Senior Enhanced Practitioner | North Bristol NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Awst 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata for part time roles |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Medi 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Bristol, BS10 5NB |
| Cwmni: | North Bristol NHS |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7377213/339-NMSK7213-KLE |
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic, enthusiastic and motivated Senior Enhanced Practitioner to join the Neurosurgical Practitioner team.
The post holder will act as a senior healthcare professional within the Neurosurgery Oncology domain and provide support to the Enhanced Practitioner workforce in the Neurosurgery department, and be identifiable, highly visible, and accessible to patients, carers and staff for assistance, advice and support.
Hold post-registration qualification/CPD- PACR, PADRP and non-medical prescribing as a minimum for the area of practice. This is recommended to be the Enhanced Clinical Practitioner Level 6 qualification.
· Undertake pre-assessment for elective and urgent surgical patients within this pathway,and the caseload is proportionate.
· Demonstrate an understanding of the principles and processes of child and adult protection legislation to ensure the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
· Request and undertake multidisciplinary/agency health,frailty servicesand social services assessments.
· Liaise with Neuro-oncology Consultants, resident doctors, clinical specialist nurses, oncology team and waiting list co-ordinators regularly to enable an individualised and compassionate service for patients.
· With the senior surgical team, manage the elective patient pathway, such as the enhanced recovery programme for oncology patients, and support inpatient flow.
· Work towards autonomy to discharge patients from identified clinical areas, dependent on patient need at the time of review. This includes the autonomy to refer to and work in partnership with all appropriate health and social care professional groups and agencies.
· Integral role in Neuro-oncology MDT, which will serve as an educational route and enhance care provision for patient groups.
· To provide education and support to patients, relatives/carers, medical and nursing staff.
· Main point of contact for all elective pathway patients following their attendance at the Neurosurgical Pre-assessment Clinic (NPAC).
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
1. Enhanced level practice describes a level that can only be delivered by registered professionals with statutory registration who have gained additional post-registration education and experiential learning in a relevant subject area. This level can be applied to the full range of registered professional careers. The enhanced level is differentiated from other levels by one’s expertise in using specific knowledge and skills in a designated area. This role will manage patient caseloads, providing interventions as part of a defined pathway.
2. Registered professionals working at an enhanced level are expected to be able to manage discrete activities in complex, challenging and changing situations and environments. They should also be confident to seek further guidance when they reach the boundaries of their competence.
3. Utilise the four pillars of practice (Clinical Practice, Education, Research and Leadership) to support the delivery of the Trust objectives through behaviours which demonstrate the Trust Values.Please note that this level is primarily clinically focused and is not underpinned by an MSc in Advanced Practice; however, candidates with an MSc in Advanced Practice are still eligibleto work at this level.
4. This role will involve autonomous, independent clinical practice, as well as leadership of the enhanced practitioners working in the department.
5. The post holder will act as a senior healthcare professional within the Neurosurgery Oncology domain and provide support to the Enhanced Practitioner workforce in the Neurosurgery department, and be identifiable, highly visible, and accessible to patients, carers and staff for assistance, advice and support.
Development of robustprotocols/procedures for practice within the oncology pathway to satisfy clinical governance expectations.
Work cohesively with the NPAC lead to maintain standards, own competency, regular CPD, and be flexible with ad hoc clinic requests.
This advert closes on Thursday 4 Sep 2025