Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Practitioner

The closing date is 15 August 2025

Job summary

We seek dynamic nurses or advanced paramedics with amazing interpersonal skills to support the leads in the county wide Urgent Community Response team. We are looking to recruit new team members who can proactively and effectively deliver a range of treatments, including IV therapy and all aspects of clinical care in the patient's own home environment.

The Urgent Community Response team operates as a Virtual Ward across the county, managing patients with sub-acute conditions to aid their recovery from illness or injury within their own homes by preventing unnecessary hospital admissions and reducing length of hospital stay.

In order to respond to the healthcare needs of the local population, the teams operate 7 days a week ensuring the delivery of the service can respond to patients' needs as and when required. The shifts for the service are between 07.00am to 01.00am including weekend and bank holiday working as part of the rota. The successful candidates will be expected to work within these shift patterns.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for experienced RN's or advanced paramedics with a passion for high quality clinical care and also experience in either acute medicine, Emergency Care or Community Nursing. The post holder will provide acute assessment & interventions in patients' own homes and will ensure that patients are referred onwards as appropriate to community services once their care episode is complete. The vision of the service is the key to bridging the gap between hospital and community - bringing care closer to home and we also provide dedicated nurses into the front doors of both our acute hospitals in the county.

If you are innovative, talented and adaptable, and would like to be part of a growing and forward thinking community team then come and join us. The NHS is expanding in the Community.

To be considered You must have:-

Excellent organisational ability
Senior nurses/paramedics band 6/7 with excellent leadership skills
Superb level of communication skills
Able to flex to a changing environment for service improvement
Good working knowledge of digital communication products
Real interest in improving & delivering healthcare in the community.
Clinical triage skills
High level assessment, diagnostic and clinical skills
Prescribing or willing to work towards
Be capable of working under pressure across a variety of treatments

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

08 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

270-TG259-ACS

Job locations

Lotus House

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

State Registered Nurse/ Advanced paramedic qualification
Evidence of CPD including attendance at recent postgraduate learning events relevant to the clinical field of Intermediate Care
Portfolio evidence of learning

Knowledge/Understanding

Essential

Up to date with professional practice and research
Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services including quality and audit
Understanding of legal responsibilities
Ability to comprehend and work within the Trusts policies
The ability to deal with difficult emotional and social circumstances, including patients who have been given poor prognosis

Desirable

Membership of Interest Groups relevant to clinical interest
Data analysis, identifies and uses appropriate analytical methods to ensure the successful analysis of data

Experience

Essential

Specialist knowledge underpinned by broad experience in a wide range of specialisms to including Orthopaedics, Medical, Out-patients, older persons and community over a period of years
Experience of working with a range of standardised tools to underpin nursing practice and demonstrate outcomes
Working in a multi disciplinary setting
Of being a student Practice Educator
Recent NHS experience
Relevant experience of working at Band 6 or equivalent level

Desirable

Experience of Intermediate Care setting
Previous experience of electronic patients notes systems

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

State Registered Nurse/ Advanced paramedic qualification
Evidence of CPD including attendance at recent postgraduate learning events relevant to the clinical field of Intermediate Care
Portfolio evidence of learning

Knowledge/Understanding

Essential

Up to date with professional practice and research
Understanding of clinical governance and its implication for services including quality and audit
Understanding of legal responsibilities
Ability to comprehend and work within the Trusts policies
The ability to deal with difficult emotional and social circumstances, including patients who have been given poor prognosis

Desirable

Membership of Interest Groups relevant to clinical interest
Data analysis, identifies and uses appropriate analytical methods to ensure the successful analysis of data

Experience

Essential

Specialist knowledge underpinned by broad experience in a wide range of specialisms to including Orthopaedics, Medical, Out-patients, older persons and community over a period of years
Experience of working with a range of standardised tools to underpin nursing practice and demonstrate outcomes
Working in a multi disciplinary setting
Of being a student Practice Educator
Recent NHS experience
Relevant experience of working at Band 6 or equivalent level

Desirable

Experience of Intermediate Care setting
Previous experience of electronic patients notes systems

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Lotus House

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Lotus House

Campbell Square

Northampton

NN1 3EB

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)