Main area: Acute Services and DME
Grade Band: 7
Contract: Permanent
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Days and weekends with potentially nights in the future - Full Time or Part Time / Flexible working hours may be considered)
Job ref: 180-C-257021
Employer: Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Site: Addenbrookes Hospital-Division C, Town: Cambridge
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 p.a. pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/02/2025 23:59
Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Acute services in Medicine and Care of the Elderly at CUH Foundation Trust. The post involves working across these services as part of the multidisciplinary team and as a valued member of the Advanced Practice team.
You will be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) within acute services to provide patient-centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout acute services. You will support a new way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service and will ensure the safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across acute medicine and medicine for the elderly. You will deliver an 80% clinical component to your role and 20% related to appraisal, clinical audit, teaching, self-development, development of the service and research.
We are looking for an individual with a desire to learn with exceptional interpersonal and organisational skills which are essential for this role. You will take pride in the clinical area and create a culture where the team feel empowered. The service aims to deliver and sustain the highest standards of care, quality and dignity for all patients and the ACP will be responsible for delivering this.
If you are keen to develop and work as part of our dynamic team then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be practicing as a Trainee Advanced Practitioner with Acute medicine/DME.
They should have knowledge and skills of working at a higher organisational level within their previous role- such as leadership, management and education of others.
They must be prepared to work towards completion of a Masters (MSc) in Advanced Practice or (if Masters level course completed and relevant) be prepared to complete relevant required additional modules.
The successful candidate must show a willingness and ability to develop the skills of:
* Assessment, examination, diagnosis within an agreed scope of practice.
* Assisting in the safe assessment, treatment, referral and discharge of patients within Acute medicine /DME.
* Working under the four pillars of advanced practice and be able to provide continual evidence of ongoing CPD.
* Develop their autonomy, judgement accountability underpinned by Masters level theory and experience.
* We would expect a level of clinical competence in skills such as venepuncture and cannulation, arterial blood gas collection, male and female catheterisation - or a willingness to quickly ascertain these skills if these were not in the previous job description/AHP role.
* We would expect a willingness to develop competence in any medical procedure deemed a requirement of the role which would benefit the patient group and the wider service.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds, the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.
CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
* applied for a Graduate visa
* or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
* or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
This vacancy will close at midnight on 9 February 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 25 February 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Relevant professional qualification and registration with Professional Governing Body.
* Expectation of willingness to participate in Masters level further education.
* ILS
* Non-medical prescriber
* Advanced clinical assessment module
Knowledge/Experience
* Significant post qualification experience, with experience at senior level in acute services
* Team leadership experience, including effective staff management including HR issues, sickness, grievance and disciplinary management/investigation.
* Evidence of enhanced clinical skills
* Awareness of relevant national and local key performance indicators
* Awareness of relevant local and national strategies
* Awareness of implications of advanced practice
* Experience in recruitment and retention matters, staff appraisal and performance management
Skills
* Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload.
* Leadership skills and self-motivation
* Able to maintain judgement under pressure
* Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
* Demonstrate assertiveness and commitment to all elements of role
* Adaptable, open and receptive to change
* Demonstrates attention to detail, completion and evaluation
* Evidence of effective and excellent teaching skills
Additional Requirements
* Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
* Evidence of supporting others’ development Competent and confident approach to practice
* Flexibility around anti-social working patterns
* In good health and evidence of a good attendance record
* Ability to synthesise information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
* The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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