Extended Clinical Practitioner - Nurse or AHP

Job summary

Do you have specialist skills in working with adults living with frailty, then we would be interested to hear from you.

We are recruiting a motivated and inspirational Extended Clinical Practitioner (ECP), Nurse or AHP to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) and frailty Virtual ward (VW) team delivering care to patients closer to home and preventing unnecessary hospital admission across North Hampshire.

The ECP will deliver specialist practice in UCR and VW working closely alongside the Consultant Practitioner, Senior Clinical Practitioner, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Trainee's supporting the delivery of care in the home settings of our service users. The ECP will develop strong working relationships with the wider systems teams which may include the community geriatrician, specialist doctor, GP's, and other multi-disciplinary colleagues.

The team provide a model of care to provide urgent care and Frailty virtual wards and focuses on preventing avoidable hospital admissions for patients with acute ill health conditions which includes implementation of treatment and appropriate monitoring whilst in crisis. Our primary aim is to provide first class health care, in the home, giving the service users the choice to remain at home and recover more quickly.

For the right person a developmental ECP role band 6-7 would be considered.

The service operates 0800-2000 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

We are happy to discuss flexible working but would expect working one weekend in four.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care for patients, using enhanced levels of clinical judgement, skills and knowledge. Extended Clinical Practitioners will consult with patients, their family, carers and the multi-professional team to undertake assessments of patient need and devise and evaluate complex care plans related to their field of expertise. They critically evaluate and analyse clinical problems using their expertise and clinical knowledge, seeking out and applying relevant evidence, enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, interventions, and equipment to make clinical decisions.

Extended Clinical Practitioners deliver complex clinical care in the context of continual change, challenging environments, different models of care delivery, innovation and rapidly evolving technologies using critical analysis and their underpinning knowledge to manage complex interventions. They recognise and work within the boundaries of their practice, knowing when and who to refer patients to. They may delegate work to other members of the multidisciplinary team and take accountability for the delegated activity.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Bullspen

Manor Court, Herriard

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG25 2PH

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

1 Bullspen

Manor Court, Herriard

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG25 2PH

Employer's website

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

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