Job summary
Our Integrated Network Teams within South Glos (INTs) deliver out of hospital care to people in their own homes or community clinics within the area South Glos

Community Specialist Practitioner - Long Term Conditions (CSP-LTCs) are experienced, specialist clinicians with advanced clinical skills, case management techniques and a background in shared decision-making. They support people who are high intensity users of health care services. With this specialist intensive support, these service users are able to remain safely at home and have more choice about their health care.

Case management is key for the support of people with long term conditions. This role requires expert evidence based practitioner knowledge gained from extensive front line, clinical leadership, decision making and managerial experience

The Locality teams are made up of:

• Community Specialist Practitioners Urgent and Long-term Conditions
• Community Nurses
• Community Therapists
• Paramedics
• Community Support Workers
• Administrators

This is a fixed-term post to provide maternity leave cover within the South Gloucestershire INTs. Applications are therefore invited from individuals currently working within the South Gloucestershire INTs who have an understanding of local processes, systems, and ways of working.

Main duties of the job
The purpose of this fixed term role is to work autonomously as a specialist practitioner to identify and case manage individuals with highly complex needs who require intensive and community support. You will work with their Primary Care Network (PCN) in partnership with the Integrated Network Team (INT) and the primary care team to prevent avoidable admissions and facilitate timely discharges from hospital into the community setting and, where possible, improv their quality of life.

As an experienced practitioner you will provide a service that focuses on achieving and demonstrating overall improvements in health care for people who are frail and have several long-term conditions. You will also provide clinical leadership and direction to the INT, supporting the Locality Manager and Assistant Locality Manager to deliver excellent evidence based clinical outcomes. To provide organisational and service resilience, you may be expected to cross cover other teams or services, both within the locality and across Sirona services.

About us
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.

We are Sirona care & health - England's largest provider of Adult's and Children's Community Services and we'd love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days' annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme - just a glimpse of the benefits you'll receive.

We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different - we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

If you refer to qualifications or employment within your supporting statement, that has not been included in your Qualifications, Training or Employment History, this information may be discounted.

Qualifications
Essential

• Current registration with NMC / HCPC or other relevant professional body of registration.
• Successful completion of a relevant post-graduate L3 (or higher) course or appropriate equivalent modules, such as disease specific qualifications, physical assessment and clinical reasoning.
• Evidence of continuous personal and professional development and ability to study at Masters level.
• Willingness to undertake training required for the role

Desirable

• Masters level clinical qualification or working towards achieving this.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Knowledge of local, national, strategic and operational policy developments and an awareness of their implications
• Understanding of the primary care, secondary care and provider interface.
• Expert knowledge of complex case management
• Experience of community and multidisciplinary team working
• Ability to prioritise against tight deadlines and work under pressure
• Experience of undertaking clinical audits and analysing their results.

Desirable

• Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience.
• Knowledge of legal issues relating to the care of people such as Data Protection Act, Adult Protection procedures and the Mental Capacity Act.

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).

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong.