We are looking for a Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our West Kent Home Treatment Service.

The Consultant Practitioner for Home Treatment Service leads the Home Treatment Service alongside the SAS Doctors West Kent.

We are a community team made up of a variety of staff including Specialist Doctors, Speciality Doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Health Care Assistants. The Home Treatment Services have excellent links with Primary Care, Community Teams, Hospice, SECAMB Trust and Acute Trust Teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be a clinical expert in Frailty and will fulfil the 4 domains ofAdvanced Clinical Practice:

1. Advanced and expert level clinical practice within the field of frailty ensuring clinicalexcellence2. Leadership and consultancy providing expert professional advice to patients,carers and colleagues3. Development and provision of education and training to other staff and trainees4. Service development, evaluation, research and audit.

As a member of the MDT, you will also be involved with, and where appropriate collaborate in national and international research contributing to relevant networks and forums, with the aim of supporting the development of a centre of excellence in care and treatment for older people.

You will maintain and further develop a local and national profile as a Consultant ACP for Frailty, by being a creative and innovative leader in further developing services for this patient group

Additional Working Pattern: 0900 to 2200 3 shifts a week including weekends

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

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Job description

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• o First level Registration with NMC, HPCP or GPHC o Minimum of 5 years post registration experience, Experience at band 8a or above o Educated to Master's level or higher degree o Teaching qualification o Research qualification o Leadership o Non- medical Prescribing

Desirable

• o Psychology or counselling experience and training/ education

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• o Extensive clinical experience in the care and treatment of people with frailty (including long term conditions and dementia care experience) o Advanced skills in history taking and physical assessment of frail people o Independent prescribing experience o Experience of advanced specialist interventions in the assessment and management of older patients o Experience of teaching and education provision o Extensive experience in report writing o Experience of planning, implementation and delivery of educational programmes relating to long term conditions o Experience of working across organisational boundaries with partners (commissioning, social care and education providers) o Advanced IT skills o Experience with evidence of audit, research and innovation applied in practice o Experience of strategy development and implementation

Desirable

• o Extensive experience of presenting report/ education/ information to public forums o IR(ME)R training or equivalent

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• o Advanced understanding of long-term conditions and application to older people o Advanced knowledge of clinical governance o Advanced knowledge of change management o Advanced knowledge of managing complex patient information and situations

Desirable

• o Extensive research knowledge

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential

• o Demonstrate a high level of competence and excellence in practice. o High level competence in strategic planning o Advanced skills in writing reports o High level skills in presenting o Expert skills in developing and delivering educational material o Advanced skills in clinical practice, including clinical governance o High level communication skills both verbally and non-verbally o Coaching and mentoring skills o Computer literacy o Chairing and facilitation skills
• Valid driving licence

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

• o Highly self-motivated o Facilitative approach o Participative style o Flexible o Reflective practitioner o Approachable manner o Innovative and creative o Compassionate leader

ABILITY TO MANAGE

Essential

• o Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure o Able to be supportive to others o Previous evidence of managing others o Work produced is managed to ensure a high quality standard reflective of the seniority of the post

Employer details

Employer name

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit G

Maidstone

ME16 9NT

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846-6572375-CF