Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: PRUH
Town: Orpington
Salary: £59,490 - £66,239 Per Annum including high cost area
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/12/2024 23:59
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
Job overview
This role will be a 3-year fixed-term training post, working towards a qualified ACP role within the department. The advert below specifies the roles and responsibilities you will be expected to fulfil supervised in your training role, and then independently as a qualified practitioner. During training, you will complete a funded ACP MSc/Apprenticeship with support from your department and Educational Supervisor, alongside a clinical portfolio to demonstrate your progression, learning, and competence.
The post holder will be practising under supervision as a trainee advanced clinical practitioner within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.
The post holder will deliver a 60% clinical component; 20% service development and staff management and 20% related to education and development whilst in training. Once qualified clinical commitment is expected to be 80% and 20% on other aspects of professional practice.
Main duties of the job
* Work as a trainee advanced practitioner within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care.
* Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation and diagnosis of patients within their area of work.
* Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
* Receive and triage referrals via a variety of sources, including direct access patient referral. Manage own caseload and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices.
* Participate in multidisciplinary clinics, participate in ward rounds, patient reviews and multidisciplinary team meetings.
Professional Leadership & Management
* Provide highly visible and accessible professional leadership and demonstrate expert knowledge and standards of clinical practice.
* Lead and develop a defined area of Advanced Clinical practice within the designated area of practice, promoting interdisciplinary team and collaborative working practices.
* Lead and support the development of the role according to changing patient needs, service requirements and evidence-based practice.
* Adhere to all relevant Trust policies and procedures and to ensure that they are correctly implemented.
Person specification
* Minimum of 5 years’ post-registration experience at a senior level in the specialty area (Gastroenterology/ GI Cancer).
* Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments.
* Evidence of research & audit.
* Evidence of dissemination of knowledge in wider healthcare organisations.
* Evidence of ongoing CPD.
* Publication in healthcare journals.
* Advanced Clinical Assessment skills.
* None Medical Prescribing.
* Ability to inspire and lead a team.
IMPORTANT
* Check your email account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you.
* If you delete the job from any of your accounts, you may be prevented from accessing further communications.
* To enquire about your application or inform us of any changes in your circumstances, please contact the named person on this advert.
* Please provide email addresses for referees where possible.
* Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy.
* All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
* Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.
King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Annual Reports and Other Corporate Publications
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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