Job overview

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

The Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for Frailty will join a highly skilled, forward‑thinking Urgent Care Service in West Kent. Our integrated model brings together nurses, therapists, frailty specialists, GPs, consultants and advanced practitioners to deliver urgent, specialist and proactive care that helps people living with frailty remain safely at home. The service includes the Frailty Virtual Ward (Home Treatment Service) and proactive multidisciplinary pathways delivered through the Integrated Care Management MDT.

Our mission is simple: “We ask people living with frailty what they want from healthcare and strive to deliver it.” The Home Treatment Service is expanding, and we are now seeking an additional Consultant ACP to work alongside our existing consultant practitioners, ensuring senior clinical oversight seven days a week. You will hold shared clinical responsibility for the UCR and virtual ward caseload, working closely with the Consultant Practitioner, Frailty GP and wider MDT to deliver safe, person‑centred, high‑quality care.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant ACP for Frailty, you will be a recognised clinical expert, leading the service as a senior clinical decision‑maker. You will autonomously assess, diagnose and manage highly complex frailty presentations across community, virtual ward and urgent care pathways. The role spans all four pillars of Consultant‑level practice: expert clinical practice, strategic leadership, education and research.

You will provide values‑based leadership across services and systems, supporting staff to develop, innovate and deliver excellence. You will mentor ACPs and trainee ACPs, guiding them in developing their four pillars of practice and providing clinical supervision. A key part of the role is fostering a knowledge‑rich, inquiry‑driven culture that supports research, evaluation and service transformation. You will use consultancy approaches to influence practice across organisational boundaries, shaping frailty care locally and contributing to national best practice.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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