Advanced Clinical Practitioner | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Bury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to join their community-based workforce in Bury. The role involves developing and leading relationships to prevent acute hospital admissions, managing health needs, and providing comprehensive care. The ideal candidate will have experience in advanced clinical assessment and multi-disciplinary teamwork. The position offers flexible working opportunities and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Flexible annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Experience as an independent and interdependent practitioner.
• Ability to develop, deliver, and evaluate patient centered services.
• Experience in advanced assessment, management, and treatment of patients.

Responsibilities

• Lead relationships across Bury Intermediate Care and Rapid Community Response.
• Assist individuals to manage their health needs and develop care plans.
• Co-ordinate health care needs for people at risk of hospitalization.

Job description

Overview

As an Advanced Practitioner you will be part of an exciting community-based workforce providing specialised input as an independent and interdependent practitioner developing and leading relationships across Bury Intermediate Care and Rapid Community Response, preventing unnecessary acute hospital admissions, enabling individuals to remain in their own homes for longer and prevent premature admissions into long term care facilities. You will assist individuals and their carers to proactively manage and anticipate their future health needs, support self-care, develop appropriate plans, and work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team including, partner organisations such as NWAS, GP/ primary care, pharmacy services and wider Intermediate Tier service members.

The post holder will lead in developing, delivering and evaluating high quality patient centred services in conjunction with the associated clinical teams to ensure this is incorporated within the Intermediate Tier and Bury ICP objectives. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will be expected to take an active role in the advanced assessment, management and treatment of patients over 18 years of age. The primary role for this post is within Rapid Community Response service but could involve rotation across the Bury Urgent Care system. The post holder will be expected to work flexibly across the whole Intermediate Tier.

The autonomous practitioner will provide comprehensive healthcare sensitive to the needs of the Bury population, including advanced clinical assessments, taking history, diagnosing, planning treatment, prescribing and evaluation of care. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team and across the primary, secondary and social care interfaces in Bury, be responsible for co-ordinating and meeting the health care needs of people at risk of hospitalisation or requiring a more intensive level of care in the intermediate care environment.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Sep 2025