Band 6 / 7 Trainee Clinical Practitioner

Please note, this is an internal vacancy and only employees of Birmingham Community Health NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC), Trust Bank and agency staff engaged with BCHC are eligible to apply at this time., The Trainee Clinical Practitioner will be practicing under the supervision of our experienced Clinical and Advanced Practitioners to develop the skills to provide patient-centered care encompassing the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice.

As you progress through the health assessment and prescribing modules, under supervision, you will take initial comprehensive histories, clinically assess, diagnose, create patient centered treatment plans utilising expert clinical knowledge and judgement skills and evaluate care of patients presenting with acute/undifferentiated conditions, supporting the Urgent Community Response Team, planned/ Care Home teams to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and contribute to effective admission avoidance and early supported discharge.

On completion the practitioner will have demonstrated clinical expertise, competence and confidence to be able to work within an autonomous and defined sphere of practice, maintaining records in collaboration with healthcare colleagues.

An exciting development opportunity has arisen within the Urgent Community Response Service for a Trainee Unplanned Clinical Practitioner (CPU). We are looking for a motivated AHP, RGN or HCP who is passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital.

The successful applicant will be an experienced healthcare professional, who will be eligible and willing to work towards qualifications to support role development and act within their professional scope of practice to provide care (with clinical oversight from established Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Unplanned Clinical Practitioners).

Be Part of Our Team... BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.