Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Christchurch Day Hospistal

A Vacancy at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Band 8a)

Older Person Rehabilitation & Ambulatory Care (OPRAC)

Shape the future of advanced practice in older persons care.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Older Person Rehabilitation and Ambulatory Care (OPRAC) service at Band 8a level.

This post is aligned to the NHS England Advanced Clinical Practice Framework, operating across the four pillars of advanced practice. The successful candidate will practise with a high level of autonomy and complex decision-making authority, delivering expert care to frail older adults across hospital and community settings.

Working across Hospital at Home, Day Hospital and Ambulatory Care services, you will play a key role in admission avoidance, early supported discharge and the transformation of out-of-hospital pathways for older people.

This role requires an active UK NMC or HCPC Registration

Based Location

Christchurch Day Hospital, Poole Hospital and community working across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole locality

Interview Date

10th June 2026

Clinical Practice

• Provide advanced, autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment for older adults with complex, frailty-related and multi-morbid presentations.
• Manage undifferentiated and highly complex clinical scenarios across hospital and home environments.
• Synthesize information from multiple sources to formulate differential diagnoses and evidence-based management plans.
• Support safe, effective patient flow and proactive pathway management.

Leadership & Management

• Provide visible clinical leadership within OPRAC and across the Directorate.
• Support prioritisation of workload and operational flow across community-facing services.
• Contribute to service transformation, redesign and integration aligned to national and Trust strategic priorities
• Support workforce development and advanced practice role modelling

Education

• Act as an expert resource for ACPs, trainee ACPs, ECPs and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and support.
• Develop, deliver and evaluate specialist education programmes.
• Contribute to embedding the ACP role in line with national capability standards.

Research & Evidence-Based Practice

• Promote a culture of enquiry and continuous improvement.
• Apply critical appraisal skills to inform clinical decision-making and pathway development.
• Participate in audit, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives

UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women’s, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

You will

• Hold a Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or be near completion) aligned to the NHS England framework.
• Demonstrate capability across all four pillars of advanced practice.
• Be an independent prescriber (or working towards).
• Have substantial experience managing frailty, complex multi-morbidity and older adult care.
• Be confident practising autonomously across hospital and community environments.
• Show strong leadership, influencing and service development skills.
• Be a car driver, hold a drivers licence valid in the UK and have access to a car for work purposes.

Why Join OPRAC?

• Be at the forefront of integrated, out-of-hospital care transformation.
• Shape innovative frailty and rehabilitation pathways.
• Work within a supportive, forward-thinking multidisciplinary team.
• Influence strategic direction of advanced clinical practice locally.
• Make a meaningful impact on outcomes and experience for older people.

If you are an experienced ACP ready to lead, innovate and practise at the highest level of advanced capability, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and help redefine advanced practice in older persons services.

This advert closes on Sunday 31 May 2026

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