Advanced Practitioner

NHS Highland; Oban; Sur place; GBP 48 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Hospital at Home (H@H) service covering Oban and Lorn is seeking an Advanced Practitioner to lead assessment and management of acute and complex patients in a multidisciplinary team. The role provides high level decision making and clinical care at home, with a 1.0 WTE allocation across seven days. This fixed‑term post runs until December 2026.

Informal enquiries may be directed to the contact email below. Gaelic speakers are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

• Advanced practitioner role in assessment and management of acute and complex patients.
• Decision making within multidisciplinary team.

Responsabilités

• Provide acute and complex patient care at home across clinical pathways.
• Lead assessment and management within Hospital at Home service.
• Work across seven days as a 1.0 WTE post.

Description du poste

The Hospital at Home (H@H) service covering Oban and Lorn has proven to be a safe alternative to hospital admission. The service provides acute care at home with the objective of preventing hospital admission or reducing length of stay in hospital.

The Advanced Practitioner within the H@H service is a key role in the assessment and management of acute and complex patients; providing a high level of complex decision making within a multidisciplinary team. It involves management of patients with acute conditions across a number of different clinical pathways, where their medical conditions can be managed safely and effectively at home.

We are looking for WTE 1.0 advanced practitioner post for our team to provide a service across 7 days. The post will be fixed term until December 2026.

For informal enquiries please contact [e-mail]

• Applications are welcome from Gaelic speakers. / Tha fàilte air tagraidhean bho luchdl

NHS Highland is geographically the largest of the 14 regional boards of NHS Scotland, covering an area of 12,500 square miles, across Highland and Argyll & Bute.

We employ over 10,700 people, making us one of the biggest employers in the area. As an organisation, we make a very significant contribution to the local economy.

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through .