Band 7 Clinical Practitioner

Transformationunitgm; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Birmingham is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Practitioner who will provide clinical expertise in triage and assessments across the Adult Community Services Division. The role involves working collaboratively with various care teams to facilitate patient support and minimizes hospital admissions. Ideal candidates will be registered nurses with advanced clinical skills and experience in community health care.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions, including extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services for all employees

Flexible working where possible

Qualifications

• Experience working as a registered nurse in the community.
• Nurse-led triage and management of minor illnesses.
• Clinical leadership and audit experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, and manage a specialist adult patient caseload.
• Promote health through collaboration with patients and relatives.
• Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced staff.

Skills

Clinical examination skills

Communication skills

Negotiation and conflict management skills

Education

Registered first level nurse

MSc or equivalent

Clinical supervision training

Job description

Main area Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This position involves shift working) Job ref 820-7250634-COM

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site The Norman Power Centre Town Birmingham Salary £46,148 - £52,809 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 02/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 11/07/2025

Band 7 Clinical Practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

The post holder will be based within the UCR Team , and working alongside the Virtual Ward team when required.

The post holder will be able to provide clinical expertise in Triage, and assessments across the Adult Community Services Division.

The Post holder will be expected to participate in working with secondary care, to identify and assess patients suitable for community services, and to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate early supportive discharge. The work will be undertaken collaboratively with Secondary and Primary Care, and Community Services, Early Intervention Community Teams (EICT), Urgent Care Bureau and other services deemed in scope.

Main duties of the job

1. Work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Practice

Assess, diagnose, prescribe, and manage a highly specialist adult patient caseload in a variety of settings, which will include assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning therapy programmes and discharge of patients.

2. Be conversant with all BCHC NHS FT policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.

3. Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times.

4. Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload.

5. Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced members of staff.

6. Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives.

7. Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make better choices for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing.

8. Act as a role model to and facilitate others to respect the dignity, wishes and beliefs of patients: involving them in shared decision making and obtaining consent prior to all interventions.

9. Safeguard individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately.

10. Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care.

Working for our organisation

All staff, workers, volunteers, students and individuals undertaking work experience/shadowing, irrespective of the role they specifically undertake, are required to adhere to BCHC’s vision, values, and professional standards. This also involves working with and alongside colleagues and partners, demonstrating a duty of Candour (i.e., honesty and straightforwardness), openness and accountability in order to achieve high quality and thebest possible care outcomes for our patients, service users and the localcommunity.

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Develop staff knowledge and skills to promote equality and diversity and address inequalities, both in employment and service delivery. Ensure specific equality objective are included in PDR’s.

2. Develop a culture that ensures that the standards of Improving Working Lives and Investors in People are achieved and maintained for all staff and that staff’s perception about their working lives are measured and improvements made.

3. Make recommendations and changes to clinical practice and participate in implementation where appropriate.

4. Demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and apply it to the work situation.

5. Participate in the recruitment, selection, and retention of staff.

6. Lead and participate in undertaking surveys and audits

7. Actively participate in clinical supervision and reflective practice with all members of the multi-disciplinary team and on an individual basis.

8. Ensure staff compliance with all mandatory training.

Person specification

Qualifications/ Training

• Registered first level nurse or equivalent professional registration e.g. HCPC
• MSc or equivalent level knowledge/ experience in relevant area
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Extended/independent nurse or specialist

Experience

• Experience working as a registered nurse in the community.
• Nurse-led management of minor illness,minor ailments and injuries
• Nurse-led triage
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
• Clinical Leadership
• Audit
• Research
• Non-medical prescribing

Skills /knowledge

• Advanced clinical practice skills Management of patients with long-term conditions
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Clinical examination skills
• Accountability of own role and other rolesin a nurse-led service
• Local and national health policy
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Patient group directions and associatedpolicy
• Clinical leadership skills
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Proven listening and counselling skillswith the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Change management
• Teaching and mentorship clinical setting
• Resource management

Other job requorements

• Highly motivated
• Flexibility
• Team player
• Ability to work across boundaries

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 5) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link , will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 6 - 9) that meet the prescribed salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.

The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

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Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

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.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***