undertake the accredited master's level Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) apprenticeship. Independent Non-medical Prescriber and Clinical assessment top to toe qualification or willingness to undertake. Advanced clinical experience of working in Palliative Care or Long- term Condition setting (Band 7). Advanced Communications Skills training certificate.

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

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Address

Grove House

St Albans

AL3 5QX

Employer's website

https://renniegrovepeace.org/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Rennie Grove Peace Hospice Care

Address

Grove House

St Albans

AL3 5QX

Employer's website

https://renniegrovepeace.org/ (Opens in a new tab)