Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner Older Adults

The Frailty Advanced Nurse Practitioner Team at the Royal Stoke University Hospital is at the forefront of developing new ways of working to improve the care and service to our frail elderly patients; with this in mind, an opportunity has arisen for motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioners to become part of a highly skilled established team. The successful candidate will be ward based with the opportunity to work in the emergency portals on a rota basis.

Royal Stoke University Hospital was one of the first Trusts in the country to develop a Frail Elderly Assessment Unit and also has a team of ANPs working in the Emergency Department providing admission avoidance. ANP’s work closely with the Consultant Geriatricians and medical/nursing teams, Social Care, Therapies and the County Intermediate Care Team.

Applicants should already be proficient in ALS and possess a health assessment and non-medical nurse prescribing qualification and they should have already achieved or be working towards a Masters level qualification.

• Provides and receives highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
• Facilitate communication, which results in clear responsibilities being identified with the multi-professional team.
• Communicate very sensitive, complex condition related information to patients, relatives providing empathy and reassurance.
• There is a requirement to exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers requiring tact and diplomacy.
• Communicate patients’ conditions verbally and in writing, to other members of the healthcare team and contribute to decision making processes in patient management.
• Communicate on an ongoing basis with the Senior Registrar/Consultant responsible for the patient – updating them of any changes/progress.
• Continually update and maintain personal levels of clinical skills and competencies acting as a clinical role model
• It is expected that all employees of the Trust will take part in the appraisal process each year with the first appraisal taking place within the first 6 months from appointment.
  
  

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Hazel Davey Job title: Lead Frailty ANP Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01782 671577