Advanced Clinical PractitionerNHS

Job summary

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Integrated Community Specialist Palliative Care Team (ICSPC)

In an exciting new development for our community services LOROS Hospice is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our ICSPC Team providing expert, compassionate care for people with complex palliative and end of life care needs. This new role is aimed at increasing the responsiveness of our community team across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Main duties of the job

Working alongside palliative medicine consultants, neighbourhood teams and wider health and social care partners, you will practice autonomously at an advanced level, undertaking assessment, diagnosis, prescribing, care planning and clinical management. You will play a key role in supporting people to remain in, or return to, their preferred place of care, helping to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and support timely discharge.

You will also provide visible clinical leadership, expert advice, supervision and education across hospice and community services, whilst contributing to audit, research and evidence-based service improvement.

We are looking for a registered healthcare professional with advanced clinical skills, strong decision-making ability and experience in palliative, end of life, cancer or complex community care. You will be compassionate, confident working autonomously and committed to delivering high quality, person-centred care across organisational boundaries.

Job description

This role is aligned to the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice: Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education and Research.

The post holder will practice autonomously at an advanced level, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, prescribing and management for people with complex palliative and end of life care needs as part of the Integrated Community Specialist Palliative Care Service (ICSPC). They will offer visible clinical leadership alongside our Palliative Medicine Consultants across community services, support education, supervision and development of colleagues and contribute to audit, research, evaluation and evidence-based service improvement.

This role will enhance our community offer by extending the clinical skills of the non-medical team and increase the responsiveness of our same day offer. Manage people with complex palliative care needs in a range of community health settings to avoid unnecessary acute admissions, support timely discharge, and enabling people to achieve their Preferred Place of Care.

The post holder will facilitate and support excellence in clinical practice as part of the ICSPC by collaborating with neighbourhood teams and working across organisational boundaries. Demonstrate the organisational Values & Behaviours and show responsible use / expenditure of LOROSs resources.

See attached Job Description for full details.

About us

LOROS Hospice is a local charity and every year we care for over 2,500 people across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We deliver free, high-quality, compassionate care and support to terminally ill patients, their family and carers.