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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse Practitioner to take on a senior role in this fast-paced, thriving and challenging Community Intermediate Care Team which has been delivering healthcare at home in Northamptonshire for 25 years. We pride ourselves on our passion for delivering quality care to patients in their own homes, avoiding unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitating rapid discharge from hospital to enable patients to return to independent living by working in collaboration with all community services and Social Care.

Our Intermediate Care team are innovative in their practice, for example taking forward a frusemide pathway and using remote monitoring equipment to manage a Virtual Ward. Their focus on admission avoidance and patient flow has been instrumental in ensuring patients can remain at home whenever possible with a focus on rapid response.

We are seeking a dynamic, flexible, and experienced Nurse Practitioner with experience across a range of health conditions, including acute, long-term frail and elderly, who will be able to support the on-going development of our Community Team. The post holder will be confident in providing effective clinical leadership to the team and work well under pressure. They must possess advanced clinical assessment skills, be a confident prescriber, able to problem solve and think on their feet.

You will need to provide strong leadership, possess excellent communication skills and be able to develop and support staff with clinical and professional expertise.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.