Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Home Visiting Service The Role Advanced practice is where clinical expertise, autonomy and decision-making come together. Its where you assess complex presentations, manage uncertainty, and make timely decisions that have a direct impact on patient outcomes. Its varied, rewarding work that allows you to use your full clinical skillset while helping patients access the right care, at the right time. At IC24, were looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our East Sussex Home Visiting Service. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of community-based care, delivering high-quality clinical assessments and treatment to patients in their own homes while supporting wider urgent and primary care services. As an experienced clinician, you'll work autonomously within your professional scope of practice, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prescribing for patients presenting with acute, urgent and undifferentiated conditions. You'll play a key role in helping patients receive the right care in the most appropriate setting, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving patient outcomes. What you'll focus on Deliverin
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As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in the East Sussex Home Visiting Service, your role involves a combination of clinical expertise, autonomy, and decision-making. You will assess complex presentations, manage uncertainty, and make timely decisions that directly impact patient outcomes. This role enables you to use your full clinical skillset while assisting patients in accessing appropriate care. At IC24, you will deliver high-quality clinical assessments and treatment in patients' homes, supporting urgent and primary care services. You must be an experienced clinician, working within your professional scope, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing for acute, urgent, and undifferentiated conditions. You will help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and improve patient outcomes by ensuring patients receive the right care in the most suitable setting. The role involves working autonomously, with a focus on delivering advanced clinical care in community settings, making safe, evidence-based decisions, independent prescribing, supporting continuity of care, contributing to service improvement, and developing clinical excellence.
About us

Integrated Care 24 (IC24) is a leading not-for-profit social enterprise focused on delivering innovative, patient-focused primary care services. IC24 is dedicated to improving access to health and social care for its patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. Providing services to over 6 million patients, IC24 covers GP-led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care, and secondary care support. With a commitment to service improvement and patient outcomes, IC24 supports service audits, clinical governance activities, and shared learning to enhance their offerings. Moreover, IC24 values diversity and inclusiveness, encouraging applications from ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, and other under-represented groups, ensuring an inclusive work environment where everyone feels they belong.

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Package Description:
Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Home Visiting Service

The Role

Advanced practice is where clinical expertise, autonomy and decision-making come together.

Its where you assess complex presentations, manage uncertainty, and make timely decisions that have a direct impact on patient outcomes. Its varied, rewarding work that allows you to use your full clinical skillset while helping patients access the right care, at the right time.

At IC24, were looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our East Sussex Home Visiting Service. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of community-based care, delivering high-quality clinical assessments and treatment to patients in their own homes while supporting wider urgent and primary care services.

As an experienced clinician, you'll work autonomously within your professional scope of practice, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prescribing for patients presenting with acute, urgent and undifferentiated conditions. You'll play a key role in helping patients receive the right care in the most appropriate setting, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving patient outcomes.

What you'll focus on

Delivering advanced clinical care in the community

You'll assess, diagnose and manage patients in their own homes, providing high-quality clinical care for a wide range of urgent and primary care presentations.

Making safe, evidence-based decisions

You'll use advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine appropriate treatment plans, referrals, investigations and follow-up care while managing clinical risk effectively.

Independent prescribing

As an Independent Prescriber, you'll prescribe medication following clinical assessment and examination, ensuring safe and effective patient-centred care.

Supporting continuity of care

You'll work closely with GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, NHS 111, community services and secondary care partners to ensure patients receive coordinated and seamless care.

Contributing to service improvement

You'll support audits, clinical governance activities, shared learning and quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient outcomes and service delivery.

Developing clinical excellence

You'll maintain your continuing professional development, contribute to mentoring and shared learning, and help promote best practice across the wider organisation.

This role forms part of our East Sussex Home Visiting Service, supporting patients across the community. You'll work as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering responsive care where it is needed most, helping patients avoid unnecessary hospital attendance wherever appropriate.

What matters in this role

We're looking for experienced clinicians who combine strong clinical expertise with excellent communication and decision-making skills.

You're likely someone who:

Enjoys working autonomously while remaining part of a wider multidisciplinary team

Is confident assessing and managing urgent and undifferentiated presentations

Has strong clinical reasoning and risk management skills

Communicates effectively with patients, carers and healthcare professionals

Enjoys delivering care within patients' homes and community settings

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

Professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or GPhC

Independent Prescriber qualification

Advanced assessment and minor illness qualification (Level 6 or 7)

Proven experience of autonomous clinical practice

Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to manage complex presentations

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice

Evidence of service improvement and innovation

Who are we?

We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not for profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Locations

East Sussex Home Visiting Service

Woodingdean Base -Unit 6, Brighton Office Campus, Hunns Mere Way, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 6AH

Eastbourne Base- Eastbourne PCC, Eastbourne District General Hospital, Kings Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2UD

Worthing Base Angmering Medical Center Station Road, Angmering, West Sussex, BN16 4HL

Burgess Hill Base Burgess Hill Clinic, The Brow, Burgess Hill, RH15 9BW

Additional East Sussex operational bases as required

Hours

2 Positions available at 37.5 hours per week

What's in it for you:-

Annual salary of £54,140.87

Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme Additional annual leave above statutory minimum based on service Enhanced family leave (maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay) Inclusive wellbeing benefits Employee Assistance Programme including free 24/7 independent counselling and occupational health services Professional development and learning opportunities Free membership to our reward and discount platform Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and three years of references.

We celebrate brave ideas and brave people.

careers.ic24.org.uk

We have a duty to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of those who use our services and our employees. This means we take every step we can to protect from harm, abuse and damage.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all and encourage applications from ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, neurodiverse individuals, and other under-represented groups. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

If you need any workplace adjustments during the application or interview process, or have accessibility requirements, please contact the recruitment team.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Package Description:
Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Home Visiting Service

The Role

Advanced practice is where clinical expertise, autonomy and decision-making come together.

Its where you assess complex presentations, manage uncertainty, and make timely decisions that have a direct impact on patient outcomes. Its varied, rewarding work that allows you to use your full clinical skillset while helping patients access the right care, at the right time.

At IC24, were looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our East Sussex Home Visiting Service. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of community-based care, delivering high-quality clinical assessments and treatment to patients in their own homes while supporting wider urgent and primary care services.

As an experienced clinician, you'll work autonomously within your professional scope of practice, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment and prescribing for patients presenting with acute, urgent and undifferentiated conditions. You'll play a key role in helping patients receive the right care in the most appropriate setting, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving patient outcomes.

What you'll focus on

Delivering advanced clinical care in the community

You'll assess, diagnose and manage patients in their own homes, providing high-quality clinical care for a wide range of urgent and primary care presentations.

Making safe, evidence-based decisions

You'll use advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine appropriate treatment plans, referrals, investigations and follow-up care while managing clinical risk effectively.

Independent prescribing

As an Independent Prescriber, you'll prescribe medication following clinical assessment and examination, ensuring safe and effective patient-centred care.

Supporting continuity of care

You'll work closely with GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, NHS 111, community services and secondary care partners to ensure patients receive coordinated and seamless care.

Contributing to service improvement

You'll support audits, clinical governance activities, shared learning and quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient outcomes and service delivery.

Developing clinical excellence

You'll maintain your continuing professional development, contribute to mentoring and shared learning, and help promote best practice across the wider organisation.

This role forms part of our East Sussex Home Visiting Service, supporting patients across the community. You'll work as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering responsive care where it is needed most, helping patients avoid unnecessary hospital attendance wherever appropriate.

What matters in this role

We're looking for experienced clinicians who combine strong clinical expertise with excellent communication and decision-making skills.

You're likely someone who:

Enjoys working autonomously while remaining part of a wider multidisciplinary team

Is confident assessing and managing urgent and undifferentiated presentations

Has strong clinical reasoning and risk management skills

Communicates effectively with patients, carers and healthcare professionals

Enjoys delivering care within patients' homes and community settings

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

Professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or GPhC

Independent Prescriber qualification

Advanced assessment and minor illness qualification (Level 6 or 7)

Proven experience of autonomous clinical practice

Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to manage complex presentations

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice

Evidence of service improvement and innovation

Who are we?

We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not for profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Locations

East Sussex Home Visiting Service

Woodingdean Base -Unit 6, Brighton Office Campus, Hunns Mere Way, Woodingdean, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 6AH

Eastbourne Base- Eastbourne PCC, Eastbourne District General Hospital, Kings Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex BN21 2UD

Worthing Base Angmering Medical Center Station Road, Angmering, West Sussex, BN16 4HL

Burgess Hill Base Burgess Hill Clinic, The Brow, Burgess Hill, RH15 9BW

Additional East Sussex operational bases as required

Hours

2 Positions available at 37.5 hours per week

What's in it for you:-

Annual salary of £54,140.87

Opportunity to join the NHS Pension Scheme Additional annual leave above statutory minimum based on service Enhanced family leave (maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay) Inclusive wellbeing benefits Employee Assistance Programme including free 24/7 independent counselling and occupational health services Professional development and learning opportunities Free membership to our reward and discount platform Access to Blue Light Card and other NHS Discount Schemes

Due to the nature of this position, employment is subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK, completion of a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and three years of references.

We celebrate brave ideas and brave people.

careers.ic24.org.uk

We have a duty to safeguard, protect and promote the welfare of those who use our services and our employees. This means we take every step we can to protect from harm, abuse and damage.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all and encourage applications from ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, neurodiverse individuals, and other under-represented groups. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.

If you need any workplace adjustments during the application or interview process, or have accessibility requirements, please contact the recruitment team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or GPhC Independent Prescriber qualification Advanced assessment and minor illness qualification (Level 6 or 7) Proven experience of autonomous clinical practice Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to manage complex presentations Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice Evidence of service improvement and innovation

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or GPhC Independent Prescriber qualification Advanced assessment and minor illness qualification (Level 6 or 7) Proven experience of autonomous clinical practice Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to manage complex presentations Excellent communication and interpersonal skills Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice Evidence of service improvement and innovation

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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Integrated Care 24 Ltd
Address

IC24

Brighton

BN2 6AH

United Kingdom

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