Surgical Advanced Nurse Practitioner - ENT, Maxfax and Plastics (SNAP)
St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Surgical Nurse Advanced Practitioner (SNAP)
To work with the speciality services of ENT, Plastics and Maxfax, within the directorate of surgery.
St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the country's leading teaching hospitals and the regional specialist care provider for South West London, Surrey and beyond. The trust provides a high quality, comprehensive range of health services from leading edge tertiary and trauma care to community services. With national and regional referrals added to our local 3.5m catchment, we serve a population of around 5m.
Main duties of the job
The Surgical Nurse Advanced Practitioner (SNAP) team have evolved over the past years as a result of changes to junior medical training and a desire to optimise patient pathways and provide more patient focused care. The post holder will provide leadership and advanced clinical practice in the assessment and treatment of new presentations through A&E as well as established in-patient care. The successful candidate will be an independent prescriber with excellent clinical and decision making skills and a recognised advanced patient assessment course. The ability to work within a fast paced, pressurised environment is essential, with the ability to coordinate effectively.
A competency based development programme and training opportunities will be provided for successful candidates without the relevant speciality based experience. These must be achieved within an agreed time frame in order to meet the requirements of the role.
Job responsibilities
Specialty requirements
ENT:
* Throat infections: Tonsillitis/quinsy and epiglottitis
* Foreign body in ear, nose or throat
* Ear infection
* Elective head/neck admission for surgery
PLASTICS:
* Hand trauma/infections
* Wound assessment and management
MAX FAX:
* Dental infections
* Infected wounds
Person Specification
* Registered clinical professional
* MSc level in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent (Minimum PGDip)
* Independent or supplementary non-medical prescriber (where relevant)
* 7 years post-registration experience, of which at least 5 years includes speciality experience
* Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, research, education)
* Participation in audit and research
* Completed portfolio of supervised practice in speciality
* Certified speciality courses
* Relevant NHS leadership qualification or working towards
* Experience as clinical Leader
* Experience in an autonomous practice role
* Previous experience in an advanced practice role
* Experience of service development
* NMC registered Independent prescriber or meets criteria to undertake within 6 months of appointment.
* Advanced clinical assessment skills/ANP qualification
* Experience of running research and audit programmes
* Completed a recognized leadership development programme
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.
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