About this role
Job summary
This vacancy has created the opportunity within the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Team for a dynamic and enthusiastic individual to join the Senior Enhanced Practitioner Team and wider Team to support the implementation of Martha' Rule across the organisation to ensure that patients and families have a clear accessible route to escalate concerns.
The post holder will work as part of the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Team and will respond quickly and effectively to deteriorating patients on the wards. They will work alongside Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) using the Prevention, Identification, Escalation and Response (PIER) Model to reducing physical deterioration. They will also have responsibility for the daily management of a caseload of patients, in collaboration with the medical teams.
This post will be split between Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester and The Alexandra Hospital, Redditch and travel across the county is essential.
The Diagnostics and Specialties Care Group is a great place to work, with well-developed clinical services, a highly respected Quality Governance Team and a strong Divisional Management Team who are truly committed to giving the best patient care possible.
Interviews will take place on Friday 11th September 2026.
Main duties of the job
Work towards health promotion and prevention and comprehensively assess patients for risk factors and early signs of illness and deterioration.
Draw on a diverse range of knowledge in their decision-making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions, which will include prescribing medication where legally allowed and actively monitoring the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions.
Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others, delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, and provide direct support to patients and clients.
Work in partnership with patients and support them to manage and live their life.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please see the full Job Description documents uploaded to this advert in the Supporting Information Section.
If you have the necessary skills, expertise and qualities for the Hospital Outreach 24/7 Senior Enhanced Practitioner role, and would like to organise an informal telephone call or MS Teams discussion with one of the Team please contact either
Jomy Regi, Consultant Nurse Practitioner via email on [email protected] or
Emma Coopey, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) via email on [email protected] or
Sophie Bennett, Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) via email on [email protected]
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Healthcare Practitioner; Teaching/Assessing Course; Intermediate life support; Completed a Level 6 or 7 Health Assessment module; Competent in venepuncture, cannulation, arterial blood gases, NG Tube and Line Management; Independent Prescriber
Desirable
MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice; Advanced Life Support
Knowledge Essential
Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment; Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies
Other Job Requirements Essential
High level of self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement; Flexibility in approach and attitude; Shows honesty and integrity; Able to work cross site and full rotation across 24-hour period and 7 days (if service requires)
Knowledge Essential
Understanding of clinical governance and risk assessment; Up to date knowledge of evidence-based guidelines and policies
Experience Essential
Relevant post-registration experience, within speciality; Able to demonstrate recent effective clinical leadership skills; Participation in audit and clinical research
Desirable
Experience in an autonomous practice role; Experience of service improvement projects
Skills Essential
Advanced clinical assessment and history taking skills; Able to rapidly assess acute situations and take appropriate action; Staff management experience; Able to remain calm in rapidly changing and stressful situations; Positive role model; Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills
Desirable
Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)