Based in East Kent, the Urgent Care Service / Frailty Home Treatment Service is an innovative team working across various services and locations. We are a blended service with diverse clinical backgrounds working together for the benefit of frail patients.
We are seeking Advanced Practitioners (AP) with NHSE digital badges or those willing to work towards this qualification in a trainee capacity. Candidates will complete an MSc inAdvanced Clinical Practice as apprentices, developing their clinical portfolio over three years. We have two positions available, with a preference for those already holding AP digital badges and appropriate clinical experience.
The AP role is undertaken by experienced registered health or social care practitioners, characterized by complex decision-making and a high degree of autonomy. Advancedpractice posts include 10% non-clinical time to contribute to all four pillars of advanced practice and are underpinned by a master's level award or NHS England accreditation.
APs will function effectively across the four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education and training, and research, quality improvement, and service development. We deliver services seven days a week, 8am-8pm, across various locations. Candidates must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle, often working alone.
East Kent community services Our diverse, talented team includes frailty consultants, a consultant advanced practitioner (AP), GPs, consultants-in-training, and trainee APs. We support activities including:
Home Treatment Service People prefer receiving care closer to home. During the pandemic, we established a service to meet this need. The seven-day service offers expert frailty advice across East Kent. We aim to provide alternatives to hospital admission for those in frailty crisis. Near-patient testing and hospital-at-home capabilities offer robust alternatives to ED attendance, treating over 200 patients with COVID and hypoxia.
Community Hospitals We support five hospitals in East Kent, offering step-up/step-down services, complex assessments, rehabilitation, and end-of-life care. Learning from the COVID pandemic, we provide intravenous therapies as an alternative to acute hospital admission. A review of bed use will help us develop community treatment units within community hospitals.
Primary Care Network (PCN) Hubs Each PCN holds virtual multi-disciplinary team meetings for complex case management. Our participation identifies those who would benefitfrom a CGA or care planning.
Proactive Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) We provide domiciliary assessments for frail individuals at risk of crisis, incorporating CGA, and anticipatory and advancecare planning.
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
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This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025