Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Extended Clinical Practitioner to join to The Willow Group, a forward thinking and innovative GP group providing primary care services for 49,000 patients over 5 local sites in Gosport.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and motivated professional with excellent clinical, organisational & communication skills, who has the ability to work autonomously.

The post holder will be an experienced nurse/AHP, acting within their professional boundaries, to support our on-going initiatives. The post holder will also hold their own clinics and demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team and extended primary care team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership. They will look to develop new and innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to deliver new and improved primary care services to meet the needs of the practice population.

Main duties of the job

The post holder is an experienced clinician who aspires to provide a responsive, safe, effective and caring service to patients requires initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinic decision making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice.

Along with using a medical model to assess, diagnose and prescribe for acute medical conditions, the clinician will use a holistic approach to consider methods and interventions to prevent recurrence of problems and complete referrals to appropriate members of the wider multidisciplinary team.

The clinician will participate in, and influence efforts, across health and social services to shape multi-disciplinary pathways designed to support patient choice, improve quality of life, promote self-management and assure early intervention through proactive provision of care in or as close to the patients' own home as possible.

The role will include the provision of strong leadership to the team, including day to day leadership responsibilities, development and creative leadership, responsive leadership, enabling the team to achieve a 'well led' culture.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence