CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services- CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
We are looking for two Advanced Clinical Practitioners whoarepassionate about delivering high quality and effective careto join our Unplanned Care services in South and West Hertfordshire.
You will be working with a diverse MDT including a Nurse Consultant, other ACPs, nurses, paramedics, therapists, GPs, support workers and administrators who work across a number of innovative unplanned care services, all aiming to keep patients out of hospital and be discharged home more quickly. These roles will be integral to increasing our prevention of admission and early supported discharge numbers, and building relationships and working closely with internal teams, primary care colleagues and nursing and residential homes to ensure referrals into our services are maximised.
Unplanned Care Services are:
Rapid Response
Early Intervention Vehicle
Discharge to Assess pathways
Frailty Hospital@Home
And a new General Medical Virtual Ward
Our virtual ward and Hospital@Home services are delivered in collaboration with our acute Trust colleagues at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
One of these roles will be delivering advanced clinical decision making in our Rapid Response and Early Intervention Vehicle services, the other will be helping to expand the prevention of admission and step down from hospital offers for the new General MedicalVirtual Ward,helping our residents to stay and be treated safely at home, and be discharged from hospital more quickly.
The roles will adhere to the four pillars of advanced clinical practice andwill be complementing the two existing ACPs in our Frailty Hospital at Home service, working on a rota system to ensure robust weekend and bank holiday cover for advanced clinical decision making.
You will need to demonstrate effective,proven clinical leadership and advanced clinical decision making skills alongsidean ability to build positive, productive relationships with teams and external stakeholders. This is a great opportunity to be working atthe forefront ofnew and innovative models of care in the community, and joining a supportive team who work closely together.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
These are a full time positions that require working shifts including weekends and bank holidays; the service operates under pre-rostered shift patterns spanning 8am – 10pm 7 days per week.
We are seeking applications from those who have either already completed their Advanced Clinical Practice degree, or who are in the last year of study.
*Car driver and owner essential.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Annual travel card loan
• Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here:
Job Purpose
The post holder will be practising autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to provide patient centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the Unplanned Care services.The post holder will support a way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service and will ensure the safeprevention of admission anddischargefrom hospitalof patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations acrossUnplanned Care pathways. The post holder will deliver both a clinical and leadership role with a focusondevelopment of the serviceandresearch, along with management responsibilities.
Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
This advert closes on Monday 24 Feb 2025