Specialist Practitioner - Nurse, AHP, Paramedic

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Specialist Practitioner, delivering high-quality care to patients in crisis. This role involves managing conditions, providing holistic care, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Flexibility in hours is required, with opportunities for part-time or full-time work. Enjoy benefits like career progression, NHS discounts, and a competitive pension scheme.

Benefits

Career progression opportunities

Access to tailored learning and development

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS discounts

Competitive pension scheme

Lease car and cycle-to-work schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aiders

Staff accommodation

Support groups via Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Qualifications

• Manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions.
• Develop advanced clinical skills.
• Provide holistic patient care from assessment to discharge.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care at the patient's residence.
• Assist in triaging urgent referrals.
• Collaborate within the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical Skills

Holistic Patient Care

Crisis Management

Education

Nursing Qualification

Job description

Are you looking for an autonomous role where you can help shape the future of our community same day services?

Are you passionate about helping to avoid unnecessary hospital admissions and caring for patients in their own homes?

Are you interested in joining us as a Specialist Practitioner (SP)?

This key role provides high-quality care for people in crisis within a 24-hour period, aiming to prevent hospital admissions where safe to do so. You will deliver patient care at the patient's residence, in Same Day Care Emergency Units in Abingdon, Witney, and Henley, and assist in triaging urgent referrals into our Single Point Access (SPA).

This role offers a unique opportunity to work within our community services to test, inform, and refine the development of our same-day care services.

Our services operate on a shift basis, seven days a week, from 8 am to 8 pm. Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and bank holidays is required. We are open to flexible and part-time hours, with a minimum of 30 hours per week, or full-time at 37.5 hours per week.

(This role is subject to job evaluation, and duties may evolve.)

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions, developing advanced clinical skills within your competence.
• Support treatment and management decisions following comprehensive telephone triage.
• Provide holistic patient care, from assessment to diagnosis, initial treatment, and discharge, including prescribing and administering medication.
• Collaborate within the multidisciplinary team and with external providers to ensure timely and appropriate care.
• Respond rapidly to crisis situations to help individuals maintain or regain independence and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health, and social care across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath, and North East Somerset. Services are delivered in community settings, hospitals, clinics, and homes, aiming to provide care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that everyone receives: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team,” and our values are: “Caring, safe, and excellent.”

Benefits:

• Career progression opportunities
• Access to tailored learning and development
• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 33 days with service
• NHS discounts
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car and cycle-to-work schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
• Support groups via our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

For more details or informal visits, contact:

Name: Antoinette Broad
Job Title: Senior Clinical Lead
Email: [e-mail]
Telephone: [phone]

At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, we value not just experience but also motivation and alignment with our values. If you’re excited about this opportunity but unsure if you meet all requirements, please contact us to discuss further before applying.