Job summary
- Main area
- Integrated Front Door
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 825-7369382-OPS-B
- Employer
- Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital and The Princess Royal Hospital, Telford
- Town
- Shrewsbury and Telford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Urgent Clinical Practitioner for Integrated Front Door
NHS AfC: Band 7
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700. For a limited number of clinical posts (listed here), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.
Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.
Job overview
We are looking for dynamic and compassionate clinical leaders to join us as Band 7 Clinical Team Leads within our pioneering Integrated Front Door Team. This innovative service is at the forefront of transforming urgent care delivery, improving patient transitions from hospital to community settings, and reducing system pressures.
The Front Door Service is designed to:
- Prevent unnecessary hospital admissions at the point of entry and within acute services.
- Reduce length of stay.
- Promote proactive, preventive care through early identification and intervention.
This is achieved through close collaboration with health, social care, mental health, and voluntary sector partners.
You will have full access to a robust MDT including consultants, GPs, pharmacists, nurses, therapists, and healthcare support workers. We are seeking someone who shares our commitment to excellence in care and can lead the delivery of Front Door team.
Main duties of the job
As Clinical Team Lead, your responsibilities will include:
- Providing clinical and managerial guidance within the Front Door Service.
- Collaborating with UCR, Virtual Ward, Care Transfer Hub, Community Specialist Services, Local Authority, and Acute Trust teams.
- Ensuring efficient patient management and care transitions.
- Managing a multidisciplinary team of professionals.
The position is responsible for supporting consistent, person-centred care through the use of clinical judgment and critical thinking to assess and plan.
Working for our organisation
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Person specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with NMC or HCPC without restrictions on practice.
- Evidence of health assessment/ physical examination qualification.
- Evidence of post-registration, working towards Master's Level (L7) qualification appropriate to the post or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrable clinical supervision training or management experience or qualification.
- Demonstrates continuing professional development within area of urgent and emergency care.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant post registration experience.
- Demonstrable recent experience in acute, emergency, urgent community response, or admission avoidance services.
- Experience of supervision or management of junior staff.
- Excellent interpersonal and Leadership skills.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of advanced clinical practice skills including advanced physical assessment, cannulation, phlebotomy, and interpretation of investigation results.
- Management of patients with long-term conditions, multi- morbidity, complex needs, including mental health.
- Advanced communication skills, negotiation, decision making and organisational skills, as well as succinct accurate handover.
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Self-directed autonomous practitioner.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Digital proficiency (using technology in healthcare).
- Flexibility – ability to work across boundaries.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amber Bugler
- Job title
- Clinical Service Manager - Capacity and Flow
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07980 914330
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