Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner Single Point of Access

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Community services are a key part of the NHS of the future. Be part ofthat future now.

Join us and help achieve better care and healthier communities.

Main area Nursing Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent:
Will be working shift patterns Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern) Job  
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Site BSOL SPA, Priestley Wharf 2 Town Birmingham Salary £57,528 - £64,750 per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of a brand-new Single Point of Access (SPA) service designed to transform how we deliver care and support to our patients across urgent care and community services. This is your chance to shape a pioneering, person-centred service right from the start!

The SPA will act as the central hub for coordinating clinical referrals, triaging urgent needs, providing advice and directing patients to the right services at the right time.

Whether you're answering a call, reviewing referrals, or coordinating rapid support,you will play a key role in ensuring patients and professionals receive timely,efficient, and compassionate responses.

We’re looking for motivated, compassionate, and solution-focused individuals with excellent communication skills and a passion for integrated care. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment and be confident in handling referrals, liaising with clinical teams, and putting patients at the centre of everything you do.

Whether you're from a nursing, allied health, ambulance, or administrative background – if you’re ready to be part of a service that will make a real difference and excited about innovation and collaborative care, we’d love to hear from you.

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Please refer to the job description for a detailed outline of the main duties.

1. Work in accordance with professional code of conduct.

2. Provide clinical triage, leadership and expertise.

3. Act as a first contact, exercising a high degree of professional autonomy and critical judgement in providing expert advanced clinical assessment
for patients referred with undiagnosed and undifferentiated needs through a range of consultation mediums.

4. To initiate investigations, interpret diagnostic results and determine differential diagnosis and manage and evaluate care where appropriate/necessary.

5. Make direct referrals as appropriate for medical assessment and diagnostic procedures within agreed pathways.

6. Lead the service in achieving its quality targets to sustain high…