Band 7 Clinical Practitioner

The post holder will be able to provide expert clinical expertise, operational management, to the Virtual Wards (Hospital @Home) Model within Birmingham Community Healthcare (BCHC) NHS Foundation Trust.

The purpose of the role is to work across the system in a variety of city-wide settings but not exclusive to the community and inpatient units, and to in-reach into secondary care, to identify and assess patients, to prevent avoidable hospital admissions and facilitate early supportive discharge.

The work will be undertaken collaboratively with Secondary and Primary Care, and Community Services, including Urgent Care Response, Early Intervention Team (EICT), and Specialists Services.

The post holder will work attend integrated multidisciplinary teams (MDT's) to provide advice and support and agreed data to support the Virtual Ward (Hospital @Home) Model., 1. Work in accordance with the NMC / HCPC Code of Practice
2. Be conversant with all BCHC NHS FT policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented
3. Ensure evidence-based care is practiced and promoted at all times.
4. Manage own time effectively and prioritise workload.
5. Facilitate teaching and supervision for less experienced members of staff.
6. Promote health by collaborative working with patients and their relatives.
7. Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patients to make better choices for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing.
8. Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care.
9. Safeguard individuals from abuse by reporting any incidents involving potential or actual abuse and acting upon concerns immediately.
10. Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care.

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.