Job summary
Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Frailty / Acute & Community role, Band 8a - hours per week
Previous applicants need not apply
NMC & AHP professional registrants can apply.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Division of Intermediate Tier Services, rated OUTSTANDING by the CQC, we are seeking an advanced clinical Practitioners to join the Extensive Care service, predominately to work within our Acute frailty service this is a blend of Community and Acute hospital work, within our new acute frailty unit.
Extensive Care is an Umbrella term as the service has a number of sub services within it.
These are, an intermediate bed base within the Stamford Unit, this is a 96 bedded Unit over 3 floors. This is a blended approach to care with Therapy GP and an ACP workforce. We are also very proud to have are new Urgent Crisis response team that work across our Neighbourhoods and support our Award-winning Digital Health Service, Virtual wards, along with having very strong ties to our intermediate urgent care team, this is a truly integrated team consisting of Nursing, Therapy and Adult social care. The Extensivist service is well established over 5 years, and sees patient in the community who have multiple hospital attendances, along with long term conditions and complex health needs. We are really excited to be developing our acute frailty service and Community frailty service
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work in partnership with the Extensive Care Service, Crisis Response Team, and Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (FSDEC), across Tameside and Glossop locality. In addition to maintaining a professional portfolio, the post holder will demonstratethe four pillars of advanced practice, enhanced levels of judgement, discretion and autonomous decision-making whilst working alongside the multi-professional framework for advanced practice in England. The post holder will offer clinical expertise, guidance, and management plans to complex frail patients in the community and secondary care setting. The post holder will supervise and drive improvements in treatment quality, motivating colleagues through change process and clinical audits,evidence-based practice, mentorship, development of protocols and pathways and professional clinical management and leadership.
The post holder will work within a Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) of Advanced/Enhanced Clinical Practitioners and support from specialist consultants and General Practitioners to ensure consistency in care plans, delivery of care and management to complex patients, diagnostic and treatment interventions within evidence-based practice. This role will advocate collaborative working with both primary and secondary care providers.
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
1. Safety
2. Care
3. Respect
4. Communication
5. Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
6. Registered Nurse / Therapist with current registration working at an Advanced Practitioner level
7. Independent non-medical prescriber
8. MSc in Advanced Practice or Equivalent
9. Basic Life Support
10. NMC Approved mentor preparation course or equivalent
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
11. Clinical expertise relevant to area of practice
12. Ability to build effective working relationships across a range of healthcare and other organisations
13. Post registration experience in a community setting.
14. Evidence of relevant experience working within a people centered health, social or customer care environment demonstrating an ability to work with a variety of individuals with varying needs and /or in varying environments.
15. Experience of working as part of a team and in isolation.
16. Working as part of / with a multi-disciplinary team.
17. Demonstrate IT literacy and competency with e-mail, word, intranet etc.
18. Knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
Desirable
19. Evidence of successful completion of relevant recent training in equality and diversity, disability awareness, safeguarding, moving and handling, management of violence and aggression.
skills
Essential
20. Desire to provide the best care possible
21. Ability to efficiently prioritise and allocate care
22. Evidence of excellent communication and listening skills
23. Able to participate in on job training in relation to a range of aspects of providing physical, emotional and social care for patients using a coaching approach.
24. Ability to work unsupervised on a day to day basis and to manage/ prioritise a delegated caseload independently
25. Ability to deal with emotionally difficult situations
26. Strong written, oral and presentation skills
27. Ability to problem solve within a defined set of likely problems and possible solutions
28. Excellent interpersonal skills
29. Ability to demonstrate empathy and compassion
30. Ability to demonstrate self-motivation skills and evidence of an ability to motivate others
31. Able to communicate effectively with the general public colleagues, clinicians and managers
32. To act as an effective member of the team, supporting other members where appropriate and contributing fully to the work of the whole department
33. Able to work under pressure and to demanding timescales, organising own workload to meet changing priorities
34. Able to work on own initiative and as an effective and responsible member of the team
35. Able to produce accurate, well presented documents to a high standard
36. Able to adapt to change
37. Accuracy and attention to detail, with a methodical approach
38. Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
39. Undertaken a management programme
Attributes & Behaviours
Essential
40. Flexibility in a changing environment
41. Flexibility to meet the demands of the service
42. Understands and can demonstrate Trust core values
43. Self-motivating, enthusiastic and self-disciplined
44. Calm and resolute under pressure
45. Courteous and professional attitude
46. Ability to demonstrate a positive "can do" approach, whatever the situation
47. Able to work flexibly around working hours, including occasional out of office core hours
48. Ability and willingness to travel in the course of performing duties, in a timely manner on a daily basis
49. Ability to travel to various locations within Tameside and Glossop