About this role
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 Enhanced Clinical Practitioner, you will join our Hospital at Home team as an Enhanced Care Practitioner (ECP),based at Peasdown Bath and delivering care within patients homes across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES).There may also be opportunities to work across the wider BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) footprint as part of our integrated service model.
As an ECP, you will be a key member of the Step up Clinical Team, with a primary focus on preventing avoidable hospital admissions while also supporting early discharge from acute settings. Patients supported by the Hospital at Home service are those who would traditionally require inpatient hospital care but instead receive acute, multidisciplinary treatment in the comfort and familiarity of their own homes.
You will be joining a team of innovative and forward thinking professionals who are compassionate, collaborative, and deeply committed to the communities they serve. Colleagues consistently go above and beyond to deliver high quality, person centred care and to improve outcomes for patients and their families.
Main duties of the job
As an Enhanced Care Practitioner (ECP), you will work closely within a multidisciplinary Hospital at Home team, building strong relationships with colleagues across Care Coordination, Therapies, Nursing, and partner teams throughout the BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) locality. You will contribute to the ongoing development of patient pathways, ensuring care is well coordinated from referral through to discharge.
You will provide clinical leadership and hands on support for the assessment, management, and treatment of patients in community settings, with a particular focus on Urgent Community Response (UCR) referrals. Working closely with Single Points of Access (SPA) and wider system partners, you will help reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and support timely discharge by making best use of Hospital at Home capacity.
You will take responsibility for the Hospital at Home clinical caseload, coordinating specialist, person centred care across primary, secondary, acute, and social care. Alongside your clinical role, you will support colleagues through supervision, development, and collaborative working, acting as a positive role model for safe and effective practice.
You will also contribute to service development through audit, learning, and reflective practice, supporting continuous improvement and a positive learning environment for colleagues and students.
A full list of responsibilities can be found in the attached job description.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description Job responsibilities
As a Enhanced Clinical Practitioner you will be part of our valued team in our Peasdown Bath Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
Band 7 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality CommissionThe Ideal Candidate
Essential
Current registration with the NMC or HCPC Recognised teaching or mentorship qualification Significant proven experience in elderly care, frailty, community services or relevent acute care speciality Significant proven assessment experience in urgent/acute care/accredited advanced clinical assessment qualification Clinical and technical skills in managing a range of clinical conditions Proven skills in managing complex patient/service user caseloads Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team. Excellent written and verbal communication skills Self-motivated and flexible with ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision. Strong judgement and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex situations and make appropriate decisions Ability to adapt to the demands of a constantly changing environment Good IT skills and knowledge of clinical systems Significant proven experience of leading and supporting a multidiscliplinary community team Training in clinical supervision and/or leadership skills Experience in implementing change Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience/knowledge Current Independent prescribing qualification (or working towards) with proven experience in supporting prescribing/treating frail older adults Clean driving licence, Car driver, access to a vehicle for daily useDesirable
Involvement in relevant clinical interest groups Experience of clinical audit, research and understanding quality
Person Specification
General Requirements Essential
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Employer details Employer name HCRG Care Group
Address HCRG Care Group
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN25 4AN
Employer's website https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)