Job summary
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Extended Clinical Practitioner (ECP) to join our multidisciplinary team. This is an exciting opportunity for an advanced clinician who is passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and driving excellence in clinical practice.

As an Extended Clinical Practitioner, you will provide a high standard of complex, enhanced care to patients, utilising advanced levels of clinical judgement, knowledge, and skills. Working autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary environment, you will assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients with complex healthcare needs.

You will consult closely with patients, families, carers, and healthcare professionals to undertake comprehensive assessments and develop evidence-based care plans tailored to individual needs. The role requires critical evaluation of clinical problems, application of advanced assessment and diagnostic skills, and the ability to make informed clinical decisions using the latest evidence, interventions, and technologies.

Main duties of the job
The postholder will maintain and continuously develop their clinical knowledge, skills, and expertise to support enhanced clinical judgement and autonomous decision making. They will independently undertake complex and holistic assessments, applying advanced clinical reasoning and evidence based practice to deliver safe, effective, and person centred care for individuals with complex needs.

The role involves critically evaluating clinical interventions, managing complex caseloads, and supporting patients from diverse cultural, social, and belief backgrounds through enhanced assessments, diagnostics, and interventions. The postholder will work both independently and as part of multidisciplinary teams across community and clinical settings, adapting to changing healthcare demands, evolving technologies, and increasingly complex patient presentations.

They will engage patients, families, and carers in the co production of care plans and wellbeing strategies, promoting self management and independence wherever appropriate. The role includes providing clinical leadership, supporting integrated health and social care working, supervising and supporting colleagues, and recognising the boundaries of professional practice.

The postholder will plan, deliver, monitor, and evaluate complex care, interpret diagnostics, contribute to differential diagnosis, arrange further investigations, and respond effectively to unpredictable clinical situations.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Appropriate nursing or allied health professional that allows registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Professional UK registration e.g. NMC or HCPC
• Degree level award
• Independent non-medical prescribing or pharmacology level 7 profession relevant qualification.
• Holds level 7 Clinical History Taking and Physical Examination
• Holds level 7 Diagnostics and Decision making
• Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
• Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT e.g. emails and report

Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Appropriate nursing or allied health professional that allows registration with the NMC or HCPC
• Professional UK registration e.g. NMC or HCPC
• Degree level award
• Independent non-medical prescribing or pharmacology level 7 profession relevant qualification.
• Holds level 7 Clinical History Taking and Physical Examination
• Holds level 7 Diagnostics and Decision making
• Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
• Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT e.g. emails and report

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).

Employer details
Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Medina Healthcare, Brannon Way, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33 4NW, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
James Pike Head of Operations
james.pike2@nhs.net