Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

Community Urgent Care Service - Rapid Intervention Team

The post holder will be a Registered Healthcare Professional and hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice . They will be an independent Non-Medical Prescriber. They will practice at an advanced level demonstrating in depth knowledge and competence in all aspects of acute care within the patient's home setting & environment, encompassing enhanced assessment, critical thinking and clinical management skills that are evidence based and deliver high quality patient centered care.The service currently operates 24/ 7 including bank holidays therefore team members will be expected to work shifts on a set rolling rota basis. . As this is a community based post a full UK driving license and access to a car is essential as we do cross Wolverhampton borders to accommodate out of area patient assessments.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and flexible service providing unplanned and urgent care. The team support patients through acute episodes of ill health in their own homes as an alternative to hospital. They provide enhanced and complex care in a crisis before transferring stable patients to our Planned Care colleagues. You will join a dedicated multi-disciplinary team, who offer a full range of specialist services in order to facilitate a timely, safe and effective patient's journey throughout the health care system. Adhering to 2 hour response times.Essential qualifications include Advanced Health Assessment and V300 Independent Prescribing, MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.