Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Delivering evidence based advanced practice skills to ensure the appropriate management of patients needs within the Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home Service.

Using skills of assessment, diagnosis, interpretation of tests, forward planning of care & treatment.

Review of newly admitted patients into the Virtual Ward and daily reviews including participating with speciality teams reviews and MDT's.

Timely recognition of deteriorating patients, appropriate response, escalation & documentation.

Routine writing of drug charts to prescribe medication for patients whilst in the Virtual Ward and in preparation for discharge.

Participate in, initiate, and deliver audit & research to identify current practice, drive continuous improvement & contribute to the development of new knowledge, theory & practice to benefit patients & colleagues.

Review of patients within the Virtual Ward and Hospital at Home and supporting the initial assessment of patients in the high acute beds (this will include in their own homes of patients with a range of conditions within various specialties.

Flexible approach to working within the Virtual Ward, Community Urgent Care and within the Accident and Emergency Department (front-door model) to step-up/step-down patients.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

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