Advanced Community Practitioner

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Crewe; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Community Practitioner to join the Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership. You will conduct home visits in the community, assess, diagnose and treat acutely unwell patients, and work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team.

You'll collaborate with District Nurses, Macmillan Nurses, Complex Case Practitioners and physiotherapists, contributing to the four pillars of advanced practice and quality and safety initiatives

Job description

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) is looking to expand it's current Advanced Community Practitioner workforce on a permanent basis to support Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward.

Please be aware that a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle that can be used for work purposes are requirements for working in a community setting., Working as an Advanced Community Practitioner at CCICP you will be primarily conducting home visits in community for patients that are acutely unwell and at risk of admission to hospital. You will be working autonomously to assess, diagnose and treat accordingly to the individual patient needs as part of a multidisciplinary community team.

You will be joining an established multi-professional team of Advanced Community Practitioners and work alongside District Nurses, Macmillan Nurses, Complex Case Practitioners and physio/occupational therapists. and are encouraged to work across the four pillars of advanced practice.

You will be supported to work across the non clinical pillars by undertaking quality/safety improvement projects as CCICP consistently strives to remain at the forefront of patient safety and service quality.

We can offer a range of shift patterns across the service which is required to provide the Urgent Community Response service 08:00-20:00 7 days a week, including of bank holidays.

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (MCHFT) provides good quality, safe and effective healthcare to the people of Cheshire and beyond. The Trust, which manages Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford, was established as an NHS Trust in April 1991 and became a Foundation Trust in April 2008.

We employ almost 5,000 members of staff, provide around 540 hospital beds, with a range of services including accident and emergency, maternity, outpatients, therapies, and children's health.

The Trust is also part of Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP), a unique local health partnership that provides a range of community services for people across South Cheshire and Vale Royal.

During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its 'Be Safe Be EquiPPEd' campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.

The results in the 2020 national NHS Staff Survey showed improvements in all elements of the safety culture theme, with 92% of respondents feeling their role made a difference to our patients. We were also recognised nationally for our workforce health and wellbeing initiatives.

At Mid Cheshire, we value our staff and appreciate that in order to give our patients the best quality, compassionate care, we also need to look after our colleagues.