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Bromley Healthcare
About
Bromley Healthcare is one of the UK's leading providers of community health services running services in Bromley, Bexley, Greenwich, Croydon, and Lewisham.
They put clinicians in the driving seat taking the best that the NHS has to offer, removing the bureaucracy and focusing on high-quality healthcare.
Source = www.bromleyhealthcare.org.uk
Advanced Clinical Practitioner Band 8a
Accepting applications until: 01-Aug-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Aug-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Central Court
- Address
- 1 Knoll Rise
- Town
- Orpington
- Postcode
- BR6 0JA
- Major / Minor Region
- Kent
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (week end shifts as required, usually 1 in 4 weekends)
Salary
- Salary
- £56,388 - £62,785 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Interview date
- 09/08/2024
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.
Applicants for roles involving driving responsibilities will be required to provide proof of business insurance.
Job overview
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Band 8A
£56,388 - £62,785 Inc HCAS per annum pro rata
Full time 37.5 hrs per week (1 weekend in 4 working)
An interesting and exciting opportunity has arisen for a proactive Advanced Clinical Practitioner willing to join our urgent 2 hr Rapid response service within the Urgent Community Response.
The candidate must be autonomous and competent at handling triage and seeing patients in their house to provide safe and effective care based on their advanced skills and consultations.
The candidate must be a Non-medical prescriber
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The post is based within the Rapid Response Team. This service provides a multi-disciplinary urgent assessment and crisis intervention service within a 2 hour response to patients in the community with the aim of preventing hospital admission operating 7 days per week 8am to 8pm.
The post holder is an Advanced Practitioner, acting within their professional boundaries.
The post-holder will be expected to have completed the MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and be a non-medical prescriber with extensive community experience and skilled to see patients independently, making autonomous decisions in the clinical and diagnostic assessment of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed complex health and social care needs to support keeping them in the community and reduce hospital admissions / ED attendance and to develop a comprehensive plan of care and autonomously prescribing as required.
Referrals are accepted to service from GPs, 111, London Ambulance Service (LAS), care homes and community providers
Working for our organisation
Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults.
Social Enterprises are a fairly new and exciting way to deliver healthcare, offering many of the traditional advantages of the NHS with the freedom for innovation by being able to reinvest any surpluses we make into the community.
Salary is dependent on NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
Excellent benefits package available including various pension schemes, discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, discounted electronics, access to EAP, high street discounts, Blue Light Card eligibility, opportunity to apply for low interest personal loans and an excellent lease car scheme and we are constantly looking to expand our staff benefits.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is expected to demonstrate the values of Bromley Healthcare including;
- Constantly improve our services
- Treat others as we would like to be treated
- Hit our target
The post holder is expected to comply with all Bromley Healthcare’s relevant policies, procedures and guidelines; including the appropriate code (s) of conduct associated with this post.
The job description reflects the immediate requirements and objectives of the post. This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within the grade of the job, as directed by the line manager.
This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changing service requirements and any such changes will be discussed with the post holder.
- Experience of telephone Triage
- Experienced and skilled Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Experienced Non-medical Prescriber
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We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.
To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel.
Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.
At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.
We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.
We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:
- Remote working
- Compressed hours
- Part-time
- Job shares
We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.
We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a six-month probationary period.
Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.
Important Reminders:
- Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
- When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
- All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
- The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Master level Award covering and assessing all 4 pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research
- Registered non-medical prescriber (if professionally appropriate)
- Registered with appropriate professional body NMC
- Undergraduate degree in a suitable discipline
- Advanced clinical assessment and autonomous practice and clinical decision making
- Registered with appropriate professional body(NMC, HCPC)
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- Intravenous cannulation skills. And IVAB therapy administration and management
- Catheter management skills
- Experience of working in an Admission Avoidance service
Experience
Essential criteria
- Triage experience
- Effective team leadership and organisational skill
- Evidence of experience in autonomously managing, practice at an advanced level
- Extensive clinical experience and skills using evidence based practice
- Evidence of team leadership some aspects of service development and managing change
- Evidence of experience of multi- disciplinary and interagency working
- Experience of co-ordinating complex activities/programmes of care with other healthcare professionals and agencies
- Experience in teaching and assessing other Experience in working across acute and community care settings
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within a community setting
- Experience of working in an Admission Avoidance service
- Experience of embracing and implementing change to provide high quality patient outcomes
- Post – registration experience at AP level
Skills
Essential criteria
- Car driver with current UK licence and access to a vehicle to use for work purposes
- Able to function as an advance practitioner with expert clinical skills, critical analysis and risk stratification
- Able to demonstrate advance skills for assessing and interpreting complex patient conditions, comparing a range of options and taking appropriate action
- Evidence of the ability to direct and coordinate plans of care working autonomously and collaboratively
- Evidence of the ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care
- Advance communication skills, staff, clients other agencies etc.
- Good understanding of systems in health and social care that are wider than their immediate role
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance, particularly in relation to their service area.
- Evidence of professional development and knowledge.
Desirable criteria
- Assisting and managing operational risks
- Intravenous cannulation skills. And IVAB therapy administration and management
- Competent in venepuncture /phlebotomy
Information Technology
Essential criteria
- IT Skills to a good level with experience of EMIS, word processing and database management
Desirable criteria
- EMIS templates development and search and reporting.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Yoven Soobramaney
- Job title
- Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 3158722
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