Job summary
- Main area
- Frailty Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 384-SB-EMF20073
- Employer
- Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Surrey County Hospital
- Town
- Guildford
- Salary
- £57,888 - £64,880 Per annum (pro rata) inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/03/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner for Frailty Services - B8a
Band 8a
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to work in our Integrated Frailty Crisis Pathway. This role will initially sit within our community based integrated service, rotating through our Single Point of Access and integrated Urgent Community Response/ Hospital at Home service. There will be scope to rotate through other aspects of the Acute Frailty Service including the ED in reach team, Frailty Same Day Emergency Care and inpatient Older Peoples Advice and Liaison. We welcome applications from both Allied Healthcare Professionals and those with a nursing background who meet essential criteria. An Independent Prescriber qualification would be advantageous.
Main duties of the job
Within the Royal Surrey Frailty services, we have expanded our ACP workforce to help deliver excellent care to all older people with Frailty. We have several established posts within the Acute Frailty Team (AFT), Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC), Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Hospital at Home (H@H). These posts contribute to the weekend rota for H@H.
You will be required to work as a semi-autonomous clinician within the service and will be supported through our ACP programme, aligned to the Frailty Academy. You will have a dedicated clinical supervision and will be supported in your professional development in order to fulfil your on-going commitment to the 4 pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice.
We will consider offering a developmental role for the right candidate. We aim to rotate trainee ACPs through several services to give them a broader training experience.
The service operates over 7-days and it is likely you will have to contribute to weekend and evening rotas.
Working for our organisation
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure.
We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding.
Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.
Although it isn't the Trusts normal practice, adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This is a generic Job Description for Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) working within the Trust. Specific responsibilities will vary between specialties, however all ACP posts will be expected to reflect the four pillars of advanced practice: Clinical Practice, Leadership, Education of self and others, and Research & Development.
a) Work to a high level of personal and professional autonomy, using specialist knowledge and skills to deliver independent assessment, clinical examination, diagnosis, clinical decision making and planning of care and treatment, health promotion and safe admission and discharge of patients. This may include:
b) on-call/out-of-hours and in-hours/bleep-holding responsibilities, as part of the agreed job plan. Act as an independent non-medical prescriber, where applicable to role/profession Work collaboratively with all members of the multidisciplinary team to provide best clinical care, emotional and psychological support and education to patients and their carers.
c) Facilitate evidence based practice, and promote and undertake research and clinical audit within the service and across the Trust. Design and provide
clinical/practical and theory-based education and training, eg. to nurses/AHPs, junior medical staff.
d) Work with innovation and flexibility to adapt to a fast-changing specialty, and play an integral role in the operational/strategic development of the service.
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will provide expert assessment, treatment and management of a case load, using complex communication skills, judgement, discretion and decision making. They will monitor and assist with improving standards of care, supervising, teaching and supporting colleagues providing skilled professional leadership. Where appropriate they will act as an expert in their field and lead and/or participate in initiatives to improve standards of care for the client group and assisting to advancing the Frailty ACP role.
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner is service driven, and the role is structured around the Department of Health Guidance across the four domains of Advanced Practice, those being:
1. Clinical Practice
2. Leadership and service development
3. Research
4. Education
Please refer to the attached JD for further information.
If you would like to discuss this further please contact:
Claire Hardy: Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner: [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC/ HCPCregistered professional.
- Relevant MSc, supplemented by specialist training, experience and short courses. Independent non-medical prescriber (where applicable to role/professional group). IRMER (Imaging Referral by Non-Medical Healthcare Professionals) training complete. Non- medical authorisation of blood products training completed (as applicable to role/professional group). Prescribing blood and blood products (as applicable to role/professional group).
- Completed advanced clinical practice MSc.
- Advanced assessment skills qualification with evidence of A/I A/I clinical practice.
- Higher level qualification in accredited course (e.g. ALS/ATLS)
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Previous band 7 experience in setting where clinician will practice.
- Previous leadership experience (band 7 minimum).
- Significant post registration experience in Frailty and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (Tier 3 competency training aligned to the core capabilities framework)- to the level of advanced practice.
- Experience and evidence in developing practice.
- Experience of supporting learning in the clinical environment.
- Acknowledged expert in their field who is clinically credible
- Experience of conducting audit/research and implementing innovative practices.
- Familiar with aspects of the NHS agenda and national directives and strategy relating to patient safety and quality improvement.
- Understanding of the changing landscape of the NHS.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of disseminating work through presentation/publication (Conference, presentations, publications).
- Previous experience in a practice development role or formal teaching experience.
- Peer reviewed publication of research
- Evidence of reviewing articles for publication
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare hardy
- Job title
- Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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