Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Hospital at home

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join and assist with the development of the Hospital at Home service, alongside virtual wards specialities within Older Persons Services.

The role will include assessments, diagnostics and implementing a treatment plan whereby patients conditions and plan of care can be met within their own home or within the community settings to prevent them from remaining within the acute settings when deemed appropriate.

Use of a car for transportation is essential.

We are looking for a dynamic, compassionate, organised and confident person who has experience in managing acutely unwell patients as there will be those situations when patients require acute assessment, care and escalation.

You will need to demonstrate the necessary skills to deliver services to patients with a wide range of complex clinical needs including frailty.

This role requires an active UK NMC Registration

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Working for our organisation

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 teammates 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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.

Person specification

Knowledge

• Demonstrable theoretical and practical knowledge of OPS specialty common presentations.
• Conversant in older persons Advanced practice developments at nation/ local levels
• Legal/professional/ethical issues of advanced practice

Technical Skills Competencies

• Advanced clinical skills, such as assessing patient’s physical status requiring precision, accuracy, dexterity.
• Demonstrable ability to work in a busy environment and resilience when the service is under pressure.
• Ability to analyse and interpret complex information from patient assessment and interventions, such as specified OPS rays, ECGs and freedom to act in managing patients ‘care.
• Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working independently at a Band 7 Clinical role within relevant specialty
• Experience of leading & developing people
• Demonstrates theoretical and practical knowledge OPS common presentations
• Experience of teaching, mentoring and developing staff
• Managing defined caseload of patient
• Developing policies & protocols

• Experience of working across organisational boundaries
• Publication/ Conference Experience
• Team leader

Qualifications

• Professional registration with relevant professional body
• Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification
• Masters level Advanced Clinical Practitioner/ Equivalent Masters
• Non-Medical Prescribing

• Budget Management
• Recognition as Advanced Practitioner by the National Centre for Advancing Practice

Personal Attributes

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, using a range of methods, e.g. verbal, written, record keeping , complex report writing
• Able to deal with demands of rapidly developing and changing service, problem-solving and prioritising abilities. Ability to lead on and respond positively to change
• Self-motivated and reliability

Other requirements specific to the role

• The use of a car for transportation to visit patients at home is essential, as well as the willingness to obtain business car insurance
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals.

Please note:

Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.

This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.

Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.