Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 02 October 2025

Job summary

Exciting Opportunity - Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) Team.

Are you a passionate Advanced Clinical Practitioner ready to lead innovative patient care in the community? We're looking for a dynamic Advanced Clinical practitioner to join our Hospital and Care at Home (H&C@H) team, working alongside a dedicated multidisciplinary group to deliver exceptional services to NHS patients.

You will play a key role in creating a caring environment tailored to patient needs, enhancing their experience, and supporting staff to achieve divisional and trust objectives.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you'll assess patients' needs using evidence-based clinical skills and innovative digital technologies, caring for patients in their own homes. Your responsibilities will include caseload management, care handovers, and driving service development--providing specialist input whenever required

Join us and make a real difference in community healthcare delivery.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our H&C@H team. In this role, you'll deliver expert care, assessments, and support within a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment, working confidently within established protocols. You'll manage patient care on the virtual ward, liaising with medical colleagues to assess, adjust treatments, and facilitate timely re-evaluations.

Ensuring seamless care pathways through effective communication, referrals, and collaboration with other agencies and MDT members is essential. You will maintain compliance with professional standards, national guidelines, and trust policies, working within your scope of practice and competencies.

A key part of your role involves contributing to the education and development of team members, sharing your expertise to foster continuous professional growth. Using advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based practices, and your expert knowledge, you'll provide specialist advice and support for patients and colleagues, ensuring safe, compassionate, and effective care.

Join us to bring your advanced skills to revolutionise community healthcare delivery--working independently, drawing on your extensive theoretical and practical experience.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Details

Date posted

18 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-OCO-NM544-25

Job locations

The Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters in advanced practice
  • Post basic qualification in speciality
  • Non medical prescriber V300

Desirable

  • Evidence of completing a leadership module/course

Professional registration

Essential

  • Registered nurse with Current NMC registration/ Paramedic or AHP with HCPC registration

Knowledge, Training and experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience
  • Significant experience within specialty at senior level
  • Experience of management
  • Evidence of Test of change or QI projects
  • Evidence of teaching or mentorship
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Effective communicator

Desirable

  • Clinical experience in the community or primary care

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit
  • Excellent clinical reasoning/ decision making
  • Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Computer literate

Desirable

  • Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Masters in advanced practice
  • Post basic qualification in speciality
  • Non medical prescriber V300

Desirable

  • Evidence of completing a leadership module/course

Professional registration

Essential

  • Registered nurse with Current NMC registration/ Paramedic or AHP with HCPC registration

Knowledge, Training and experience

Essential

  • Significant post registration experience
  • Significant experience within specialty at senior level
  • Experience of management
  • Evidence of Test of change or QI projects
  • Evidence of teaching or mentorship
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Effective communicator

Desirable

  • Clinical experience in the community or primary care

Skills and abilities

Essential

  • Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit
  • Excellent clinical reasoning/ decision making
  • Ability to travel to different geographical locations across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
  • Computer literate

Desirable

  • Full UK driving license with willingness to use own car for work purposes

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Employer's website

https://www.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical team lead

Stephanie Walker

stephanie.walker2@nca.nhs.uk

01617785342

Details

Date posted

18 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£55,690 to £62,682 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

236-OCO-NM544-25

Job locations

The Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH


Supporting documents

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