Advanced Clinical Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 57,528 to 64,750 £ / Year

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are looking for Advanced Clinical Practitioners to join our Urgent Community Response team working across South Warwickshire, Out of Hospital division.

South base is Royal Leamington Spa Rehabilitation Hospital, CV34 6SR or Stratford Hospital, CV37 6NX

The Urgent Community Response teams provide urgent care to deteriorating patients within their own home/care homes and the Virtual Ward, as well as working closely with the Medical Consultant led Frailty Assessment Unit in Warwick Hospital. The role will be an opportunity to work in a well-established dynamic team.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to develop responsive services to assess, diagnose and treat unwell frail patients at home with the support of the Consultant ACP. The post would suit those from a range of backgrounds with experience in acute / emergency care, care of the elderly or community / primary care services. An understanding of Frailty and the need for admission avoidance is key.

Main duties of the job

The post-holders will exercise advanced clinical skills, levels of judgement, discretion and decision-making in clinical care, demonstrated through, and supported by, professional portfolio evidence.

They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and allied specialties to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of accessible, high-quality clinical care at Warwick Hospital.

Clinical duties may include a combination of shifts with regular evening, weekend and bank holiday working. Cross site working for example at stratford, leamington or community sites may be required.

During winter months and at other times of high demand, the post-holder will provide care to and expedite the discharge of patients autonomously and by facilitating the nurse-led discharge process.

The post includes 20% of contracted hours dedicated to the 3 non-clinical pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice, leadership, education and research.

The post-holders will be expected to contribute significantly to clinical governance, audit, research, training and education, providing leadership to the clinical team in one or more of these areas.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered professional, NMC, GPC or HPC registered
  • Master’s Level (MSc) Degree in Advanced Practice. An MSc in another relevant subject combined with a Post Graduate Certificate (PG cert) in Advanced Practice or credentialed portfolio is an acceptable alternative.
  • Recognised level 7 History taking and clinical examination/Health assessment module
  • Independent Prescriber
  • Evidence of continued professional development within relevant clinical speciality equivalent to local e-portfolio curriculum/capabilities in practice (CiP)

Desirable

  • Recognised Teaching Qualification
  • Leadership course

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working autonomously within relevant medical speciality.
  • Experience of trainee supervision and teaching
  • Experience in patient advocacy
  • Experience in contributing to research, audit and evidence-based care
  • Able to work with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders

Desirable

  • Proven leadership skills
  • Experience of delivering service improvement

Skills

Essential

  • Demonstrable clinical and procedural skills relevant to the speciality and willingness to expand further to meet service needs.
  • Advanced knowledge of the range of presentations, diagnoses and current management options within the speciality area
  • Evidence of planning and organisational skills
  • Proven listening and counselling skills with the ability to manage complex situations and appropriately deliver sensitive and difficult outcomes
  • Ability to clinically lead and influence others
  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to manage own caseload
  • Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal and communication skills
  • Able to conduct and evaluate own projects successfully
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the current national issues relevant to medical specialities
  • Knowledge of quality standards and relevant NICE guidelines, CQUINs etc
  • Knowledge and use of governance and risk assessment to improve quality and service development
  • Ability to carry out and evaluate audit and research

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Problem solver
  • Team player
  • Creative thinker
  • Able to perform under pressure
  • Diplomatic
  • Highly self-motivated to develop across 4 pillars

Other

Essential

  • Willingness to work weekends and evenings
  • Flexible and positive approach to work
  • Able to work across the whole health economy
  • Maintain trust e-portfolio to demonstrate ongoing CPD and clinical competence

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).

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

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