Extended Clinical Practitioner/ Trainee Extended Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

We are seeking an enthusiastic Extended Clinical Practitioner to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Hospital at Home Service. Applications are welcome from Registered Adult Nurses and Allied Health Professionals with access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Essential Level 7 qualifications:

• Clinical History Taking and Physical Examination
• Diagnostics and Clinical Decision Making
• Non-Medical Prescribing (or Applied Pharmacology, depending on professional registration)

Applicants who do not yet hold all required qualifications may be considered for a Band 6 Development Post, progressing to Band 7 upon completion of the outstanding requirements. Priority will be given to candidates holding at least one of the essential qualifications. Applicants with a health-related Level 7 qualification will also be considered.

Our UCR/Hospital at Home Service support acutely unwell adults who are at risk of hospital admission due to a sudden deterioration in their wellbeing. We deliver high-quality acute care in their own homes, helping them recover in familiar surroundings and avoid unnecessary admissions.

The service operates 7 days a week, 08:00-20:00, from bases in Lymington, Southampton, Eastleigh and Fordingbridge. While primarily based at a designated hub, you will be expected to work flexibly across sites as required. Weekend working is on a rotational basis, approximately 1 in 5 weekends.

Comprehensive induction and ongoing professional development opportunities are provided.

Main duties of the job

To provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care for patients, using enhanced levels of clinical judgement, skills and knowledge. Extended Clinical Practitioners will consult with patients, their family, carers and the multi-professional team to undertake assessments of patient need and devise and evaluate complex care plans related to their field of expertise. They critically evaluate and analyse clinical problems using their expertise and clinical knowledge, seeking out and applying relevant evidence, enhanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, interventions, and equipment to make clinical decisions.

Extended Clinical Practitioners deliver complex clinical care in the context of continual change, challenging environments, different models of care delivery, innovation and rapidly evolving technologies using critical analysis and their underpinning knowledge to manage complex interventions. They recognise and work within the boundaries of their practice, knowing when and who to refer patients to. They may delegate work to other members of the multidisciplinary team and take accountability for the delegated activity.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence