Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 050-NMR577-0825
- Employer
- Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Canolfan Goffa Ffestiniog
- Town
- Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Salary
- £48,527 - £55,532 £44,398 - £50,807 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner Primary Care
Band 7
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job overview
As a qualified and experienced nurse, paramedic or physician’s associate you will work as a member of the BCUHB team and be involved in assessing patients’ clinical needs and liaising with a range of health care professionals and organisations to co-ordinate best care pathways for patients.
Central to the role will be the use of critical thinking and advanced decision making skills in order to accurately assess and manage patients with a wide range of clinical conditions/illnesses.
This may be over the phone (or via other forms of media such as teams) or face to face in the patient’s own home/residence or in the primary care setting.
Safe and effective patient care will be delivered by using clinical skills, incorporating history-taking, physical assessment, diagnosis and liaising where appropriate with other healthcare professionals.
The post holder will contribute to the continuous improvement, development and delivery of a high quality and professional service.
Main duties of the job
Clinical and professional
Management
Service Improvement, Development and Implementation
As a qualified and experienced nurse, paramedic or physician’s associate you will work as a member of the BCUHB team and be involved in assessing patients’ clinical needs and liaising with a range of health care professionals and organisations to co-ordinate best care pathways for patients.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Working for our organisation
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.
Person specification
Qualifications, skills & knowledge
Essential criteria
- • BSc/ Grad Dip in relevant discipline or equivalent experience
- • Masters level education or equivalent experience; e.g. Advanced clinical practice or working towards a Masters
- • Experience of Primary Care
- • Active professional registration
- • Evidence of CPD and post registration activity through portfolio
- • Extended scope skills
- • Independent prescriber or working towards.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of acute care i.e. OOH Experience of long term health conditions
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Extensive experience in clinical field
- • Cymryd rhan mewn Prosiectau Ymchwil a Datblygu
- • Profiad o ddatblygu protocolau a llwybrau gofal clinigol
- • Profiad o weithio mewn lleoliad Tîm Amlddisgyblaethol
- • Tystiolaeth o waith amlddisgyblaethol
Desirable criteria
- Formal Research education
- Experience of management of people /resources
- Experience of service development or project management
- Evidence of delivering clinical education
- Experience of primary care clinical systems i.e. EMIS, WCCG
Values
Essential criteria
- • Commitment to personal development and lifelong learning
- • Have a flexible approach to work to meet service needs.
- • Able to provide peer support
- • Adaptable and creative
- • Able to deal with distressed patients carers and staff
- • Able to work independently and use own initiative
- • Professional appearance
- • Able to work in a busy environment and under pressure with periods of interruption throughout the day
- • Confident
- • Self motivated
- • Able to sustain moderate to high level of physical and mental effort
- • Have the ability to drive between sites, to patients’ homes or other clinical settings
Other
Essential criteria
- • Applicants must be able to demonstrate that they are able to meet the travel requirements of this post
- • Clear vision of role/ commitment to specialty and department
Desirable criteria
- • Established links with University/ further education establishments
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Advanced clinical reasoning skills.
- • Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner.
- • Ability to demonstrate advanced analytical and problem solving skills
- • Able to prioritise own workload and that of others
- • Flexibility to work within different Primary Care teams.
- • Ability to critically appraise current research /evidence and implement relevant findings
- • Excellent oral and written communication skills
- • Advanced level of negotiation and influencing skills
- • Excellent time management and organisational skills.
- • Ability to conduct professional affairs in a confident, assertive manner, using negotiating / influencing skills whilst maintaining excellent working relationships with all stakeholders.
- • Demonstrate professional independence
- • Health and safety risk awareness
- • Knowledge of clinical governance.
- • Evidence of recent Masters level CPD study in relevant clinical
- • Evidence of clinical post graduate training /education
- • Understanding of professional ethic/code of practice and their application in clinical practice
Desirable criteria
- Ability to speak Welsh
- Evidence of in-depth clinical development in Primary Care
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Bernadette Beddall
- Job title
- Interim Health Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000 850004
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