Clinical Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Take your clinical career in a new direction

Are you an experienced clinically-registered professional looking for a role where your clinical judgement really matters? Perhaps you’re ready to broaden your clinical experience, move away from traditional frontline working patterns or take your career in a new direction, while continuing to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our All-Age Complex and Continuing Care (AACCC) service as a Band 6 Clinical Practitioner, supporting children, young people and adults with some of the most complex health and care needs across Thames Valley.

As a Clinical Practitioner, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time. Working closely with individuals, their families and a wide range of health and social care professionals, you’ll use your clinical expertise to assess complex needs, support person-centred decisions and help people achieve the best possible quality of life.

It’s an exciting time to join us. Having recently become part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we’re embarking on an ambitious programme of transformation, bringing our teams together, strengthening our clinical practice and developing new ways of working. We’re looking for compassionate, curious and motivated professionals who want to be part of that journey and help shape the future of our service.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Practitioner within our All-Age Complex and Continuing Care (AACCC) service, you’ll use your clinical knowledge and experience to make a real difference to people living with complex health and care needs. This is an opportunity to take your nursing career in a new direction, combining clinical assessment, professional judgement and collaborative working to help ensure people receive the right care and support.

At the heart of your role will be undertaking NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC) assessments and reviews, working closely with individuals, their families and multidisciplinary teams to understand their needs and make evidence-based recommendations in line with the National Framework. You’ll also have opportunities to develop your experience across the wider CHC pathway, including Fast Track, care planning, clinical commissioning, case management and personal health budgets.

No two days will be quite the same. You’ll work with people in a variety of settings, navigate complex clinical situations and bring information to influence different professionals to support person-centred decision making. You’ll advocate for individuals, work collaboratively with health and social care partners and use your clinical expertise to help ensure care is safe, appropriate and responsive to changing needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Educated to degree level in relevant subject or equivalent level of experience of working at a similar level in specialist area with up-to-date registration with the relevant regulatory body e.g. Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working in a health or care environment (including acute, community, mental health, local authority etc. and evidence of continuing professional development
  • Experience and understanding of health and social care environment and roles and responsibilities within it.

Desirable

  • Further training or significant experience in project management and planning, financial management or supporting change management processes.

Skills

Essential

  • Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of current national and local policy/Framework Guidance relating to NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS Funded Nursing Care
  • Knowledge and experience of working with Safeguarding issues and Policy guidance
  • Clear communicator with excellent writing, report writing and presentation skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and Best Interests decision making.
  • Skills for communication on complex matters and difficult situations, requiring persuasion and influence
  • Independent thinker, with demonstrated good judgement, problem-solving and analytical skills

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: 16 October 2026

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