Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) - BristolNHS

Job summary

Package Description: As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, youll be part of our valued team in our Hospital at Home service based at in either Swindon, BaNES or Bristol localities, you will provide acute hospitallevel care to patients across the locality. Band 8a AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates. Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year. The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission. Job Introduction This is an exciting opportunity to join the Hospital at Home team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP based at in either Swindon, BaNES or Bristol localities, you will provide acute hospitallevel care to patients across the locality.. You will be delivering acute, hospitallevel care to patients across BSW in the place they feel most comfortable: their own home.

Main duties of the job

This exciting opportunity within the Hospital at Home team involves delivering advanced clinical care to patients in locations including Swindon, BaNES, or Bristol. The role bridges the gap between acute and community care, allowing patients to receive hospital-level care from the comfort of their own homes. As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to provide safe, effective, and patient-centered care. You will lead clinically autonomous services across Urgent Crisis Response, admission avoidance, and frailty and Virtual Ward pathways, using your expertise to assess, diagnose, and manage those with complex needs. You will play a key role in developing personalized care plans, aimed at preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and promoting timely discharges, while aligned with the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice and in compliance with NMC or HCPC standards. The position offers benefits like NHS Pension and continuous professional development support via The Learning Enterprise and diverse discounts via My Reward Hub.

Job description

Package Description: Package Description

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, youll be part of our valued team in our Hospital at Home service based at in either Swindon, BaNES or Bristol localities, you will provide acute hospitallevel care to patients across the locality.

• Band 8a AfC Salarywith NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job Introduction

This is an exciting opportunity to join theHospital at Home team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) based at in either Swindon, BaNES or Bristol localities, you will provide acute hospitallevel care to patients across the locality.. You will be delivering acute, hospitallevel care to patients across BSWin the place they feel most comfortable: their own home.

Working at the forefront of modern healthcare, you will use your advanced clinical expertise to support patients who are either stepping up from community services or stepping down from an acute hospital setting. This innovative service bridges the gap between acute and community care, bringing together multidisciplinary expertise to deliver consistent, highquality treatment across all pathways.

Our Virtual Ward supports patients who would traditionally require hospital admission, instead enabling them to receive timely clinical review, remote monitoring, and holistic multidisciplinary care at home. This role offers the chance to make a real difference, reducing hospital stays while improving patient experience and outcomes.

You will be part of a forwardthinking, compassionate team who share a passion for delivering safe, effective, and patientcentred care, while shaping the future of Hospital at Home services.

you are interested or would like further information please contact: Rachel Scott on [email protected] or Emma Williams on [email protected]

Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on 07884 659608 or [email protected]

We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.

Main Responsibilities

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), you will deliver a clinically autonomous service across Urgent Crisis Response, admission avoidance, frailty and Virtual Ward (Hospital at Home) pathways. Using advanced clinical expertise, you will assess, diagnose and manage patients with acute and complex needs, helping to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and support safe, timely discharge.

You will apply advanced clinical reasoning to request and interpret investigations, initiate and review treatment plans, prescribe where appropriate, and monitor clinical and remote monitoring data to identify and respond to deterioration. Working collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team, you will develop and review personalised care plans that enable patients to receive highquality acute care at home.

You will provide clinical leadership and act as a senior decisionmaker and role model, practising in line with the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice and NMC or HCPC standards. The role requires flexibility to travel across Wiltshire and contribute to a 7day service (07:0022:00). While based in North Wiltshire, you may be required to work across other localities as the service evolves.

A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.

The Ideal Candidate

Essential

• Registered with the NMC or HCPC
• Accredited Advanced Clinical Practice qualification
• Nonmedical prescriberqualification
• Significant experience in frailty, elderly care, community services or acute care interfaces
• Proven experience managing complex clinical caseloads and working autonomously at an advanced level
• Demonstrable leadership and supervision experience within multidisciplinary teams
• Clean driving licence, Car driver, access to a vehicle for daily use

Desirable

• Masters degree
• Advanced Clinical Practice Digital Badge
• Experience working in Hospital at Home, Virtual Ward or Urgent Care services

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's 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.

We're 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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About us

Established in 2006, HCRG Care Group is a leading provider of independent community health and care services across the UK. Focused on transforming health and care, the organization collaborates with local commissioners and communities to enhance service delivery with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. HCRG Care Group offers a broad range of services, spanning from adult and children community health, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and musculoskeletal services, to adult social care and wellbeing services. Committed to equality, the company actively encourages applications from a diverse range of people and ensures inclusivity by providing necessary facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions. The organization holds itself to the highest standards in clinical and quality care, striving to transform the health and care landscape while valuing a culture of safety and safeguarding.