Clinical Practitioner - BANK

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Frimley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working from home

NHS Pension Scheme

12.07% holiday pay

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Bank Clinical Practitioner to support children, young people and adults with complex health and care needs across the Thames Valley. The role focuses on NHS Continuing Healthcare assessments, with flexible bank assignments and opportunities to work from home to fit your lifestyle.

You will coordinate CHC assessments and reviews, collaborate with families and multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to person-centred decisions across various

Qualifications

• Experience in NHS or health and social care settings.
• Experience coordinating CHC assessments and reviews.
• Ability to support person-centred decisions and collaborate with families and teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and reviews for adults and children.
• Support Fast Track, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management and Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).
• Chair and facilitate multidisciplinary meetings, advocating for individuals and coordinating with health and social care partners.
• Synthesize information to present robust, defensible eligibility recommendations and ensure safety and quality.

Skills

CHC assessments coordination

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Clinical decision-making

Documentation and reporting

Education

Degree + professional registration (NMC)

Job description

Job Overview

Take your clinical career in a new, flexible direction

Are you an experienced clinically-registered professional looking for a flexible role where your clinical judgement really matters? We have an exciting opportunity to join our All-Age Complex and Continuing Care (AACCC) Bank staff as a Band 6 Bank Clinical Practitioner, supporting children, young people, and adults with complex health and care needs across the Thames Valley region.

You will step into assignments to coordinate NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments, support person-centred decisions, and collaborate closely with families and multidisciplinary health and social care partners.

Having recently become part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we're embarking on an ambitious programme of transformation. We are looking for compassionate, adaptable, and motivated professionals to join our flexible workforce and help shape the future of our service.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Clinical Practitioner within our All-Age Complex and Continuing Care (AACCC) service, you'll use your clinical knowledge and experience flexibly to make a real difference to people living with complex health and care needs. This is an opportunity to take your career in a new direction, combining clinical assessment, professional judgement and collaborative working to ensure people receive the right care and support through flexible bank assignments.

At the heart of your bank role will be undertaking NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and reviews, working closely with individuals, their families and multidisciplinary teams to understand their needs and make evidence-based recommendations in line with the National Framework. You will have opportunities to work across the wider CHC pathway, including Fast Track, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management and personal health budgets.

No two days will be quite the same. You'll work with people in a variety of settings on a flexible basis, navigating complex clinical situations and bringing information to influence different professionals to support person-centred decision making. You'll advocate for individuals, work collaboratively with health and social care partners and use your clinical expertise to help ensure care is safe, appropriate and responsive to changing needs.

Working for our organisation

Visa Sponsorship

This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the right to work in the UK for the full duration of the contract.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Enjoy flexible working, with opportunities to work from home to fit your lifestyle, while supporting people with complex health and care needs. Our great benefits include 12.07% holiday pay, access to the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching and support from the AACCC team to develop your skills and confidence, plus savings through Vivup and the Blue Light Card. Join a supportive team and make a real difference to patients and local communities too.

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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Holistic CHC Assessment: Autonomously coordinate and complete Checklists, Decision Support Tools (DSTs), and reviews for adults and children.

Flexible Pathway Delivery: Adapt quickly to support Fast Track cases, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management, and Personal Health Budgets (PHBs).

MDT Collaboration & Advocacy: Chair and facilitate complex multidisciplinary meetings, advocating for individuals while collaborating with health and social care partners.

Evidence-Based Recommendations: Synthesize complex clinical information to present robust, defensible eligibility recommendations.

Quality & Safety Assurance: Navigate fluid clinical environments to ensure commissioned care is safe, appropriate, and responsive to changing patient needs.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area with up-to-date registration with the relevant regulatory body e.g. Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).

Experience

Essential criteria

• Previous experience of working in a health or care environment (including acute, community, mental health, local authority etc. and evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience and understanding of health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

Desirable criteria

• Further training or significant experience in project management and planning, financial management or supporting change management processes.

Skills

Essential criteria

• Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
• Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance
• Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Best Interests decision making.
• Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
• Independent thinker, with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.