Main area: Urgent Community Care
Grade: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working across 7 days and extended hours, base will be within Acute settings)
Job ref: 350-CC6670503
Employer: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Prescot
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Job overview
'Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner looking for a new experience in an exciting progressive service? If so, come and join us.'
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and experienced Registered Nurse, AHP or Paramedic, who possesses an MSc in Advanced Practice to join our Community Care Division - Urgent Care team. The role will support admission avoidance through the delivery of our Urgent Community Response.
The post holder is identified as a clinical expert and is required to have a high clinical profile ensuring the provision of effective and efficient care. While ideally, the post-holder would have completed their Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP) training, this could be facilitated to completion. The post holder will provide advanced clinical skills for patients and will be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice, research, and standards of care within the service, including development of policies and guidelines and contribute to service development to ensure patients have a seamless pathway. The post holder will be expected to practice autonomously, formulate clinical decisions, and treatment plans within local guidelines/policy to manage both acute and chronic illness.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will require excellent communication skills which should include communicating clearly, sensitively, and effectively with patients, families, and professionals. Be able to signpost patients to the most appropriate services and be enthusiastic to apply acquired knowledge and skills.
The successful post holder will be required to:
* Work autonomously, carrying out in-depth clinical assessment of patients with complex multiple healthcare needs.
* Perform advanced skills in assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge as appropriate.
* Use specialised theoretical and practical knowledge to solve problems and make appropriate decisions.
* Work collaboratively, maintaining effective communication with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met.
* Demonstrate advanced communication skills and provide psychological support when delivering diagnosis.
* Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
* Participate in the development of services and assist in the implementation of change.
* Provide education and development opportunities for others.
* Develop own specialist clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others' clinical knowledge.
Person specification
Values
* Accountability
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
Qualifications:
* Registered Nurse/Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist
* Masters level or Professional qualification or equivalent experience
* Teaching qualification or equivalent experience
* Evidence of change management qualification or equivalent experience
* Experience of patient flow schemes
Knowledge/Experience
* Experience of developing and maintaining compliance and/or performance management processes
* Experience of interpreting standards, identifying and gathering evidence and carrying out assessments
* Evidence of motivating staff to take part in successfully changing practice
* Evidence of staff management and leadership
* Competent in the use of Microsoft Office Applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
* Experience of risk management
* Experience of change management and support staff with transformation care initiatives
* Experience of supporting colleagues through cultural change programmes
Skills
* Expert knowledge of performance management processes
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills including clear report writing and presentation
* Ability to negotiate, influence, and liaise effectively with staff at all levels
* Excellent motivational skills
* Excellent organisational skills, especially in relation to data gathering and interpretation
* Well-developed interpersonal skills
* Skilled in training/presenting to large groups of staff
* Extensive analytical skills in relation to complex information and data
* Ability to interrogate, manipulate and challenge complex data
* Ability to keep abreast of and interpret national policy development
* Working knowledge of clinical health care combined with an understanding of the associated terminology
* Expert knowledge of healthcare standards and risk management standards applied to the NHS and the means by which they are assessed
* Clear understanding of Risk Management principles
* Maintaining electronic and manual databases
* Training staff or making presentations to all grades of staff
* Skilled in developing and implementing action plans
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Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust’s guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
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