Job Overview
An exciting substantive opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) who is willing to work towards an MSc in Advanced Practice.
We currently have a vacancy for a substantive, full-time or part time Trainee ACP within our Urgent Community Response Team (UCR). UCR is part of the NHS Long Term Plan and Ageing Well Programme to support England's ageing population and those with complex needs. The role will work beyond normal professional boundaries as a Allied Health Professional and therefore be working at an advanced clinical level. The post holder will be identified as a clinical expert and required to have a high clinical profile ensuring the provision of effective and efficient care.
Please note that you will initially be employed as a band 7 ACP until you have completed the MSc and Trust competencies have been completed and signed off.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of the Trainee ACP will be to be work independently and autonomously, visiting patient in their own homes in and around Surrey Heath and North East Hampshire area. Working alongside other professionals from the multi-disciplinary team to provide an urgent or same day response. Visits are unplanned, in a response to assisting with the prevention of hospital admissions.
The Trainee ACP (t ACP) has a key working relationship with all members of nursing, midwifery, AHP, medical staff and members of the multidisciplinary team involved in the care of patients.
The t ACP is an experienced senior Nurse/Midwife/AHP who has commenced or is due to commence formal education at master’s level on a recognised ACP programme with the aim and commitment of progression to qualified ACP level on completion.
The post holder will use collaborative and independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage and evaluate clinical nursing/midwifery/AHP and medical care and management of patients under the supervision of a qualified ACP/Senior Clinician or designated lead. The t ACP will assist/lead in the on-going assessment, investigations, procedures, treatment and management of patients in their speciality area.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
- Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients attending the Trust under supervision from a qualified ACP/Senior Clinician or designated lead.
- Prioritises health needs and intervenes appropriately.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken.
- To practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within the Trust’s policies and that of their professional regulatory body.
- Alongside their academic progression and development, the tACP will develop a portfolio of advanced and comprehensive clinical skills, assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills evidenced at academic level 7.
- To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe and appropriate management of patients with undifferentiated, differentiated and complex presentations.
- Take responsibility for the management of patients within own caseload and supervision/development of junior members of the multi-professional team.
- To share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others across primary and secondary care, as appropriate.
- Responsible for rapidly and continuously evaluating the patient’s condition and response to therapeutic interventions and treatment modalities, and modifies the plan of care for optimal patient centred outcomes
- Participates in meeting and promoting the health education needs of patients and carers.
- Promotes health through co-ordinated activities and programmes with patients, colleagues and carers where appropriate.
Please see the attached job description for additional duties and responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- allied health care professional (current registration with HCPC)
- Teaching/assessment / Mentorship Qualification
- Non-medical Prescribing course Master’s/DiP in advanced practice (willing to undertake)
Desirable criteria
- Leadership qualification
- ILS/ALS
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience post HCP qualification
- Teaching and assessment experience in clinical practice
- Contribution to audit
- Clinical supervision experience
Desirable criteria
- Management and leadership experience
- Experience of teaching to large group
Skills
Essential criteria
- Advanced clinical assessment and documentation skills
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Experience of appraisals
- Good IT skills
- Evidence of good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience of non-medical prescribing
- Evidence of radiology requesting
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
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