Advanced Clinical Practice Lead

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dynamic Advanced Clinical Practitioner to lead a team of ACP's within theCommunity Hospitals of Worcestershire as a Lead ACP. The Lead ACP will possess proven leadership skills with ideas of how to adapt and evolve in an ever-changing health economy. This is a fantastic opportunity to facilitate the standardisation of ACP roles within Community Hospitals whilst also playing a lead role in the strategic development and evaluation of advanced clinical practice. It will be vital to establish credible working relationships at all levels of the organisation and with system partners as a senior clinical practitioner therefore developing a robust workforce to support our trusts values and commitment to our patients. This is a full-time role covering 5 of our 7 Community Hospitals. The work base is flexible but there will be a requirement to travel to each of the sites across Worcestershire.Main duties of the job The candidate will provide professional and operational leadership and support to Advanced Care Practitioners, undertaking annual appraisal, ensuring safe and equitable practice across the organisation. They will be expected to work collaboratively with medical colleagues to ensure all areas have advanced clinical oversight appropriate to the needs of the clinical area. They will provide professional, operational and clinical leadership and support for Advanced Care Practitioners or Senior Care Practitioners in training. They will have a highly visible clinical profile, providing both advisory and clinical input into patient care, spending up to 50% of time in clinical practice. They will provide leadership, guidance and exercise judgement in making challenging patient centred decisions within current best practice guidance, relevant legal frameworks and with clear understanding of the relevant professional and applied ethical frameworks. They will participate in the process of recruitment and selection and induction of new staff, in conjunction with the rest of the integrated care team.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities