Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

This is a rare opportunity to practise at the forefront of community-based urgent care, playing a central role in how we respond to patients when it matters most.

As demand for care closer to home continues to grow, we are seeking an experienced and highly credible Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our community services. This is more than a clinical role; it is an opportunity to shape how urgent and complex care is delivered across the locality, reducing avoidable hospital admissions and enabling people to remain safely within their communities.

You will operate across three interconnected areas. Within urgent care referrals, you will assess patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions, applying advanced clinical judgement to make safe, timely decisions. As a key member of the locality hub, you will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues to support complex case management, prevent deterioration and ensure seamless transitions of care. Within the therapy-led Elmdon Unit, you will contribute advanced clinical expertise to support recovery, maximise independence and facilitate safe discharge following acute episodes.

Working across the Urgent Community Response (UCR) service, Virtual Wards, Locality Hub and Intermediate Care pathways (including Elmdon Unit 3), you will play a pivotal role in delivering responsive, high-quality care for patients with acute, complex or rapidly changing needs.

Main duties of the job

Working autonomously, you will assess, investigate, diagnose and manage a defined caseload, using your advanced clinical skills and non-medical prescribing qualification to deliver safe, effective care from referral through to discharge. You will act as a visible clinical leader and role model, supporting colleagues to deliver consistent, high-quality practice while contributing to service development, audit and continuous improvement.

You will make confident, timely decisions in complex and often high-pressure situations, ensuring patients are managed safely in the most appropriate setting. Alongside this, you will support workforce development through teaching, supervision and mentorship. Your time will typically be structured as 90% clinical practice and 10% professional development, education and research.

Reporting to the Early Intervention Matron, you will provide credible professional leadership, setting clear standards of practice and embedding more efficient, patient-centred ways of working. You will maintain clinical oversight and risk management across your area, ensuring safe assessment, treatment and onward care.

You will join a high-performing and ambitious service, with recent achievements including an Outstanding CQC rating and JAG accreditation for our elective hub. Our staff survey results reflect a shared ambition to improve the experience of our people- building a culture where colleagues feel they belong, can thrive, know they add value and feel valued.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.