Advanced Clinical Practitioner - UEC

THE VISA JOBS; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Urgent and Emergency Care Services in Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. The post involves delivering high-quality, person-centred care in patients’ homes, supported by a multidisciplinary team and digital tools.

The role requires autonomous clinical decision-making across general medicine, frailty, respiratory and cardiology, within a seven-day service framework.

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical practitioner with autonomous practice.
• Experience in delivering complex assessment and treatment plans.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced level clinical practice autonomously.
• Assess, investigate, diagnose, prescribe, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team including consultant, GP, pharmacist, nurses and therapists.

Job description

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Services which include Urgent Community Response (UCR), Virtual Ward (VW) and Integrated front door (IFD).

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Services which include Urgent Community Response (UCR), Virtual Ward (VW) and Integrated front door (IFD). The post will form part of a seven-day service based within one of the Trust's locality teams. The service provides patients who are experiencing an acute change in their health, a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission, supported by a mixture of face to face visits and digital technology. We are looking for Advanced Clinical Practitioner's (ACP) who share our passion for providing excellent quality of care and can devise and support the delivery of a holistic and thorough treatment plan to service users in their own home. The post holders will have full access to the Multidisciplinary Team including consultant, GP, Pharmacist, Nurses, Therapists, and Health Care Support Workers. Permanent and Bank opportunities are available.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is required to deliver an advanced level of clinical practice autonomously in the fields of general medicine, Frailty, Respiratory, and Cardiology for patients who are supported by the team as an alternative to hospital admission. The role will ensure that consistent, high quality, person-centred care is provided daily through the application of advanced clinical judgments and critical thinking to assess, investigate, diagnose, prescribe, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care in line with the National Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice. Embracing the four pillars of clinical practice; leadership and management, education and research.

About Us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff. Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve. Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.