Stockport Foundation Trust is currently offering an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their dynamic service.
The post will be full time and be based in the community setting.
If you are enthusiastic, hold the Masters qualification and are thirsty for a challenge, then we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for providing advanced clinical care and expertise in care delivery, including judgement, discretion, and decision making to patients as per individual scope of practice and through the advanced clinical competency framework.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Job responsibilities
1. Work autonomously as an ACP within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients and clinical priorities according to agreed protocols and working practices.
2. Deliver individualised patient care, with direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation/diagnostic procedures, and diagnosis of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
3. Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate onward referral or discharge of patients at the end of the care episode.
4. Receive and triage referrals via a variety of sources, including direct patient referral.
5. Participate in ward rounds, patient reviews, and multidisciplinary team meetings.
6. Utilise scope of advanced practice to undertake Non-Medical Prescribing role and advise on medicine management issues associated with the patient group, working within Trust policy for Medicines Management.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust's policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively, and sharing information appropriately.
If successful, this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this, it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
* Professional Registration
* Non-Medical prescribing course (in eligible professions)
* MSc in clinical practice
Desirable
* Teaching or relevant experience qualification
Knowledge
Essential
* Advanced clinical practice skills
* Evidence of research and audit
* Evidence of implementing change
* Evidence of dissemination of knowledge in wider healthcare organisations
Experience
Essential
* Post registration experience at a senior level (band 6 or above) in community or a relevant specialty area
* Evidence of ongoing CPD
* Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments
* Ability to work independently.
* Experience of using a multidisciplinary approach to patient care
Skills & Abilities
Essential
* Strong leadership skills
* Excellent communication skills and able to communicate with MDT
* Able to problem solve and make decisions
* Ability to prioritise tasks, actions, and interventions
* Clinical assessment of healthcare needs
* Sound clinical judgment in identifying and ordering diagnostic tests/interventions
* Research and audit awareness
* Able to work as part of a team and autonomously
Employer details
Employer name
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Regent House
Heaton Lane
Stockport
SK4 1BS
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