We are seeking motivated and compassionate Bank Band 7 Community Advanced Practitioners (Nurses or Therapists) to join our dynamic Admission Avoidance Team within Intermediate Care, Ealing Community Partners. This is a Bank position, offering flexible working arrangements for clinicians who want to contribute to high-quality patient care while maintaining control over their working patterns. As part of our Bank workforce, you will play a vital role in supporting patients to remain safely in their own homes.
This role is ideal for experienced practitioners who enjoy autonomous working, rapid clinical decision-making, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives in the community. You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across both community and inpatient settings, ensuring seamless transitions of care and delivering timely interventions that support recovery and wellbeing.
We are looking for individuals who are passionate about person‑centred care, confident in managing clinical deterioration, and committed to upholding the highest standards of practice. In return, you will join a supportive, values‑driven organisation that prioritises staff wellbeing, professional development, and collaborative working. If you are seeking a flexible, rewarding role where you can use your advanced clinical skills to make a real impact, we would be delighted to welcome you to our Bank team.
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Band 7 Community Advanced Practitioner, you will deliver high‑quality, person‑centred care to patients in their own homes, supporting them to remain safely in the community and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions. You will undertake comprehensive assessments, identify and manage clinical deterioration, and implement evidence‑based interventions that promote independence and recovery. Working autonomously, you will use advanced clinical reasoning to make timely decisions, escalare concerns appropriately, and coordinate care across multiple services.
You will collaborate closely with multidisciplinary colleagues, including nurses, therapists, GPs, social care teams, and inpatient services, ensuring continuity of care and smooth transitions between settings. A key part of the role involves providing clinical leadership, supporting junior staff, and contributing to the ongoing development of the Intermediate Care service. You will also be expected to deliver teaching sessions, share best practice, and participate in quality improvement initiatives that enhance patient outcomes.
As a Bank practitioner, you will work flexibly according to service need, adapting to varying caseloads and clinical presentations.
Person Specification
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) or equivalent Occupational Therapy /Physiotherapy qualification/ Registered General Nurse, Adult Branch and current NMC Registration/ HCPC Registration
- Advanced physical Assessment with history taking (level 7)
- Experience and evidence of teaching and assessing e.g. Preceptorship/Mentor
- Accredited Advanced Practitioner
- Non-Medical Prescribing (level 7)
Experience
- Experience of reviewing deteriorating patients
- Experience of providing patient facing interventions
- Experience of providing clinical information to wider MDT
- Able to give advice and signposting to stakeholders across a wide range of knowledge, i.e doctors / paramedics / nurses / carers etc
- Experience of providing clinical interventions within an acute and community setting
Knowledge
- Knowledge of patient safety measures
- Knowledge of safeguarding
- Knowledge of frailty and impact on wider health determinants
- Keeps up to date with changes in data protection regulations and best practice guidance and implements these within daily clinical practice.
- Understanding of intermediate care pathways
- Knowledge of intermediate care guidance and best practice
- Broad medical knowledge including end of life, chronic conditions and frailty
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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