Job Details
Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner Cardiology
Lincolnshire Heart Centre (base to be negotiated Pilgrim Hospital Boston or Lincoln County Hospital Lincoln)
Band 7 (trainee) or 8a depending on experience and qualification
37.5 hours per week
Permanent
A rare opportunity to join our family of multi-award winning Advanced Cardiology Practitioners (ACPs).
Main duties of the job
We are looking to recruit a Band 7 (trainee-working towards attached job description) or Band 8a (qualification achieved) ACP in Cardiology. Applicants are welcome from nurses, ACPs, physiotherapists, paramedics and pharmacists. This post will be based within United Lincolnshire Hospitals with the base open to negotiation. All our ACPs are employed Trust wide and expected to cover 'non-base' sites if required. The post is full-time and involves shifts, weekends and nights. The successful candidate will be expected to support our primary percutaneous angioplasty programme (PPCI) and will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge and skills in arrhythmia, heart failure and chest pain services. They will also take part on the 'on call' rota and will receive an additional on call supplement. We are research active and also offer the opportunity for Clinical Academic rotation (fellow, reader, chair) to the right candidate.
About us
Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county. This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations. The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Prospective candidates should contact either Alun Roebuck Senior Consultant Nurse in Cardiology on alun.roebuck@ulh.nhs.uk or 07760 990631 or Jo Denman Consultant Nurse in Cardiology on joanne.denman@ulh.nhs.uk. Informal visits are advised.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Current Professional registration within area of practice.
2. IRMER certified
3. MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
4. Registered Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
5. ALS provider
6. History taking and physical assessment qualification
7. Mentorship qualification
Desirable
1. ALS Instructor
2. Teaching qualification
3. Service Development experience
4. Audit Experience
Previous Experience
Essential
1. Significant cardiovascular experience
Desirable
1. Management and leadership experience
2. Ability to work independently
Skills
Essential
1. Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
2. Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework.
3. Able to present and receive complex information to multi-professional team.
4. Demonstrate negotiating and influencing skills.
5. Able to work independently and within a team.
6. Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict.
7. Ability to adapt communication to a wide variety of patient abilities/needs.
8. Accept constructive feedback and teaching from a variety of sources.
9. Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
10. Good knowledge of ambulatory emergency care presentations.
11. Understanding of medico-legal aspect of the role.
12. Participation in research and audit projects.
13. Work as a role model for emergency care nurses.
14. Good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise own work in conjunction with line manager requirements.
15. Self-motivated.
16. Efficient time and deadline management.
17. Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments.
18. Able to identify learning opportunities.
19. Able to organise own learning and development.
20. Ability to provide education, complete research and audit.
Desirable
1. Ability to work independently.
2. Has proven track record of training and educational achievements within the sphere of autonomous practice.
Specific Requirements
Essential
1. Demonstrate flexibility in working patterns and practices, with the ability to work across sites as required.
2. Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relatives in sometimes distressing circumstances.
3. Ability to work across sites as required.
Employer details
Employer name
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Lincoln County Hospital
Greetwell Road
Lincoln
LN2 5QY
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