Bank level 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust is recruiting a Bank Advanced Clinical Practitioner to provide advanced clinical expertise within the Single Point of Access service, aiming to reduce hospital admissions and support timely discharges.

The post holder will conduct advanced assessments, autonomously prescribe, coordinate care for acute and long-term conditions and lead improvement initiatives across Adult Community Services.

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical assessment, triage and decision-making for patients referred into the service.
• Develop and implement treatment plans for patients with acute, undifferentiated or long-term conditions.
• Prescribe independently within own scope of practice and coordinate care across teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced clinical assessments and decision-making as a first point of contact.
• Lead on admission avoidance, discharge planning and service improvement.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision and education to staff and students.

Job description

Bank level 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Company:

Company: Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust

The Bank Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will provide advanced clinical expertise and leadership within the Single Point of Access service, helping to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, support admission avoidance, and facilitate timely hospital discharge. The post holder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and care coordination for patients with acute, undifferentiated and long-term conditions. They will work autonomously, provide clinical leadership, support service development, and contribute to education, mentorship and quality improvement initiatives across Adult Community Services.

The post holder will act as a first point of clinical contact, undertaking advanced assessments, clinical triage and decision-making for patients referred into the service.

They will initiate investigations, interpret diagnostic results, formulate differential diagnoses, make referrals to appropriate services, prescribe independently, and coordinate care plans.

The role also includes preventing inappropriate hospital admissions, supporting discharge planning, safeguarding vulnerable individuals, managing complex caseloads, and working collaboratively with multidisciplinary and partner organisations to deliver high-quality patient-centred care.

The ACP will also provide clinical leadership, supervision, education and support to colleagues and students.

BCHC provide high quality community and specialist services within Birmingham and the West Midlands. We deliver over 100 clinical services, out in people’s homes and in over 200 healthcare settings for adults, children, people with learning disabilities, those with rehabilitation needs and also dental services. One of our key objectives is to be ‘a great place to work’enabling everyone within the organisation to be the best that they can be.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process.
• Also ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully; particularly that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address.
• Provide advanced clinical assessment, triage, diagnosis and management of patients with undifferentiated and complex health conditions.
• Independently prescribe and review medications within own scope of practice.
• Initiate and interpret diagnostic investigations and make appropriate referrals.
• Support admission avoidance and facilitate safe and timely hospital discharge.
• Lead and contribute to service quality improvement, clinical audit and governance activities.
• Provide clinical leadership, supervision, mentorship and education to staff and students.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams and external partners across the healthcare system.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with professional, organisational and legal standards.
• Support service development, innovation and implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Promote safeguarding, patient safety and high standards of patient care at all times.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust