Job summary
Passionate about transforming care for people living with frailty? An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Locality hubs for a Band 7 Clinical Practitioner for Planned care to support the Locality Integrated Neighbourhood team.
We are seeking an experienced Clinician with a strong background in the management of frailty and long-term conditions. The successful candidate will play a key role in leading high-quality, person-centred care, working collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams, and contributing to service development and improvement.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have professional registration (NMC/HCPC), be a qualified non-medical prescriber, and have completed a health assessment module. Strong leadership and communication skills are essential, along with a commitment to person-centred, evidence-based practice.
This is an exciting opportunity to shape high-quality, proactive care and make a real difference to patients and families across our community within the Primary care Networks and the wider locality.
Integrated Neighbourhood Teams are GP led and made up of different health and social care professionals including district nursing and therapy colleagues, mental health professionals, voluntary sector, social care and other council services.
About us
Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.
If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Integrated Neighbourhood Long Term Condition practitioner will act as a generalist clinical expert, providing advanced knowledge and care for patients living with long-term conditions (LTCs), including frailty. The role requires high levels of clinical judgement, discretion and decision making in complex care situations. Working closely within Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and as part of the wider Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, the Integrated Neighbourhood Long Term Condition Practitioner will support proactive, person-centred care to improve outcomes and enhance quality of life for individuals with long-term conditions.
The role will support the co-ordination and delivery of services through the Integrated Neighborhood Teams to help citizens to stay healthy, manage their own conditions and remain well in their own homes. This includes initiating treatment plans, monitoring care and working in partnership with other health, social care and community services to promote independence, prevent deterioration and reduce unnecessary reliance on services.
We support people with multiple, often complex, health and care needs, who are receiving care from lots of different parts of health and social care. We are linked to many other support organisations and services that can provide more specialist, help and support if needed. In effect teams within teams.
We work closely with GPs, hospital clinicians and a wide range of community and voluntary sector services. Through an established data sharing agreement, referrals can be made directly to our team, enabling us to co-ordinate more joined up and person-centred care.
The role will support the co-ordination and delivering of services that help citizens stay healthy, manage their own conditions and remain well in their own homes. This includes initiating treatment plans and working closely with other services to promote independence and reduce unnecessary dependence.
We aim to help citizens to stay healthy and have a better quality of life, avoiding unnecessary hospital admission and stay in the comfort of their own surroundings where recovery is often quicker and more effective.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Integrated Neighbourhood Long Term Condition practitioner will act as a generalist clinical expert, providing advanced knowledge and care for patients living with long-term conditions (LTCs), including frailty. The role requires high levels of clinical judgement, discretion and decision making in complex care situations. Working closely within Primary Care Networks (PCNs) and as part of the wider Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, the Integrated Neighbourhood Long Term Condition Practitioner will support proactive, person-centred care to improve outcomes and enhance quality of life for individuals with long-term conditions.
The role will support the co-ordination and delivery of services through the Integrated Neighborhood Teams to help citizens to stay healthy, manage their own conditions and remain well in their own homes. This includes initiating treatment plans, monitoring care and working in partnership with other health, social care and community services to promote independence, prevent deterioration and reduce unnecessary reliance on services.
We support people with multiple, often complex, health and care needs, who are receiving care from lots of different parts of health and social care. We are linked to many other support organisations and services that can provide more specialist, help and support if needed. In effect teams within teams.
We work closely with GPs, hospital clinicians and a wide range of community and voluntary sector services. Through an established data sharing agreement, referrals can be made directly to our team, enabling us to co-ordinate more joined up and person-centred care.
The role will support the co-ordination and delivering of services that help citizens stay healthy, manage their own conditions and remain well in their own homes. This includes initiating treatment plans and working closely with other services to promote independence and reduce unnecessary dependence.
We aim to help citizens to stay healthy and have a better quality of life, avoiding unnecessary hospital admission and stay in the comfort of their own surroundings where recovery is often quicker and more effective.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse or equivalent professional registration e.g. HCPC
- Relevant nursing/ health degree
- Mentor/teaching qualification
- Clinical supervision training and experience
- Extended/independent nurse prescriber
Desirable
- MSc or equivalent level knowledge in relevant area
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse or equivalent professional registration e.g. HCPC
- Relevant nursing/ health degree
- Mentor/teaching qualification
- Clinical supervision training and experience
- Extended/independent nurse prescriber
Desirable
- MSc or equivalent level knowledge in relevant area
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.
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.
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).
