Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to appoint 3 Senior Advanced Practitioners based in the Emergency Department at Fairfield Hospital and supporting across Urgent Care.
Are you a very experienced ACP with a minimum of 5 years working as a qualified ACP in the Emergency Department. You will be expected to work with minimal supervision and to support junior clinicians in the department across the range of clinical areas including Resuscitation, majors, minors and the Paediatric ED. This is a clinical role with an 80/20 split for clinical/non clinical activity and an expectation to work across the 24 hour period. In return we will invest in you and develop you to meet your full potential.
The Emergency Department is part of the Emergency & Urgent Care Directorate and works closely with other departments in the hospital to provide the appropriate level of high quality care for our patients. The Senior Advanced Practitioner role enables us to provide consistent and advanced clinical services within all areas to help steer patient journeys through the appropriate pathway in a timely fashion to reduce length of stay and improve patient experience. This role will form part of a multidisciplinary team approach to providing Emergency Care at Fairfield, complimenting the medical and nursing teams.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Advanced Practitioner will work clinical shifts in the Emergency Dept and will support the Nurse Consultant and the Senior Acp Development Lead with the day to day management of the Advanced Clinical Practitioners and support the development with the delivery of Emergency care within the dept. This will be in conjunction with the Nurse Consultant and Lead Nurse and represent the ACP workforce and strategy across the Division to the Senior Leaders within the Care Organisation
The successful candidates will be clinical with a job plan 80/20 split between clinical & CPD activities
You will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to wanting to help drive the strategy of a blended workforce with advanced skills within this challenging but exciting environment.
As a professional with extensive knowledge and RCEM accreditation or working towards RCEM accreditation you will also be expected to support junior colleagues and work as a strong team player to ensure the patient gets the best care possible. It goes without saying that you will be fully dedicated to patient-centred care and you will be willing to work closely with colleagues at all levels to ensure this continues across your department.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receivea full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website:
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
We would welcome the chance to meet with you informally, to introduce you to our fantastic teams and show you around our departments.
Please contact
Kate Dear Nurse Consultant
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Person Specification
Qualifications and Registration
Essential
1. Current Registration with NMC/HCPC
2. MSC qualification in Advanced Practice
3. Non medical prescriber
Knowledge and skills
Essential
4. Substantial years post registration in advanced practice
5. Evidence of driving leading edge clinical practice supported by advanced theoretical and practical knowledge and skills
6. Portfolio of evidence demonstrating the 4 pillars of advanced practice - clinical leadership, education, research /audit/service development achievements
7. Effective communicator - able to communicate complex and sensitive information
8. Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
9. RCEM accreditation or equivalent experience
10. Advanced life support provider
11. Advanced paediatric life support provider
12. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
13. Ability to work autonomously and use judgement and initiative where appropriate
14. Ability to lead a team and oversee care and treatment of a cohort of patients within the service.
15. Ability to provide clinical supervision to junior members of the team
16. Teaching experience
17. Computer literate in both data entry and communicating via IT - emails and reports
Desirable
18. Current TNCC/ATLE/ETC provider
19. ALS/APLS/TNCC/ETC instructor
20. Demonstration of publications, presentations at national and international events