Job Introduction
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you’ll be part of our valued team in our Savernake Hospital.
You will feel valued as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
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£57,528 - £64,750 (Band 8a AfC Salary) with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
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Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
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Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
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Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
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An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
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Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
Job introduction
We’re delighted to offer a wonderful opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our team at Savernake Hospital, set within the tranquil woodlands of Wiltshire. We’re seeking an ACP who is passionate about delivering exceptional care and making a genuine difference to patients within our Community Hospitals Inpatient setting.
Joining us means becoming part of a supportive, close‑knit team where your clinical expertise, forward‑thinking approach, and commitment to holistic care will be appreciated and celebrated every day.
If you have any questions relating to the role please contact [email protected]
Recruitment Advisor: Louise Ledward on 07884 659608 or [email protected]
We are happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Main Responsibilities
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will report to the Consultant Practitioner.
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Deliver an autonomous Advanced Clinical Practitioner service in Community Hospital inpatient settings aligned with national and organisational standards.
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Conduct high‑level assessments to diagnose, initiate treatments, arrange investigations, and coordinate care with minimal delay.
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Ensure patient‑centred decision‑making, respecting patient preferences for current and future care.
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Agree roles, actions and expected outcomes with patients, carers and professionals, referring appropriately.
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Demonstrate positive leadership, specialist clinical knowledge and adherence to NMC professional standards.
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Proactively manage clinical, performance, and staffing issues.
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Avoid unnecessary patient transfers to secondary acute care where appropriate.
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Provide professional leadership to nurses and multidisciplinary team members, including social care staff.
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Work with the patient’s Community Team Key Worker to support safe discharge.
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Monitor care delivery to ensure it remains patient‑centred.
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Ensure effective resource use, support budget management, and attend review meetings with the Team Leader.
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Re‑prioritise throughout the day and respond promptly to staff issues, complaints, safeguarding concerns and incidents, ensuring investigation and shared learning.
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Use patient feedback, incident learning and complaints to improve pathways and patient experience.
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Support and implement changes aligned with national and organisational guidance (e.g., NICE, NSF).
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Maintain responsibility for Information Governance, health, safety and security compliance.
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Oversee clinical audits, ensuring recommendations are implemented into everyday practice.
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Build effective relationships with internal teams such as specialist nurses, community nursing, therapies and primary care.
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Promote a learning environment that supports skill‑sharing and development across all disciplines.
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Ensure staff complete mandatory training and take part in annual appraisals.
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Ensure participation in clinical supervision, peer review, mid‑year and annual appraisals to support competency and revalidation.
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Implement work‑based learning to develop a skilled, forward‑thinking and motivated nursing service.
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Identify and advise on audit, research and innovation topics; ensure findings are shared and acted upon.
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Monitor clinical and managerial performance against targets, contributing to risk assessments and required reports.
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Organise and oversee professional, business, clinical and quality meetings aligned with national and local priorities.
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Provide patients, families and carers with tailored information and health advice, including early warning signs and beneficial lifestyle changes.
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Provide cover for peer ACPs as needed.
For a full list of responsibilities please see the attached Job Description.
The Ideal Candidate
Essential
Qualifications and Training
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Registered Nurse, current registration with the NMC
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MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or Advanced Nurse Practitioner
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Currently working at Band 7 or 8a level.
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Relevant post graduate Community Nursing/Acute Nursing speciality qualification/ training
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Registered Independent Non Medical Prescriber
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Leadership qualification/ training
Experience
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Minimum of 5 years post registration experience, including at least 2 years working in a supervisory / managerial capacity at minimum band 6 level within a community/acute nursing setting
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Evidence of enhanced clinical practice at Masters level in relevant speciality
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Experience of effective budget and resource management
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Initiating research and / or audit and implementing changes / improvements in practice
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Experience of initiating, managing and evaluating change
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Experience of giving presentations to a wide audience
Knowledge
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In depth knowledge and understanding of current health and social care policy, legislation, ethical practice, Clinical Governance and CQC requirements
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High levels of understanding of nursing body requirements including The NMC Code, revalidation, nursing standards, peer review and clinical supervision
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Good knowledge of national guidelines e.g. NICE and NSF’s
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Knowledge of research and current evidence-based practice
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High levels of knowledge, understanding and experience of multi-disciplinary working and inter-professional practice
Skills
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Demonstrable experience of working across organisational boundaries and teams
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Demonstrates ability to think at a strategic level
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Experience of transformational leadership
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Able to plan, organise and re-prioritise own work under pressure
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Demonstrates initiative and good interpersonal skills
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Excellent analytical and reflection skills
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Able to influence, negotiate and motivate others
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Able to write and present complex case reports business cases
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Advanced keyboard, IT skills including the use of emails
Additional requirements:
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Enthusiastic, assertive and self motivated
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Flexible and able to respond to changing priorities
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Reliable, respectful and approachable
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Car driver and able to travel across DGSS
Desirable
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Management qualification
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Post Registration Teaching Qualification
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Experience of presentations outside of own organisation
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Experience of teaching on higher educational award courses
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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