ADVANCED CLINICAL PRACTITIONER

Job summary

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will deliver expert clinical care to patients with complex palliative and end-of-life needs across community and daycare settings. The ACP will act as an autonomous practitioner, providing advanced assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, including prescribing, while working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care.

The post holder will also lead our Wellbeing service to deliver high quality therapeutic activities for patients and families.

Main duties of the job

To work in line with Health Education Englands recommended framework for Advanced Clinical Practice Palliative and end-of-life care advanced practice area specific capability and curriculum framework demonstrating the delivery of person-centred, holistic care through multi-professional teamworking, a hallmark of palliative and end-of-life care.

Work flexibly across sites and departments from time to time as may be requested by their managers.

Proactively networks with colleagues within ellenor to develop and facilitate collaborative links with specialist palliative services and active researchers in academic and clinical settings to identify potential for further research in palliative and end- of-life care and opportunities to apply for funding and disseminate research and quality improvement through relevant media.

Prescribe medications as an independent prescribe and monitor treatment plans.

About us

ellenor is a hospice charity in Gravesend providing palliative and end-of-life care within the local community. At ellenor, we value inclusivity and focus on providing high-quality services with compassion and care.

We offer professional development opportunities and a comprehensive benefits package, including a pension scheme (with the option for NHS Pension Scheme members to transfer their pension), an employee assistance program, discount schemes, a generous annual leave allowance, and much more.