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Advanced Clinical Practitioner
The closing date is 28 May 2026
Are you a dynamic and motivated clinician? Are you focused on patient‑centred care and choice?
Do you want to be involved in an exciting new frailty service in North Cumbria? If so we want to hear from you.
North Cumbria has an ageing population and is seeing more older people living with frailty in our emergency departments and on our wards. We know that a hospital stay makes it less likely that an elderly person can return home and live independently so we have introduced a new Frailty Hub to provide a same‑day service.
After a successful pilot, the service is now being permanently funded in both Whitehaven and Carlisle; therefore we are looking for dynamic and motivated team members to join our ambitious, multi‑disciplinary team. We want to hear from people who are passionate about our vision to provide more care closer to home and enhance the care we provide to older people living with frailty. The NHS 10‑year plan is making three big shifts in how the NHS works:
* From hospital to community - more care will be available on people's doorsteps and in their homes
* From sickness to prevention: we'll reach patients earlier and make the healthy choice the easy choice
We are making steps towards these shifts but we now need to make further moves to help us provide the right care, in the right place, at the right time.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of an integrated team delivering care to patients within the Frailty Hub with support into Community Hospital Inpatient Units when required. In time the services may support Urgent Community Response and the virtual ward team.
The post holder will function as an autonomous practitioner working independently of and in conjunction with other health care professionals to assess, investigate, diagnose and treat, refer or discharge patients.
They will demonstrate safe clinical‑decision making and expert care including holistic assessment, diagnostic and prescribing skills to deliver the highest possible standard of care to patients.
The post holder will provide expert clinical and professional leadership in the delivery of practitioner‑led services and in the ongoing development of the service.
Flexible working across our services is required to meet the needs of the service.
The post holder will be involved in the evaluation of research and the implementation of evidence‑based practice and development programmes.
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of "safe, high quality care every time":
* Being a clinically led organisation
* Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
* A positive patient experience every time
* A great place to work
* Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows.
* Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £28.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one one‑off payment.
* Enhanced Check: £49.50 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £56.00. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one one‑off payment.
Benefits
* 27‑day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
* NHS Discounts
* Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
* Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work‑related problems
* *Subject to eligibility
North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital
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