Hospital Outreach 24/7 Senior Enhanced Practitioner

Job description

Job summary

This vacancy has created the opportunity within the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Team for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join the Senior Enhanced Practitioner Team and wider Team to support the implementation of Martha' Rule across the organisation to ensure that patients and families have a clear accessible route to escalate concerns.

The post holder will work as part of the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Team and will respond quickly and effectively to deteriorating patients on the wards. They will work alongside Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) using the Prevention, Identification, Escalation and Response (PIER) Model to reducing physical deterioration. They will also have responsibility for the daily management of a caseload of patients, in collaboration with the medical teams.

This post will be split between Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester and The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and travel across the county is essential.

The Diagnostics and Specialties Care Group is a great place to work, with well-developed clinical services, a highly respected Quality Governance Team and a strong Divisional Management Team who are truly committed to giving the best patient care possible.

Interviews will take place on Friday 11th September 2026.

Main duties of the job

Worktowards health promotion and prevention and comprehensively assess patients forrisk factors and early signs of illness and deterioration.

Drawon a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determineevidence-based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribingmedication where legally allowed and actively monitoring the effectiveness oftherapeutic interventions.

Planand manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others,delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes andresource use, and provide direct support to patients and clients.

Workin partnership with patients and support them to manage and live their life.

About us

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a largeacute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acuteservices to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to alarger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services fromthree sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and ourcaring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centredcare. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people towork with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin oureveryday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewiseaccreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible workingwithin our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring aDBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in SupportingInformation section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full Job Description documents uploaded to this advert in the Supporting Information Section.

If you have the necessary skills, expertise and qualities for the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Senior Enhanced Practitioner role, and would like to organise an informal telephone call or MS Teams discussion with one of the Team please contact either

Jomy Regi, Consultant Nurse Practitioner via email on [email protected] or

Emma Coopey, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) via email on [email protected] or

Sophie Bennett, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) via email on [email protected]

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see the full Job Description documents uploaded to this advert in the Supporting Information Section.

If you have the necessary skills, expertise and qualities for the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Senior Enhanced Practitioner role, and would like to organise an informal telephone call or MS Teams discussion with one of the Team please contact either

Jomy Regi, Consultant Nurse Practitioner via email on [email protected] or

Emma Coopey, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) via email on [email protected] or

Sophie Bennett, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) via email on [email protected]

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Healthcare Practitioner;
• Teaching/Assessing Course;
• Intermediate life support;
• Completed a Level 6 or 7 Health Assessment module;
• Competent in venepuncture, cannulation, arterial blood gases, NG Tube and Line Management;
• Independent Prescriber

Desirable

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice;
• Advanced Life Support

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment;
• Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• High level of self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement;
• Flexibility in approach and attitude;
• Shows honesty and integrity;
• Able to work cross site and full rotation across 24-hour period and 7 days (if service requires)

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment;
• Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post-registration experience, within speciality;
• Able to demonstrate recent effective clinical leadership skills;
• Participation in audit and clinical research

Desirable

• Experience in an autonomous practice role;
• Experience of service improvement projects

Skills

Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills;
• Able to rapidly assess acute situations and take appropriate action;
• Staff management experience;
• Able to remain calm in rapidly changing and stressful situations;
• Positive role model;
• Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills

Desirable

• Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Healthcare Practitioner;
• Teaching/Assessing Course;
• Intermediate life support;
• Completed a Level 6 or 7 Health Assessment module;
• Competent in venepuncture, cannulation, arterial blood gases, NG Tube and Line Management;
• Independent Prescriber

Desirable

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice;
• Advanced Life Support

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment;
• Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies

Other Job Requirements

Essential

• High level of self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement;
• Flexibility in approach and attitude;
• Shows honesty and integrity;
• Able to work cross site and full rotation across 24-hour period and 7 days (if service requires)

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment;
• Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies

Experience

Essential

• Relevant post-registration experience, within speciality;
• Able to demonstrate recent effective clinical leadership skills;
• Participation in audit and clinical research

Desirable

• Experience in an autonomous practice role;
• Experience of service improvement projects

Skills

Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills;
• Able to rapidly assess acute situations and take appropriate action;
• Staff management experience;
• Able to remain calm in rapidly changing and stressful situations;
• Positive role model;
• Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills

Desirable

• Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings

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 .

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. .
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.
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 .

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. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

United Kingdom

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