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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner Lead - Countywide Community Services

The closing date is 28 December 2025

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Job summary

37.5 hours per week, to suit service needs, permanent.

Do you have a passion for community services and leading transformational change? Are you looking for a combined leadership and clinical role that will challenge you, whilst enabling you to influence the development of advancing practice around the needs of patients.

Join us at Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and be instrumental in supporting us to deliver our vision: - To be a leading organisation that works effectively in partnership with our stakeholders to deliver high quality, integrated health services.

Working as part of the senior team within community services, you will be responsible for the development, clinical leadership and operational management of a cohort of advanced nurse and therapy practitioners, supporting them to develop competencies within all pillars of advancing practice and also clinical leadership for enhanced clinical practitioners within MIUs,

Due to the nature of the post the applicant must be able to travel independently.

Main duties of the job

You will be the figurehead for developing advanced clinical practice within community hospitals and MIUs, whilst aligning that work to wider community services in the future. You will need to have the ability and experience to work within a dynamic and challenging environment and you will play a pivotal leadership role supporting the wider workforce to enhance clinical skills and competencies to support patients living with long term conditions and frailty.

You will have a track record of success at a senior level, and have the clinical skills and abilities to develop credible trusting relationships with clinical colleagues within the Trust and the wider health care economy.

Enthusiastic and passionate about patient experience and clinical outcomes, you will have an understanding of the national agenda and be able to translate this with commissioning and alliance partners to lead clinical delivery. You will be able to work alongside directors, GPs and commissioning and social care colleagues to shape future planning of community services.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Details

Date posted

12 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-1898

Job locations

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable post-graduate experience in a relevant area
  • Extensive post-graduate experience in a role undertaking assessments of
  • complex needs
  • Experience of working with people with long-term illness and / or older people
  • Experience of working across professional boundaries and managing differing priorities.
  • Experience of clinical leadership and implementation of change
  • projects
  • Experience of undertaking research

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Level 1 / Allied Health Professional / Paramedic / Pharmacist
  • MSc Advanced Clinical Practice which will include Advanced Assessment Skills and Prescribing V300 (if within scope of practice)
  • Evidence of a portfolio of knowledge, skills and professional development
  • Leadership qualification and or experience
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extended and advanced clinical skills and knowledge base
  • Understanding of professional and current issues in community care
  • Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrable post-graduate experience in a relevant area
  • Extensive post-graduate experience in a role undertaking assessments of
  • complex needs
  • Experience of working with people with long-term illness and / or older people
  • Experience of working across professional boundaries and managing differing priorities.
  • Experience of clinical leadership and implementation of change
  • projects
  • Experience of undertaking research

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse Level 1 / Allied Health Professional / Paramedic / Pharmacist
  • MSc Advanced Clinical Practice which will include Advanced Assessment Skills and Prescribing V300 (if within scope of practice)
  • Evidence of a portfolio of knowledge, skills and professional development
  • Leadership qualification and or experience
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extended and advanced clinical skills and knowledge base
  • Understanding of professional and current issues in community care
  • Demonstrate an understanding of clinical governance

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

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Deputy Associate Director

Marisa Manning

marisa.manning@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

12 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8b

Salary

£64,455 to £74,896 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

C9798-1898

Job locations

2 Kings Court

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1JR


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