Lead Frailty Advanced Care Practitioner

Job description

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients' own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact [email protected] or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

The opportunity has arisen to be part of our expanding multi-disciplinary frailty team and to have the opportunity to lead the Advance Clinical Practitioner team whilst also providing autonomous clinical support to the care of patients undertaking frailty health assessments: diagnoses, treating, and discharging patients within their own competence.

Our Frailty Strategy forms part of the Trust strategy. In line with national evidence, we aim to take care closer to patients' homes, to enable and empower our frail older patients to live independently with the confidence that we are there to support them.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will lead the expanding Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team, support ACP team supervision and associated development requirements, service reviews and planning, driving innovation through the four pillars of advanced practice, clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research. They will co-ordinate ACP cover for multiple services across 24/7 services. Dedicated leadership/management & education time will be allocated to allow for undertaking the leadership role alongside clinical duties.

As a clinician, the post holder will act as an independent practitioner, providing expert care and treatment to patients within agreed protocols and clinical guidelines. However, the ACP also has the ability to make decisions outside these frameworks, where necessary based on best practice.

The postholder will also be expected to rotate between our acute site at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, covering front door services across our emergency floor and at our community sites at Amersham and Buckingham Hospitals, supporting with care delivery oversight within the community in-patient ward and undertaking independent outpatient clinics linked to Inter-Neighbourhood Teams providing proactive as well as preventative care for frail patients.

The Trust operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the post holder will be required to work flexibly to accommodate a developing 24hr frailty model of care.

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