Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Inpatients Unit

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Full time
Location: Bath
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Job offered by: NHS
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Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Inpatients Unit

Join our dedicated team at HCRG Care Group as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within our Inpatient Units. Based primarily at Paulton Memorial Hospital, with occasional cover at St Martin's Hospital, you will provide advanced clinical care to patients recovering from acute illness, surgery, or requiring specialist rehabilitation. Most patients are transferred from the Royal United Hospital, while others are admitted directly from the community or other secondary care facilities. As an experienced clinician and non-medical prescriber, you will play a vital role in multidisciplinary patient care, working alongside Consultant Geriatricians, specialist doctors, and MDT colleagues to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care. If you have advanced practice skills, a passion for frailty and elderly care, and a commitment to innovation and service improvement, we invite you to apply for this exciting and rewarding opportunity. Main duties of the job

As an

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Nurse or AHP) , you will play a crucial role in patient care, clinical leadership, and service improvement. Your responsibilities will include: Clinical Practice:

Conduct advanced assessments, diagnose, interpret tests, and develop treatment plans. Manage acute patient needs, ensuring timely escalation and response to deterioration. Patient Management:

Lead clinical care for inpatients, coordinating with multidisciplinary teams (MDT) across primary, secondary, acute, and social care services. Participate in discharge planning and liaise with GPs, carers, and relatives. Non-Medical Prescribing:

Prescribe and review medications, collaborate with pharmacy teams, and ensure effective medication management throughout a patient's stay. Leadership & Supervision:

Act as a role model, providing support, professional development, and supervision for colleagues while upholding high standards of care. Audit & Research:

Lead and participate in clinical audits and research projects to drive service improvements and enhance patient care. Education & Training:

Support learning and development by mentoring students, delivering training, and fostering a positive learning environment. Service Development & Improvement:

Identify areas for improvement, contribute to a

Just Culture

approach, and drive continuous enhancements in clinical practice and patient safety. About us

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. To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit

HCRG Care Group . Job responsibilities

As an

Advanced Clinical Practitioner , you’ll be part of our valued team in

Bath . You will feel valued as a

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Salary of £53,755 - £60,504 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions. Free tea and coffee at your base location. 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. Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest rates. 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 as career coaching and counselling. Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise. 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. The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a passion for elderly care, frailty, and community services. The ideal candidate will have: Essential:

Professional Registration:

Registered with the NMC or HCPC, educated to degree level, and a current Non-Medical Prescriber. Clinical Expertise:

Extensive experience in elderly care, frailty, community services, or a relevant acute care specialty, with highly specialised clinical and technical skills. Leadership & Management:

Proven experience in leading teams, managing complex caseloads, and working both autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team. Quality & Improvement:

Experience conducting clinical audits and quality improvement projects. Decision-Making & Communication:

Strong judgement, analytical skills, and excellent written and verbal communication abilities. Flexibility & IT Skills:

Ability to adapt to a fast-paced, evolving environment, with good IT skills. Desirable:

Advanced Qualifications:

A Masters degree and ACP Clinical Badge. Other Requirements:

A clean driving licence, access to a vehicle for daily use. This role is ideal for someone who is enthusiastic, clinically credible, and ready for a new challenge in a dynamic and patient-focused environment. Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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