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Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust; Stoke Mandeville; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Community Practitioner to join the Urgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) team. The post involves hospital-level urgent and same-day responses in patients' usual place of residence, with multidisciplinary collaboration and strong leadership in care planning and delivery.

You will work with a range of professionals to ensure timely, holistic assessment and appropriate interventions, reducing unnecessary hospital attendance

Qualifications

• Community Practitioner with a broad range of clinical skills.
• Evidence of leadership, care planning and care delivery abilities.

Responsibilities

• Respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits across the breadth of the service.
• Provide holistic assessment and delivering hospital-level treatments and care in the patient's usual place of residence.
• Improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge.

Job description

Community Practitioner - UCR Frailty Hospital at Home (UCRFHH)

A Vacancy at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust.

Are you a Community Practitioner with a broad range of clinical skills

Do you thrive in a busy, dynamic and rapidly revolving service and wish to develop you leadership skills?

If so, this role may be for you.

TheUrgent Community Response Frailty Hospital at Home (UCR FH@H) team delivers hospital-level urgent and same-day responses to people in their usual place of residence following a sudden deterioration in their health or condition. This could be a one-off visit or a short episode of care, delivered through multidisciplinary team working and working collaboratively with other community services. The timely responses and high level of holistic assessment and effective clinical interventions reduce the need for unnecessary hospital conveyances or admissions and enable patients to remain at home where they recover best.The post holder will work with a range of professionals to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner. The post holder will be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, and care and treatment delivery.

• The post holder will respond to clinically appropriate 0-2 hour and 2-24 hour community response referrals, alongside planned follow up visits across the breadth of the service, providing holistic assessment and delivering hospital level treatments and care in the patient's usual place of residence.
• Assess physical and psycho-social needs and provide interventions tailored to meet the needs of the individual based on best available evidence
• To improve health outcomes using profession based skills and knowledge

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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We're committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
• A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our care values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number.

This advert closes on Thursday 17 Sep 2026