Advanced Clinical Practitioner - The Harbour

Torbay And South Devon Nhs Foundation Trust; West Alvington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is launching an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role within a Healthy Ageing Frailty / SDEC model at Newton Abbot Community Hospital. The ACP will work autonomously across clinical, leadership, education and research pillars to deliver safe, person-centred care for older adults with frailty.

The post requires a Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice (or NHSE portfolio) and registration with NMC/HCPC, with evidence of research and service improvement

Qualifications

• Degree or diploma in the core professional area.
• Current registration with a relevant professional body (NMC/HCPC).
• Master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or NHSE portfolio route.
• Leadership/management qualification or equivalent experience.
• Evidence of active involvement in research and portfolio development.
• Experience leading service improvement projects in health care.
• Immediate or Advanced Life Support qualification.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely same-day assessments and interventions to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
• Coordinate transitions between SDEC, Virtual Ward, community teams and primary care.
• Provide visible clinical leadership during daily huddles and MDT discussions.
• Support teaching, coaching and supervision; develop ACP capabilities.
• Lead or contribute to audits, evaluations and quality improvement projects.
• Work with high professional autonomy within defined scope and governance.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Clinical leadership

Education & supervision

Research & audit

Autonomous practice

Governance & safety

Change management

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

Degree/ diploma in core profession area

Registered with NMC/HCPC

Master's degree in Advanced Practice or NHSE portfolio

Leadership or management qualification

Evidence of active research presence

Experience implementing service improvement projects

Immediate or Advanced Life Support qualification

Job description

Job summary

We're excited to launch an innovative Healthy Ageing Frailty / Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) model based at Newton Abbot Community Hospital. This service provides rapid assessment and same-day management for adults living with frailty, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support people to remain well in their own communities.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), you'll work autonomously across the four pillars of advanced practice--clinical, leadership/management, education, and research--to deliver safe, person-centred care. You'll play a key role in developing this evolving pathway and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to embed best practice and innovation.

We're seeking experienced clinicians who have, or are working towards, a Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice (or recognised NHSE portfolio route). You'll be confident in complex clinical decision-making and thrive within a supportive governance framework that values professional development, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Advanced Clinical Assessment & Decision-Making Undertake comprehensive patient assessments, including detailed history taking and holistic physical and mental health examinations. Request and interpret investigations, and formulate evidence-based management plans, prescribe and deprescribe, working within a clearly defined scope of practice and with appropriate senior support.

Main duties of the job

• SDEC / Hospital at Home Pathway Delivery Deliver timely same-day assessments and interventions to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions. Coordinate seamless transitions between the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Virtual Ward, community teams, and primary care to ensure continuity of care.
• Leadership Across the Pathway Provide visible clinical leadership during daily huddles and multidisciplinary team (MDT) discussions. Act as a specialist resource for colleagues, supporting safe and efficient patient flow and contributing to continuous pathway improvement.
• Education & Supervision Support learning and development across the MDT through teaching, coaching, and supervision. Guide students and trainees, and contribute to the delivery and development of competency and capability frameworks within frailty and urgent care services.
• Quality, Research & Service Improvement Lead or participate in audit, evaluation, and quality improvement projects to embed bestpractice and drive innovation. Contribute to evidence-based service development and professional outputs through your Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) time (anticipated 80:20 clinical-to-SPA split, adjusted to meet service needs).

About us

You'll join Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, an integrated care organisation delivering acute, community and adult social care.

The Healthy Ageing team works across settings with a strong improvement culture, supportive supervision and multi-professional learning.

We value compassionate leadership, personalised care ('What matters to you'), and shared decision-making--backed by robust clinical governance and staff development.

Job responsibilities

• Clinical practice (pillar 1): Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for people living with frailty presenting to SDEC/ambulatory pathways; undertake appropriate procedures within competence; request and act on diagnostics (e.g., labs, ECGs, imaging) in line with local policy and regulation; prescribe and deprescribe within competence; high-quality documentation and handovers.
• Professional leadership & management (pillar 2): Provide expert advice across professions; support service governance, risk management and safety; contribute to service planning and pathway design across organisational boundaries; role-model compassionate, inclusive leadership.
• Education, training & development (pillar 3): Deliver formal/informal teaching; supervise, mentor and assess learners; help build ACP/advanced skills capability within the workforce; maintain and evidence own CPD and portfolio of practice.
• Research, audit & innovation (pillar 4): Lead or contribute to audit/service evaluation; use evidence-based practice to update guidelines and care standards; disseminate learning through teaching, QI forums and (where appropriate) academic outputs.
• Autonomous practice & governance: Work with high professional autonomy within agreed scope, escalating appropriately; apply safeguarding, Mental Capacity Act and consent principles; support equitable access and reasonable adjustments; uphold Trust policies and information governance.
• SPA / off-the-job time: Use SPA to progress education, leadership and research objectives linked to pathway outcomes; flex sessions in response to operational pressures, evidencing outputs.

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential

• Degree/ diploma in core profession area
• Registered on NMC/ HCPC
• Master's degree in advanced Practice or HEE e-portfolio equivalent
• Leadership or management course/qualification
• Evidence of active research presence
• Experience of implementing service improvement projects
• Immediate or Advanced Life Support qualification

Knowledge and experience

Essential

• Extensive experience within healthcare of older people including experience of working with complex/life limiting co-morbidities
• Evidence of service development/ improvement
• Ability to facilitate group supervision.
• Proven skills in leadership and motivating others
• Advanced assessment skills
• Proven experience in risk management
• An understanding of Clinical Governance and its implications for services, including experience of quality issues and audit
• Service development and transformation experience
• Multi-professional supervision
• Implementing policy and clinical guidance

Specific Skills

Essential

• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload.
• Ability to identify learning opportunities
• Ability to organise own learning and development.
• Ability to manage change
• Ability to develop others within the team
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues across health and social care settings
• Ability to present information to professional groups
• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned
• Ability to respond to problem situations and to ensure effective interventions are put in place
• Ability to be flexible and agile in relation to service needs

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - The Harbour • Newton Abbot, United Kingdom