Advanced Practitioner (Urgent Community Response)

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to delivering outstanding care in the community. As an Advanced Practitioner, you will play a vital role in responding to patients in their homes, preventing unnecessary hospital admissions, and ensuring seamless patient transitions from emergency services. This position offers the opportunity to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team while developing your clinical skills and leadership abilities. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization values the unique contributions of every team member and provides a supportive environment for professional growth and development.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Registered nurse or AHP with advanced practice qualifications.
• Experience in community health and complex case management.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient-centred care with autonomy and clinical decision-making.
• Support team development and improve patient outcomes.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Clinical decision-making

Leadership and management

Risk management

Complex case management

Education

Degree in nursing or AHP

MSc in Advanced Practice

NMC or HCPC registration

Non-medical prescriber

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Advanced Practitioner (Urgent Community Response)

Band 8a

Main area Nursing and AHPs Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Shift working 8am - 8pm, 7 day service) Job ref 434-CR6988398-A

Site Aylesbury or High Wycombe however countywide role Town Aylesbury or High Wycombe however countywide role Salary £53,755 - £60,504 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/05/2025 23:59

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• provide specialist spinal services at our world renownedNational Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [e-mail] or phone [phone].

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work – and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

We are delighted to be recruiting two Advanced Practitioner roles to work with our Urgent Community Response and Frailty Nurses, responding to patients in their own homes to prevent unnecessary admissions / conveyances to hospital as well as enabling patients to be discharged home from the emergency department footprint. The post holder will work in partnership with colleagues in the acute and community services, Primary Care and the ambulance service, social care, and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate patient focused care. The post holder will have completed Masters Level study that maps to the four pillars. This will include physical assessment and non-medical prescribing modules if within the scope of the professional regulation.

Main duties of the job

• To deliver patient-centred care with a high degree of autonomy, independent assessment and clinical decision-making, practicing in line with the NHS England’s (formerly HEE) Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (or other recognised service-specific credential), their primary professional regulatory body standards and their own scope of practice for the service/patient population.
• To provide support within the team and act as role model and resource, encouraging and developing a high standard of clinical skill and improving patient outcome.
• To work with the Rapid Response and IntermediateCare Clinical Leads to support the development of clinical services within community services and improve the quality of care delivered.
• To practice across the four pillars of Advanced Practice: Clinical, Leadership and Management and Research. They will fulfil the expectations and capabilities outlined in the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England.
• The Advanced Practitioner practice should be developed to an advanced level whereby they can directly or indirectly influence all aspects of care and management of patients within their speciality, and across a population.
• The post holder will deliver an 80% clinical component to their role and 20% related to leadership and management, education and research.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• Degree in nursing or AHP
• NMC or HCPC registration
• MSc which maps across the 4 pillars of Advanced Practice
• Non-medical prescriber
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Post-graduate management and/or leadership training
• Qualification in teaching
• QSIR training

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Own vehicle and ability to travel across geographical locations within Buckinghamshire
• Able to work 8am-8pm, 7 day week shift pattern

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience and two years’ experience working at band 7 or equivalent
• Experience of working in primary or community health setting.
• Experience of complex case management.
• Experience of NHS leadership
• Evidence of successful change management
• Extensive knowledge of older people’s and long term conditions agenda.
• Demonstrate a high level of clinical skills.
• Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
• Experience of multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team working across service interfaces.
• Experience in mentorship role
• Experience of financial management.

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Excellent effective verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload
• Ability to influence and persuade others in the promotion of high standards of patient care
• Commitment to training and continuous development of self and others
• Research awareness skills.
• Evidence of undertaking Audit and developing action plans.
• Able to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding.
• Ability to lead and participate in the integration of multi-agency services.
• Proven ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
• Able to analyse and use information to inform practice and service needs.
• Computer literate – word, excel, powerpoint
• Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working.

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

If you are successfulat interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before to the closing date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Laura Isard Job title Deputy AHP Lead and Head of Intermediate Care Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07768687763