An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a Clinical Master's Degree to work within the field of Acute Medicine.
The Medical Division has an established group of Advanced Clinical Practitioners and there is positive peer support as well as support from the senior Divisional Nursing Team and Consultant body within Acute Medicine. You will have the opportunity to contribute to and drive forward significant changes within Acute Medicine with the Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit.
We are looking for an innovative and forward thinking team member that will challenge traditional ways of working, and seek to enhance clinical care and deliver an excellent patient experience. You will work alongside the acute medical team and exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgment, discretion and decision-making in clinical care.
You will provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the client group. The remit of the post is to assess patients with a view to treating them early on their hospital admission to affect discharge from the Acute Medical Unit or AEC unit. You will appropriately identify transfer onwards to a specialty ward should an inpatient stay be appropriate. You will be a non-medical prescriber., The advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) provides advanced clinical practice as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary team within their speciality at the University Hospital of North Midlands.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.