Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre
We are looking for a qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated ACP to complement our established team in the Urgent Treatment Centre. This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive, multi-professional team that recognises and upholds ESNEFT's drive to develop an outstanding clinical workforce to support our patients.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to perform comprehensive assessments of patients, adults and children, with same-day urgent medical, diverse minor injury & minor illness and urgent presentations, and develop working diagnoses and treatment plans whilst working without direct supervision, with input from the hospital specialty teams.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff. Our scale provides exciting opportunities for development, innovation, research, education and training.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Possession of a 1st degree in a clinical field e.g., Nursing, physiotherapy at a minimum 2:2 classification.
* Possession of MSc in Advanced Practice or recognised equivalent by HEE Centre Advancing Practice.
* Non-Medical Prescribing (v300) if appropriate to registered profession/role.
Experience
* Portfolio of evidence towards the 4 Pillars (clinical practice, leadership, education, research) of advanced practice.
* Completed portfolio of supervised practice in advanced clinical practice.
* Evidence of continued professional development following MSc completion.
* Evidence of recent teaching, mentorship, and supervision of staff.
* Evidence of multi-professional working.
* Significant experience of working as a registered practitioner with ED/UTC/Primary Care.
* Able to manage the common and complex presentations of health conditions in UTC autonomously.
* Demonstrates a high degree of knowledge within specialty.
* Demonstrate an understanding of current developments in the relevant specialty.
* Evidence of both theoretical and practical skills and competency in patient management in UTC.
* Demonstrate the ability to utilise current research findings in practice.
* Understand, encourage, and support clinical supervision.
* Knowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management.
* Knowledge of infection control issues.
* Evidence of both theoretical and practical skills and competency in patient management.
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.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
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