Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Community
Stockport Foundation Trust is currently offering an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their dynamic service.
The post will be full time and be based in the community setting.
If you are enthusiastic, hold the Masters qualification and are thirsty for a challenge, then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing advanced clinical care and expertise in care delivery including judgement, discretion and decision making to patients as per individual scope of practice and through the advanced clinical competency framework.
Work autonomously as an ACP within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices.
Deliver individualised patient care, with direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation/diagnostic procedures, and diagnosis of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate onward referral or discharge of patients at the end of the care episode.
Receive and triage referrals via a variety of sources, including direct patient referral.
Participate in ward rounds, patient reviews, and multidisciplinary team meetings.
Utilise scope of advanced practice to undertake Non-Medical Prescribing role and advise on medicine management issues associated with the patient group, working within Trust policy for Medicines Management.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this, it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person Specification
Education
* Professional Registration
* Non-Medical prescribing course (in eligible professions)
* MSc in clinical practice
Knowledge
* Advanced clinical practice skills
* Evidence of research and audit
* Evidence of implementing change
* Evidence of dissemination of knowledge in wider healthcare organisations
Experience
* Post registration experience at a senior level (band 6 or above) in community or a relevant specialty area
* Evidence of ongoing CPD
* Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments
* Ability to work independently
* Experience of using a multidisciplinary approach to patient care
Skills & Abilities
* Strong leadership skills
* Excellent communication skills and able to communicate with MDT
* Able to problem solve and make decisions
* Ability to prioritise tasks, actions, and interventions
* Clinical assessment of healthcare needs
* Sound clinical judgment in identifying and ordering diagnostic tests/interventions
* Research and audit awareness
* Able to work as part of a team and autonomously
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.
£53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
362-A-24-7083017
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