Job Description

We are seeking an experienced, visionary Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to provide clinical and strategic leadership within our Older People's Service. This senior role will drive service development, enhance clinical outcomes, and lead a team of ACPs and Allied Health Professionals within SDEC and Ambulatory Service for Older Peoples Services. You will work collaboratively across primary, secondary, and community care settings to deliver high-quality, integrated care for older adults with complex health needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical Leadership:

Provide expert clinical decision-making, managing complex cases and leading advanced assessments, diagnostics and treatment plans for older adults, including those living with frailty, dementia, and long-term conditions.

Service Development:

Lead the design and implementation of innovative care pathways, ensuring alignment with national guidelines and UHD priorities.

Education & Mentorship:

Foster a culture of learning by mentoring junior ACPs, nursing staff, and students.

Quality Improvement:

Lead audits, research and quality improvement initiatives to improve patient safety, promote alternatives to hospital admission, and enhance care.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration:

Work closely with consultants, GPs, social services and community teams to optimise access and transfers of care.

Strategic Influence:

Contribute to Trust-wide strategies, policies and service redesign for older people's care, advocating for patient-centred approaches.



Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.



Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.



UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.



In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.



Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.

Job Title:

Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Older Persons Services



Band



Band 8b



Care Group



Medicine

Directorate:

Older peoples Services and acute medicine Directorate

Department:

Older Peoples Services (SDEC and Ambulatory Service)

Location:

UHD

Accountable to:

Professionally - Senior Matron. Clinically -OPS Clinical Lead

Accountable for:

SDEC and Ambulatory Service



Main Purpose



To provide leadership to ACP SDEC leads within the Older Persons SDEC Service. Facilitating the rapid assessment, diagnostics, and treatment of individuals within OPS SDEC using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy, and judgement, underpinned by Masters level theory and experience. This includes highly complex decision-making across a broad range of differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.



o provide leadership to ACP's within the Ambulatory Service for Older Peoples Services, including Day Hospital, Hospital at Home and Ambulatory Clinic. These services are located across all UHD sites and are imperative to enabling a streamlined service for the front door.



The Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be required to work with others within the directorate to determine the priority workload of the teams across the directorate. Facilitating the current model of working which includes an In-reach Service to the Emergency Department to pull patients through to SDEC. Collaboratively working alongside Consultants when assessing appropriate referrals via GP Services.



To plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in collaboration with the consultants and others, delegating and referring as appropriate, to ensure timely, effective management and optimise health outcomes, in line with the evidence base and nationally recognised best practice.



To play a key operational role and maintain a pro-active approach to managing and leading clinical pathways and flow.



Working closely with a multi-professional team, lead the ACP service in delivery of high quality, performance, and financial frameworks.



To promote and implement service and policy development and redesign, impacting beyond own area and other disciplines, informed by current best practice and evidence-base, in accordance with values-based care of the trust.



To act as a resource to others and to develop, deliver and evaluate a range of relevant specialist programmes of education and development for individuals and large groups, including the wider multidisciplinary team, both internally and external to the trust.