Senior Advanced Practitioner (Band 8b) - Swindon

NHS Jobs; Swindon; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Developmental support from Consultant/

Non-clinical development time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Senior Advanced Practitioner (Band 8b) in Swindon to lead and deliver expert clinical practice for complex frailty and long‑term conditions. The post involves coordinating multidisciplinary teams, driving service improvements and guiding governance and clinical effectiveness across community health services.

The ideal candidate will hold MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or an equivalent Independent Prescriber qualification, with substantial autonomous practice, leadership

Qualifications

• Essential Registered healthcare professional MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, or equivalent Independent Prescriber qualification.
• Significant autonomous advanced practice experience.
• Leadership and service improvement experience.
• Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highly autonomous, expert clinical practice for patients with complex frailty and long-term conditions.
• Lead complex clinical decision-making and multidisciplinary working.
• Support admission avoidance, rehabilitation and discharge planning.
• Provide professional leadership and visible expert practice within multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead quality improvement, service redesign and pathway development projects.
• Support governance, clinical effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based practice.
• Provide supervision, coaching and development for ACPs and trainee practitioners.
• Contribute to research, audit and innovation activity.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Leadership

Multidisciplinary

Quality improvement

Education

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Independent Prescriber

Job description

Senior Advanced Practitioner (Band 8b) - Swindon

Deliver highly autonomous, expert clinical practice for patients with complex frailty and long-term conditions. Lead complex clinical decision-making and multidisciplinary working. Support admission avoidance, rehabilitation and discharge planning. Provide professional leadership and visible expert practice within multidisciplinary teams. Lead quality improvement, service redesign and pathway development projects. Support governance, clinical effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based practice. Provide supervision, coaching and development for ACPs and trainee practitioners. Contribute to research, audit and innovation activity.

WORKING FOR OUR ORGANISATION

This is an exciting time to join our organisation. We are investing significantly in Advanced Practice and creating opportunities for talented clinicians to build long-term careers within community healthcare. A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential Registered healthcare professional MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, or equivalent Independent Prescriber qualification Significant autonomous advanced practice experience Leadership and service improvement experience Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours.

Desirable

Experience of non-medical prescribing within a frailty, community or long-term conditions setting Teaching, mentorship or clinical supervision qualification (e.g. PGCert in Education or equivalent) Evidence of leading or contributing to audit, research or service improvement projects Experience of working across multi-agency or multidisciplinary community settings

Other requirements:

Willingness to work flexibly across Bath, Chippenham and Swindon.

WHY JOIN US?

Brand-new Band 8b role Full-time and part-time opportunities Multiple locations across BSW Developmental support from experienced Consultant Practitioners and Advance Practice Lead Protected non-clinical development time

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here.