Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (Community)

Derbyshire Community Health Services; Swadlincote; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An outstanding community health service is seeking an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Acute Home Visiting service in Swadlincote. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on patient care by enabling individuals to live independently in their homes while providing essential support to manage their health needs. You'll collaborate with local GP practices and integrated teams, ensuring that patients receive the right care at the right time. If you are passionate about empowering patients and want to be part of a skilled and happy team dedicated to improving health outcomes, this position is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization that values professional development and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Requires high level of clinical knowledge and proactive care planning.
• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Improve clinical outcomes for patients in their own homes.
• Support patients to manage complex health needs and reduce hospital admissions.

Skills

Clinical Knowledge

Proactive Care Planning

Education Skills

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Education

Relevant Clinical Qualification

Job description

A Vacancy at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an Enhanced Clinical Practitioner (ECP) to work in the Swadlincote Acute Home Visiting service.

The Acute Home Visiting service works collaboratively with the local GP and Integrated Teams in Swadlincote, providing a varied source of support. Our patient group consists of patients in their own homes and in the Oakland bedded unit, which supports patients discharged from hospital.

Our team is happy, skilled, and provides an excellent working environment with opportunities to learn and develop in this role.

You will improve clinical outcomes for patients by enabling them to function independently, increasing their choice to remain in their own home/community, and reducing the need for, or preventing inappropriate hospital admissions.

We aim to recruit clinicians who are passionate about supporting and empowering patients and their family/carers to manage their complex health needs.

We strive to support patients in accessing help when needed and optimizing health outcomes.

We want to support patients to remain in their own homes as appropriate, preventing unnecessary admissions to hospital, and to support patients to return home as needed.

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes, and increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

Our organisation is judged as Outstanding by CQC.

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(Please note recent name change to role previously known as Community Matron has recently changed to Enhanced Clinical Practitioner- Community).

This position requires a high level of clinical knowledge and the ability to implement proactive care planning, education, and work as part of the wider MDT.

This advert closes on Monday 30 Dec 2024.