Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner - OPS SDEC & Ambulatory

NHS; Poole; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner to enhance clinical outcomes and drive service development within their Older People's Service. This pivotal role involves leading a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care for older adults with complex health needs. The successful candidate will provide expert clinical decision-making, mentor junior staff, and contribute to strategic initiatives aimed at improving patient care. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of older adults and thrive in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years experience in an acute setting with advanced skills.
• Proven ability in clinical decision-making and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and manage complex cases for older adults.
• Lead service development and implement innovative care pathways.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Advanced Clinical Practice

Service Development

Mentorship

Quality Improvement

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Strategic Influence

Education

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice

Tools

Computer Literacy

Job description

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced, visionaryLead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to provide clinical and strategic leadership within our Older People's Service. This senior role will drive service development, enhance clinical outcomes, and lead a team of ACPs and Allied Health Professionals within SDEC and Ambulatory Service for Older Peoples Services. You will work collaboratively across primary, secondary, and community care settings to deliver high-quality, integrated care for older adults with complex health needs.

Main duties of the job

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Leadership: Provide expert clinical decision-making, managing complex cases and leading advanced assessments, diagnostics and treatment plans for older adults, including those living with frailty, dementia, and long-term conditions.
• Service Development: Lead the design and implementation of innovative care pathways, ensuring alignment with national guidelines and UHD priorities.
• Education & Mentorship: Foster a culture of learning by mentoring junior ACPs, nursing staff, and students.
• Quality Improvement: Lead audits, research and quality improvement initiatives to improve patient safety, promote alternatives to hospital admission, and enhance care.
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with consultants, GPs, social services and community teams to optimise access and transfers of care.
• Strategic Influence: Contribute to Trust-wide strategies, policies and service redesign for older people's care, advocating for patient-centred approaches.

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.

Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Details Date posted

06 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£62,215 to £72,293 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

153-ME04503

Job locations

UHD

POOLE/BOURNMEOUTH

BH12 2JB

Job description Job responsibilities

Job Title:

Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Older Persons Services

Band

Band 8b

Care Group

Medicine

Directorate:

Older peoples Services and acute medicine Directorate

Department:

Older Peoples Services (SDEC and Ambulatory Service)

Location:

UHD

Accountable to:

Professionally - Senior Matron. Clinically OPS Clinical Lead

Accountable for:

SDEC and Ambulatory Service

Main Purpose

To provide leadership to ACP SDEC leads within the Older Persons SDEC Service. Facilitating the rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of individuals within OPS SDEC using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

o provide leadership to ACPs within the Ambulatory Service for Older Peoples Services, including Day Hospital, Hospital at Home and Ambulatory Clinic. These services are located across all UHD sites and are imperative to enabling a streamlined service for the front door.

The Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be required to work with others within the directorate to determine the priority workload of the teams across the directorate. Facilitating the current model of working which includes an In-reach Service to the Emergency Department to pull patients through to SDEC. Collaboratively working alongside Consultants when assessing appropriate referrals via GP Services.

To plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in collaboration with the consultants and others, delegating and referring as appropriate, to ensure timely, effective management and optimise health outcomes, in line with the evidence base and nationally recognised best practice.

To play a key operational role and maintain a pro-active approach to managing and leading clinical pathways and flow.

Working closely with a multi-professional team, lead the ACP service in delivery of high quality, performance, and financial frameworks.

To promote and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care of the trust.

To act as a resource to others and to develop, deliver and evaluate a range of relevant specialist programmes of education and development for individuals and large groups, including the wider multidisciplinary team, both internally and external to the trust.

Job description Job responsibilities

Job Title:

Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Older Persons Services

Band

Band 8b

Care Group

Medicine

Directorate:

Older peoples Services and acute medicine Directorate

Department:

Older Peoples Services (SDEC and Ambulatory Service)

Location:

UHD

Accountable to:

Professionally - Senior Matron. Clinically OPS Clinical Lead

Accountable for:

SDEC and Ambulatory Service

Main Purpose

To provide leadership to ACP SDEC leads within the Older Persons SDEC Service. Facilitating the rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of individuals within OPS SDEC using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

o provide leadership to ACPs within the Ambulatory Service for Older Peoples Services, including Day Hospital, Hospital at Home and Ambulatory Clinic. These services are located across all UHD sites and are imperative to enabling a streamlined service for the front door.

The Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be required to work with others within the directorate to determine the priority workload of the teams across the directorate. Facilitating the current model of working which includes an In-reach Service to the Emergency Department to pull patients through to SDEC. Collaboratively working alongside Consultants when assessing appropriate referrals via GP Services.

To plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in collaboration with the consultants and others, delegating and referring as appropriate, to ensure timely, effective management and optimise health outcomes, in line with the evidence base and nationally recognised best practice.

To play a key operational role and maintain a pro-active approach to managing and leading clinical pathways and flow.

Working closely with a multi-professional team, lead the ACP service in delivery of high quality, performance, and financial frameworks.

To promote and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care of the trust.

To act as a resource to others and to develop, deliver and evaluate a range of relevant specialist programmes of education and development for individuals and large groups, including the wider multidisciplinary team, both internally and external to the trust.

Person Specification ESSENTIAL Essential

• QUALIFICATIONS - MASTERS IN ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE & REGISTRATION, PRESCRIBER, TEACHING, BUDGET, ALS AND IONISING RADIATION
• EXPERIENCE - MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS, MDT, ACUTE SETTING, ADVANCED SKILLS, POLICY, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, RESEARCH & DEVELOPING PEOPLE
• TECHNICAL SKILLS - INDEPENDANT AND CLINICAL REASONING, AUTONOMOUS PRACTICE, ANALYTICAL SKILLS, WORKING UNDER PRESSURE
• KNOWLEDGE - SPECIALITY, TRUST POLICIES & PROCEDURES INCLUDING LOCAL AND NATIONAL POLICIES RELATED TO THE SPECIALITY, ORGANISATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL BOUNDRIES, LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES OF ADVANCED PRACTICE
• OTHER - COMPUTER LITERACY, ABILITY TO CREATE REPORTS, FLEXIBLE WORKING, COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING PATIENT SERVICES
• PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES - TEAM PLAYER, PROBLEM SOLVER, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ACCOUNTABLITIY BOTH PERSONAL, OPEN & HONEST, CAN DO ATTITUDE, SELF MOTIVATED & RELIABLE, ABILITY TO TAKE ON CHALLENGES, DRIVEN AND CUSTOMER FOCUSED, SERVICE LED

DESIREABLE Desirable

• QUALIFICTAIONS - RECOGNITION AS ADVANCED PRACTITIONER BY THE NCAP, RECOGNISED LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATION
• EXPERIENCE - PUBLICATION/CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
• COMPETENCIES - PROVEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Person Specification ESSENTIAL Essential

• QUALIFICATIONS - MASTERS IN ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTICE & REGISTRATION, PRESCRIBER, TEACHING, BUDGET, ALS AND IONISING RADIATION
• EXPERIENCE - MINIMUM OF 5 YEARS, MDT, ACUTE SETTING, ADVANCED SKILLS, POLICY, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, RESEARCH & DEVELOPING PEOPLE
• TECHNICAL SKILLS - INDEPENDANT AND CLINICAL REASONING, AUTONOMOUS PRACTICE, ANALYTICAL SKILLS, WORKING UNDER PRESSURE
• KNOWLEDGE - SPECIALITY, TRUST POLICIES & PROCEDURES INCLUDING LOCAL AND NATIONAL POLICIES RELATED TO THE SPECIALITY, ORGANISATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL BOUNDRIES, LEGAL & ETHICAL ISSUES OF ADVANCED PRACTICE
• OTHER - COMPUTER LITERACY, ABILITY TO CREATE REPORTS, FLEXIBLE WORKING, COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING PATIENT SERVICES
• PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES - TEAM PLAYER, PROBLEM SOLVER, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, ACCOUNTABLITIY BOTH PERSONAL, OPEN & HONEST, CAN DO ATTITUDE, SELF MOTIVATED & RELIABLE, ABILITY TO TAKE ON CHALLENGES, DRIVEN AND CUSTOMER FOCUSED, SERVICE LED

DESIREABLE Desirable

• QUALIFICTAIONS - RECOGNITION AS ADVANCED PRACTITIONER BY THE NCAP, RECOGNISED LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATION
• EXPERIENCE - PUBLICATION/CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
• COMPETENCIES - PROVEN PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

UHD

POOLE/BOURNMEOUTH

BH12 2JB

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

UHD

POOLE/BOURNMEOUTH

BH12 2JB

Employer's website

https://www.uhd.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)