The closing date is 28 August 2025
Salary: £55,690 to £62,682 a year per annum
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the position of Advanced Clinical Practitioner within UHMB Community Rapid Response Teams incorporating 2 hour Urgent Community Response and Virtual Wards.
We have 3 bases at Furness General Hospital, Heysham Primary Care Centre and Murley Moss, Kendal. Base will be discussed as part of the recruitment process.
The post holder will support the development of the expanding Rapid Response Service to support the delivery of the 2 hour Urgent Community Response and Virtual Ward mandates to improve out of hospital care and support the management of patients in their own home.
The post holder will work with colleagues and partners in the health and social care system to provide evidence-based, holistic care to patients requiring Virtual Ward or Urgent Community Response and oversight as part of a Rapid Response Intervention.
The role blends direct, higher level clinical care with education, management activities with a focus on Governance and as such the post holder is expected to build working relationships across the local health community.
Please note if you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to complete a series of Psychometric Tests.
Main duties of the job
To work at the level outlined in the HEE Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice (2017) with equal focus on all four pillars of advanced clinical practice: Clinical, Leadership/management, education, and research/audit
To assist in the continuing development of a comprehensive Rapid Response and Admission avoidance service in community for patients diagnosed with an acute episode of illness and to act as a national exemplar for the potential of this role.
Provide expert practice, exercising a high degree of specialist professional judgement through the management of a caseload of patients referred to them by GPs, consultant colleagues and other health care professionals.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- oRegistered Nurse (on the relevant part of the register for the post) or Allied Health Professional
- Masters Degree in Advanced Practice or working towards
- oPost registration course or qualification in specialist area (where applicable/available)
- Non Medical prescriber
- Completed accredited communication skills training
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of establishing effective communication.
- oCurrent knowledge and experience of caring for patients with respiratory conditions
- oEvidence of clinical competence and credibility in the specialty and relevant post-registration qualification experience which must be in an appropriate area of specialist practice at a senior level.
- Exercise a high degree of autonomy within specialist area
- Change management experience and ability to develop expert practice
- Evidence of teaching, mentoring and assessing junior staff.
- oExperience of and ability to work as a member of the multidisciplinary clinical team.
- Experience of undertaking audit
- Experience of undertaking research
- Experience in the development of policies, procedures and practice
- Evidence of management/leadership experience relevant to clinical specialty.
- Setting and monitoring of standards
Skills ability and knowledge
Essential
- Able to respond rapidly to emergency situations
- oAble to prioritise own workload and that of others demonstrating effective time management and organisational skills
- Ability to communicate effectively both written & verbal.
- oUp to date knowledge of the developments in appropriate area care underpinned by theory and experience
- Understanding of clinical governance and its application
- Understanding of current best practice and NHS issues and initiatives
- oAble to develop, and deliver nurse/AHP led services and clinics, in collaboration but independently of medical consultants
- oAutonomous practitioner; able to admit, investigate, diagnose, treat, prescribe medications and discharge patients
- oWork under pressure with exceptional organisation and time management skills
- oCommitted to CPD of self and others with proven mentoring, teaching and assessing skills
- Demonstrate advanced people management skills
- oCompetent in IT skills (in particular e- mail, use of internet ability to manipulate data electronically, power point presentations)
- Ability to develop standards of care
- Ensures that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality
- Demonstrable basic and advanced clinical skills relevant to the specialty
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the service
- oExcellent interpersonal skills, enthusiastic, innovative, flexible, approachable, caring, kind and compassionate
- Motivated and able to motivate others
- Committed to service development
- Able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
- Excellent listening and communication skills
- Able to deal with and resolve conflict
- Ability to travel across the bay
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).