An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards.
This post is aligned to the NHS England Advanced Clinical Practice Framework , operating across the four pillars of advanced practice. The successful candidate will practise with a high level of autonomy and complex decision-making authority, delivering expert care to frail older adults across hospital and community settings.
Provide advanced, autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults with complex, frailty-related and multi-morbid presentations.
Manage undifferentiated and highly complex clinical scenarios
Synthesize information from multiple sources to formulate differential diagnoses and evidence-based management plans.
Take professional responsibility for complete episodes of care, including prescribing (where appropriate), investigation, referral and follow-up.
Support safe, effective patient flow and proactive pathway management.
Interview: 22nd September
The Role
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards) at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and will provide clinical leadership and advanced autonomous practice across the Directorates OPCC Wards.
The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of older persons who are medically fit for discharge but have ongoing care needs. Utilising an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.
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The Role
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within our Older Persons Continuing Care Wards (OPCC Wards) at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals and will provide clinical leadership and advanced autonomous practice across the Directorates OPCC Wards.
The post holder will be responsible for the ongoing assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of older persons who are medically fit for discharge but have ongoing care needs. Utilising an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
Leadership & Management
Provide visible clinical leadership within the Olde and across the Directorate.
Support prioritisation of workload and operational flow
Contribute to service transformation, redesign and integration aligned to national and Trust strategic priorities.
Champion quality improvement, governance and values-based care.
Support workforce development and advanced practice role modelling.
Education
Act as an expert resource for ACPs, trainee ACPs, ECPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and support.
Develop, deliver and evaluate specialist education programmes.
Contribute to embedding the ACP role in line with national capability standards.
Research & Evidence-Based Practice
Promote a culture of enquiry and continuous improvement.
Apply critical appraisal skills to inform clinical decision-making and pathway development.
Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives.
Support implementation of best practice and emerging evidence within older persons services.
About You
You will:
Hold a Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or be near completion) aligned to the NHS England framework.
Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
Be confident practising autonomously
Show strong leadership, influencing and service development skills
Why Join our OPCC Wards?
Work within a supportive, forward-thinking multidisciplinary team on a nurse-led Ward
Make a meaningful impact on outcomes and experience for older people.
If you are an experienced ACP ready to lead, innovate and practise at the highest level of advanced capability, we would love to hear from you.
