Are you a skilled and motivated clinical practitioner ready to take your expertise to the next level? Join us as a Senior Clinical Practitioner within the dynamic Transfer of Care Hub, where you’ll lead the way in transforming patient care across Buckinghamshire. This Band 7 role offers a unique blend of advanced clinical practice and system-wide coordination, placing you at the heart of ensuring safe, timely, and person-centred transitions from hospital to home and community settings.
In this pivotal position, you will lead the triage of complex discharge referrals, perform advanced patient assessments, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and key partners—including voluntary organisations like Age UK and external care agencies—to design and deliver seamless care pathways. Your strategic problem-solving and clinical leadership will be vital in overcoming discharge challenges and championing best practices that promote patient independence and dignity.
If you’re passionate about making a real difference in patient outcomes and eager to work in a role that combines clinical excellence with impactful system leadership, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
This is a dynamic, multifaceted Band 7 role combining advanced clinical expertise with system-wide patient and flow coordination. The Senior Clinical Practitioner will support the safe, timely, and person-centred transfer of care across Buckinghamshire, including both acute and out-of-area settings. The role provides operational oversight to complex discharges, ensuring robust triaging of referrals through strong multidisciplinary team (MDT) collaboration and engagement with VCSEs and external agencies like Age UK and Onward Care.
Working across the Transfer of Care Hub, the post holder will provide senior clinical leadership in triaging complex discharge referrals, undertaking advanced assessments of patient needs, and coordinating appropriate care pathways. The role requires high-level decision-making, strategic problem-solving to overcome discharge barriers, and effective collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and external partners. With a strong focus on promoting safe, timely, and person-centred transitions of care, the post holder will support service development and champion best practice to uphold patient independence and dignity.
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What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you’ll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
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7. Educational Responsibilities

• Attend appropriate education and training programmes in order to develop skills.
• Work with the integrated team to develop, implement and evaluate teaching programmes for patients and their carers that provide necessary knowledge and skills for self-care and independence.
• Provide peer support to other MDT members