Job overview

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board are redesigning the community services model and implementing a new Intermediate Care Team and therefore an exciting opportunity has arisen to employ an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within our Hospital at Home service.  The post holder will facilitate the delivery of an urgent community response service (providing care 8am to 9pm, 7 days a week) The post holder will play a crucial role in providing autonomous clinical assessment, examination and support to individuals, with a focus on promoting independence, dignity, and well-being. 

Hospital at Home is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Consultants, Advanced Practitioners, Nurses, Physiotherapists, OTs and Health Care Support Workers supported by the wider MDT housed within the Community Resource Team which includes Social Workers, SALT, Dietitians, Pharmacy and Mental Health Professionals.  The objective is to optimise safe and timely discharge from an inpatient stay for patients that need some form of continuing care or clinical oversight to prevent admission with interventions that can be managed at home.  

We will consider applicants who can demonstrate they are a good fit for the service and have relevant, transferrable skills, education and experience to be taken on in a trainee ACP role.  under the Annex 21 agreement.

English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work as part of the multi-professional team  within the Intermediate Care (Hospital@Home) Service and will support the Lead ACP  in the future development of the Intermediate Care (Hospital@Home) Service.

Predominately, the role is clinical and practitioners are required to see and assess people in their own homes who present with a wide array of clinical and often frailty related problems. Taking a clinical history, undertaking clinical examination and work up with our Consultants and delivering treatment and care form the core of the role.

The post holder will be responsible for providing support to the team leader in the day-to-day management of a virtual caseload of patients and ensuring that clinical practice is evidence based, safe, prudent and effective.   The post holder will work autonomously within their scope of expertise utilising advanced skills in clinical assessment, examination and independent prescribing in the provision of management plans for patients. 

Practitioners will also be involved in training and education initiatives including engaging with the Universities and Practitioners will be involved in the audit, research and strategic development of the service.

Any applicant taken on in a trainee ACP capacity will be offered the position under Annex 21 of the Terms and Conditions for Agenda for Change.  Details are contained in the attached JD/PS titled ACP Annex 21.  

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.