Enhanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Extended Clinical Practitioner (ECP) to join our multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity for an advanced clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and driving excellence in clinical practice.

As an Extended Clinical Practitioner, you will provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care to patients, utilising advanced levels of clinical judgement, knowledge, and skills. Working autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment, you will assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients with complex healthcare needs.

You will consult closely with patients, families, carers, and healthcare professionals to undertake comprehensive assessments and develop evidence-based care plans tailored to individual needs. The role requires critical evaluation of clinical problems, application of advanced assessment and diagnostic skills, and the ability to make informed clinical decisions using the latest evidence, interventions, and technologies.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will maintain and continuously develop their clinical knowledge, skills, and expertise to support enhanced clinical judgement and autonomous decision making. They will independently undertake complex and holistic assessments, applying advanced clinical reasoning and evidence based practice to deliver safe, effective, and person centred care for individuals with complex needs.

The role involves critically evaluating clinical interventions, managing complex caseloads, and supporting patients from diverse cultural, social, and belief backgrounds through enhanced assessments, diagnostics, and interventions. The postholder will work both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams across community and clinical settings, adapting to changing healthcare demands, evolving technologies, and increasingly complex patient presentations.

They will engage patients, families, and carers in the co production of care plans and wellbeing strategies, promoting self management and independence wherever appropriate. The role includes providing clinical leadership, supporting integrated health and social care working, supervising and supporting colleagues, and recognising the boundaries of professional practice.

The postholder will plan, deliver, monitor, and evaluate complex care, interpret diagnostics, contribute to differential diagnosis, arrange further investigations, and respond effectively to unpredictable clinical situations.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medina Healthcare

Brannon Way

Ryde

Isle of Wight

PO33 4NW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Medina Healthcare

Brannon Way

Ryde

Isle of Wight

PO33 4NW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

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

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