Advanced Clinical Practitioner -Falls, Frailty, & Complex Case

at  Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

CLCH Hertfordshire Adult Community Services - CLCH NHS Trust provides a range of Community Services, and the Hertfordshire Division is recruiting!
West Herts Falls, Frailty, and Complex Case Management – Advanced Clinical Practitioner
We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is passionate about delivering high quality and effective care to frail patients to work as part of our Planned Care service.
Under the umbrella of Complex Case Management, Falls and Frailty, we provide a range of proactive and preventative interventions with some of the most vulnerable and complex patients living in our communities. These services facilitate multi agency coordination and shared decision making via MDT meetings, as well as completing in person comprehensive geriatric assessment of people who are frail, in their homes and in clinic based settings. The service aims to optimise long term conditions management, prevent falls, maximise independence, and enable frail patients to live well and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions
This role is working across the South and West Herts. Clinically, you will be undertaking autonomous assessment and optimisation of frail patients in clinics or in their usual place of residence. You will be making recommendation for diagnostics and differential diagnosis, undertaking prescribing/deprescribing, completing anticipatory care planning, and implementing strategies which will avoid unnecessary hospital admission in the long term.
You will use the four pillars of advanced clinical practice to support your own development, the development of others, and the evolution of the service. You will have the opportunity to work closely with the Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Consultant Nurse in our Frailty Hospital at Home service as well as other senior clinicians working across our specialist service portfolio.
You will need to demonstrate effective and proven clinical leadership and advanced clinical decision making skills alongside an ability to build positive, productive relationships with teams and external stakeholders. You will be familiar with the current evidence base in assessment and management of frailty as a long term condition.
This is a great opportunity to be join a supportive team who work closely together and to help shape the future of adult services in South and West Herts.
The service operates across multiple sites and so for the right candidate there is some flexibility on allocation of a main base at any of our main sites - in Watford, Potters Bar, and Harpenden. There will be a requirement to travel across the West Herts geography on a daily basis.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!
Please note: We are seeking applications from those who have either already completed their Advanced Clinical Practice degree, or who are in the last year of study. Car driver and owner will be essential.
Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

WE CAN OFFER YOU:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
The post holder will be practising autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to provide patient centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the Planned Care services.
The post holder will support a way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service and will ensure the proactive care of frail patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across Planned Care pathways.
The post holder will deliver both a clinical and leadership role with a focus on development of the service and research, along with management responsibilities.
Please refer to job description, person specification and trust values, for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required

Please refer the Job description for details