Generic Advanced Clinical Specialist (Frailty)

Job details

• Job reference: 256045
• Salary: Band 7 (£52,845 - £61,466)
• Job closing date: 16/09/2026
• Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
• Location: NHS Lanarkshire Wide
• Employment type: Permanent
• Hours Per Week: 36
• Job posted date: 02/09/2026
• Employer (NHS Board): NHS Lanarkshire
• Department: ACE TEAM

About The Organisation

Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.

We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.

The Role

As part of a multidisciplinary / multiagency team, the post holder will manage a highly specialist or complex caseload, using evidence based practice and client centred principles to assess, plan and implement care, provide expert advice and support, operating within a defined specialism across NHS Lanarkshire.

You will lead or manage the development and implementation of a programme of quality improvement, clinical audit and research activity. You will lead the supervision, education and development of members of the multidisciplinary team.

In this key role, you will:

Clinical Practice (within area of Specialism)

• Develop advanced competence, innovation and leadership in the management and delivery of safe, effective person-centred care within own area of practice
• Promote and act to influence others to incorporate non-judgemental, values-based care into practice

Facilitating Learning

• Role model exemplary facilitation and teaching skills and develop those skills in others
• Demonstrate and understand the key theories of adult learning and apply a wide range of facilitation, teaching and assessment skills to practice

Leadership

• Provide strong and effective leadership across professional and organisational teams/boundaries
• Evidence a positive impact of own exemplary leadership qualities and behaviours

Evidence, Research & Development

• Acts as a role model for the wider team by promoting a positive research culture
• Further enhance knowledge of research approaches including advanced evaluation methods to promote and embed evidence in practice

What You'll Bring:

• Registered Healthcare practitioner with valid UK Registration (NMC / HCPC)
• Educated to/working towards/operating at Masters Level
• Post graduate* expertise within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within the speciality.

What we Offer

As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:

• Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Annual incremental salary progression
• Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
• NHS discounts and more.

NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.

*Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.

For informal discussion, please contact Dominique Docharty, dominique.docharty@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Lynn Deas, Recruitment Administrator on Lynn.Deas@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk

Interested?

Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right‑to‑work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application

You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack

Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.

This advert may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply early.