Advanced Clinical Practitioner Older Persons Medicine
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of Older Persons Medicine at The James Cook University Hospital. The ACP role is embedded in the medical workforce in Older Persons Medicine and you would be joining a team of ACPs, resident doctors, Nurse Consultant and Consultants to provide high quality, effective care to patients. Your working pattern will vary to meet service need and may include evenings (up to 9pm) and weekends.
We are looking to recruit a qualified ACP with experience in Older Persons Medicine. Candidates must have completed the ACP MSc programme and have a completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2017) framework for ACP along with evidence of ongoing professional development.
This role will be at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills assessment. Working effectively across all four pillars of advanced clinical practice as set out by Health Education England (2017).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be able to evidence all four pillars of the advanced clinical practice framework and benchmark to advanced clinical practice levels across all four pillars.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and support within the nursing/AHP teams in developing the service to improve the patient experience.
You will be/have:
1. MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/HEE accredited ACP
2. Completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2017) framework for ACP
3. Independent non-medical prescribing
4. Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
5. ILS/ALS provider
About us
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:
1. Explore leadership within the NHS
2. Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
3. Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
4. Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete these four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3, 5 and 7.
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Experience
* Extensive clinical experience in speciality
* Can manage a highly complex caseload
* Works within a supervision framework for ACP
* Supports Junior doctors/nurses/AHPs to develop their own scope of practice
* Understands how to increase governance around the ACP role
* Has led a service improvement
* Experience in one of the four pillars of ACP at an extended level
Qualifications
* MSc in advanced Clinical Practice/Royal college credentialed/HEE accredited ACP (Band 8a)
* Completed portfolio of professional development which evidences an advanced level of clinical practice in line with HEE (2017) framework for ACP (Band 8a)
* Independent non-medical prescribing (where legally permitted) (Band 8a)
* Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
* Completion of competencies that align to the Advanced Clinical Practice in Older People Curriculum Framework (HEE, 2022).
Knowledge
* Professional knowledge acquired through a professional qualification which enables registration with a health care regulating body.
* Supplemented by significant post-registration experience and specialist knowledge of the clinical area.
* Management skills gained through theory and/or significant practice experience
* Additional teaching qualification/experience
* Participation in audit/research/service evaluation
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.
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