Senior Advanced Clinician: Community Care & Discharge Lead

NHS Jobs; Norwich; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work across Community Inpatient Units and the Community Virtual Ward in Norfolk. The role focuses on step-down care and admission avoidance, with emphasis on high-level clinical decision making outside acute settings.

You will lead complex discussions with MDTs, manage patient pathways, and participate in discharge planning and medication management within scope of practice.

Qualifications

• Trainee posts Band 7 negotiated based on learning needs.
• Lead advanced care planning discussions and ReSPECT conversations.
• Discharge planning and coordinating MDT decisions.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients in community and inpatient units.
• Lead complex decision making and risk management across services.
• Support clinical governance and quality improvement activities.
• Provide leadership and supervision to learners and junior staff.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Advanced practitioner knowledge

Decision making

Education

NHS Band 7 training pathway

Job description

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust is recruiting for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work across Community Inpatient Units and the Community Virtual Ward in Norfolk. The role focuses on step-down care and admission avoidance, with emphasis on high-level clinical decision making outside acute settings.

You will lead complex discussions with MDTs, manage patient pathways, and participate in discharge planning and medication management within scope of practice.