Employer: Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Edward Jenner Court
Town: Gloucester
Salary: £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 24/01/2025 23:59
Interview date: 19/02/2025
Directorate Lead Advanced Practitioner
Band 8b
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire.
This new post is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join our Directorate. We seek an operationally focused leader to work with the Service Director and Medical Leadership team to ensure we continue to develop our model of care with assurance and good governance.
The successful post holder will need to be experienced and creative; agile in thought and organised in their planning. You will help create the environment for the growth of these colleagues and ensure they are anchored into well-supervised development pathways.
Main duties of the job
1. Carry out clinical functions innate to the role, including clerking, medical planning, medicines reconciliation, prescribing/deprescribing, regular reviews, supporting rehabilitation, discharge planning and care in the last days of life.
2. Work with the learning and development team to devise and deliver education programmes for tAPs and APs within the organisation.
3. Act as a clinical role model for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements.
4. Lead and participate actively in research and development initiatives to advance the provision of services for patients.
5. Facilitate the dissemination of research findings to influence change.
6. Lead/supervise Advanced Practice activities related to audit and quality improvement (QI).
Person specification
* Registered Nurse/ AHP – NMC / HCPC Registration
* MSc In Advanced Clinical Practice
* Independent Non-medical prescribing
* Educational Supervisor/mentorship qualification / Teaching and Assessing qualification
* Leadership and Management qualification or equivalent experience in a senior leadership position
* Experience of clinical working within the frailty specialty
* Demonstrable knowledge and application of Clinical Governance processes
* Highly specialist advanced clinical skills and knowledge
When joining us, as well as becoming part of a team that makes a difference, we also offer:
* Free car parking at many of our sites
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* A broad range of training and development opportunities
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay for unsocial hours
* Flexible, family-friendly and agile working opportunities
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date. Good luck with your application.
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