Senior Clinical Practitioner Band 7 to 8a Progression Post | NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Practitioner Band 7 to 8a Progression Post | Bolton NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Practitioner
- Hospital/ Community Specialist Palliative Care. Community Services Division

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated clinician to join our Specialist Palliative Care Service in a Band 7 to Band 8a progression post (appointment to Band 8A will be considered for applicant who meet the essential criteria with the appropriate experience). This role has a clear and sustained focus on preventing avoidable hospital admissions by delivering proactive, responsive, and highly skilled specialist palliative care assessments within the hospital and community, enabling patients to reduce their length of stay in hospital or to remain safely in their own homes for as long as possible.

The post holder will be appointed at Band 7 initially, with progression to Band 8a subject to the achievement of defined competencies and service expectations (Band 8a appointment may be considered). The role combines elements of advanced practice with leadership and service development, with a strong emphasis on early discharge, admission avoidance and reducing reliance on acute hospital services.

Preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and supporting more people to die at home is a core function of this post. The Senior Clinical Practitioner will identify patients at risk of deterioration, intervene early and coordinate care across the services to manage complex symptoms and psychosocial need in the community. Through robust anticipatory planning and clinical decision-making, the post holder will prevent crisis driven admissions to hospital and support timely appropriate care escalation when clinically necessary.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is a great place to work and that's down to our workforce who do everything they can to provide the best care.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is passionate about partnership working to deliver the best experience for people through joined up quality care and support, enabling people to live healthy and connected lives in their communities. The Trust is the lead organisation for our Integrated Care Partnership, which is a collaboration of local providers across health, primary care, social care and wider wellbeing partners such as Housing, VCSE and the Police.

This role is part of our integrated arm of the organisation and you will be part of a fully integrated health and care senior management team.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is a major provider of hospital and community health services in the North West Sector of Greater Manchester, delivering services from the Royal Bolton Hospital and also providing a wide range of community services from locations across Bolton.

The post holder will be responsible for working within the Integrated Community Services Division (ICSD); using advanced skills to identify, assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients with complex palliative care needs. The post holder will be expected to work within the patient’s own home, care home settings and hospital. The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be highly visible and accessible within the division.

They should be an exemplary role model for health care professionals, leading by example, empowering staff to deliver improved patient safety and enhance the patient experience. They will adhere to professional standards of care and promote a professional image of health care that inspires confidence in service users, family members and carers and the healthcare community as a whole.

The post holder will lead and participate in the delivery and organisation of formal and informal teaching, working with colleagues both across the community and within the hospital to improve palliative care knowledge and enhance support for generalist staff. They will also have a key role in providing and supporting advance care planning and education.

In conjunction with other team members provided clinical decisions, seven days per week in line with NICE guidance, National End of Life Care Strategy (2008), National care of the Dying (2016), the Specialist Palliative Care Commissioners Report (2016) and CQC requirements.

The post holder will work closely with the Matron for Specialist Palliative care, Accident and Emergency Department Nurse Practitioners, Consultants in palliative medicine and medical staff, nursing staff, Allied Healthcare Professionals and all applicable support staff, with the aim of preventing attendance at the Emergency Department and unnecessary admissions to hospital for patients in the last 90 days of life. In addition, the post…