Job Summary
Are you an ACP, who wants to work within a community based MDT, having a passion for supporting patient care and keen to make a difference? We are looking for an enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner who wants to join our Community Response Team and support patients to stay at home, reducing the need for hospital admission.
The ACP will have the opportunity to work on a rotational basis between our Hospital at Home and Urgent Care Crisis Response Team. As an established Crisis Response service, you will work with an MDT alongside other ACPs in providing vital care in the community, completing complex assessments and minimising admission to hospital where possible. The new operating Hospital at Home service enables patients to receive safe, effective treatment at home for up to 14 days. They will provide medical assessments at home alongside our GPs, with overall care under a hospital consultant. We receive referrals from community services, NWAS, 111, GPs and ED deflections with a focus on keeping patients safe at home where possible.
A confident communicator with strong organisational skills, you will thrive in an MDT environment and will be instrumental in supporting and developing this new service to ensure a high-quality service for our patients. With a passion for continuous development and service improvement, you will be involved in projects and trust initiatives. You will receive regular supervision, in-service training, and support.
Main Duties of the Job
You will also have the opportunity to work across hospital and community whilst developing key links and networks with acute and community colleagues. This will enable you to use your specialist clinical skills across all four pillars of advanced clinical practice to determine the most appropriate pathways for your patients and will include access to virtual patient monitoring for patients that would benefit from additional clinical oversight.
You will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team across acute, community and voluntary partners to ensure discharges are safe and effective and to prevent re-admission. Using your experience and knowledge, you will support other team members to ensure we deliver a high-quality service for our patients, providing education and support as needed.
We pride ourselves on promoting quality improvement initiatives, service development and professional and personal development and as a member of our team you will receive regular supervision, in-service training, and support to pursue post graduate education. You will be involved in both team projects and wider trust initiatives giving you the opportunity to form close professional relationships with a wide variety of multi-disciplinary team members.
About Us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job Location
Trafford House,
Southmoor Road
Wythenshawe, South Manchester
M23 9XD
Salary
£53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum (pro rata)
Contract
Permanent
Working Pattern
Full-time
Reference Number
349-LCO-7093625*
Person Specification
Qualifications
* MSC in Advanced Practice
* Relevant professional health degree or equivalent experience
* Evidence of recent CPD
* Independent non-medical prescriber (V300)
* Current registration with NMC, HPC and or other statutory body
Experience
* Substantial post registration experience. Leadership. experience at Band 7 or above
* Proven experience of working as an independent practitioner
* In-depth knowledge of recent NHS legislation, relevant to community
* Experience of leading, planning and completing audit/research.
* Experience of teaching and mentoring of staff across the multi-disciplinary team.
Skills and Knowledge
* Advanced clinical skills
* Able to work as an autonomous practitioner.
* Able to demonstrate care which reflects evidence based practice
* Can demonstrate experience of acute disease management and crisis care
* Communication skills including presentation skills
* Leadership skills with ability to engage and deliver change through negotiation and partnership working
* Management skills with team building abilities
* IT skills
* Ability to manage complexity and develop and sustain partnership working with both individuals and across organisations
* Ability to manage high pressured situations
* Able to prioritise workload, achieving a balance between clinical and other aspects of role
Personal Qualities
* Self-motivated and innovative
* Assertive and Confident
* Enthusiastic
* Empathetic and Supportive
* Flexible to meet the needs of 7 day, extended hours community service
* Access to a car for business use on a daily basis
* Able to deal with occasional unpleasant working conditions
* Ability to manage and diffuse stressful situations
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Trafford House,
Southmoor Road,
Wythenshawe, South Manchester,
M23 9XD
Employer's Website: https://mft.nhs.uk/careers/
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