An exciting opportunity has arisen for a permanent Band 8a Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our small Orthogeriatric team at Glangwili General Hospital.
The successful candidate will manage an independent caseload of inpatients who have sustained fragility fractures including hip fractures. The post holder will work alongside the Orthogeriatrician providing holistic care of this group of patients, which will include supporting the management of bone health.
The post holder will support the management of the Hip Fracture Database, which will include reviewing and validating data, presenting data, and leading quality improvement work.
The post holder is identified as a clinical expert and is required to have a high clinical profile ensuring the provision of effective and efficient care. At this level, the post holder is expected to work as a highly skilled senior practitioner and to have expert knowledge.
The post holder will be expected to exercise a high degree of personal professional autonomy and make critical judgments to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role. The post holder will be guided by health, organisational, or broad occupational policies, but in most situations, the post holder will need to establish the way in which these should be interpreted and advise relevant stakeholders accordingly. The post holder will be expected to work at an advanced clinical level within their level of competence and to work flexibly as part of the team.
Main duties of the job
The primary focus of the role is to work as an advanced, autonomous practitioner providing patient-centred clinical care, encompassing the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment of patients. The Advanced Practitioner will work across the 4 pillars of practice - Leadership & Management, Clinical, Education, Research, and Development, as outlined in the Framework for Advanced Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Practice in Wales 2010 (FANMAHPPW). The post is intended to provide improved outcomes for patients by improving timeliness and consistency of care.
The post holder will:
1. Explore and analyse evidence, cases, and situations in clinical practice, enabling a high level of judgement and decision making.
2. Deliver advanced practice which is evidence-based within the service.
3. Assess, diagnose, treat/manage, evaluate, refer and discharge.
4. Assess and manage risk.
5. Demonstrate ethical decision making.
6. Carry out non-medical prescribing in line with legislation.
7. Involve Patient/service user/Public involvement in the development of service and role.
8. Manage complexity, use critical thinking and analytical skills to underpin sound judgement, and ethical decision making.
9. Provide training, presentations, and information to a range of groups comprising staff, senior staff, and colleagues from partner organisations.
10. Develop policies, protocols, and guidelines using sound evidence base.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Extensive previous experience of working within specialty
* Experience in complex decision making
* Leadership and management experience
* Significant experience where a degree of autonomous working has been required
* Experience of multi-professional working
Desirable
* Teaching and education assessment experience
* People management experience
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
* Registered Health Care Professional (eg HCPC/NMC)
* Relevant Masters Degree/180 credits at level 7 (Masters) in relevant area
* Non-Medical Prescriber, or willingness to commit to undertake in line with future service development
Desirable
* Evidence of higher level of practice development within specialist area
Language Skills
Desirable
* Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Employer details
Employer name
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Address
Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen, SA31 2AF
Interviews will be held on 14/10/2024. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply. #J-18808-Ljbffr