8a - Advanced CARE Practitioner

As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.

We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £500m transformation programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.

In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.

We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.

We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.

At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.

As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support the preparation of their application. While this is not discouraged, we kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of your own experience and suitability. Personal integrity is an important part of the recruitment process.

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.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support…