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York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
York, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
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Yes
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Posted:
03.03.2025
Expiry Date:
17.04.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
The Trust has committed to the development of Advanced Practice roles through its workforce plan, and is now seeking to appoint a Professional Lead for Advanced Clinical Practitioners to provide leadership and development for these roles.
You will be an existing ACP and will undertake the role for a maximum 3 year term of office, working 15 hours as a Lead alongside your existing clinical role. On completion of your 3 year term, you will hand over the Lead duty and return to your substantive employment as an advanced practitioner.
You will need to ensure you have the support of your manager to undertake the Lead role alongside your primary assignment.
Main duties of the job
In the Lead role, you will work alongside senior clinical stakeholders to ensure that appropriate frameworks for practice, clinical governance, competency assessment, continuing education and appraisal are in place for the development of both trainee and qualified ACPs.
You will also play a key lead role in the strategic development and evaluation of advanced practice across the local integrated care system and proactively influence regional and national priorities related to the ACP workforce.
More broadly, you will work alongside Trust senior leadership to guide and support transformation of the workforce, developing the ACP workforce to meet service needs.
Working for our organisation
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
1. Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
2. 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
3. A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
4. Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
5. NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
6. An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
7. Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Please note that if a high number of applications are received this advert may close early. You are advised to submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact us.
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
Person specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
* Educated to Masters level or above
* Current professional registration with the relevant professional body
* Evidence of developing leadership attributes
* PGCE or Educational equivalency
Experience and knowledge required
* An ACP with at least 3 years experience of working in an Acute Trust
* Experience in a senior leadership role within a healthcare setting
* Knowledge and experience of leading change to patient services, delivering tangible and sustained improvements
* Experience of developing and maintaining active partnerships with internal and external stakeholders
* Experience of delivering objectives within a designated budget and the ability to prioritise competing demands
Skills and Attributes
* Highly developed leadership and influencing skills and proved ability to enthuse, motivate and include individuals or teams in a shared vision
* Ability to build a rapport and credibility across different disciplines and managerial teams
* Ability to think strategically and innovatively and gain a consensus agreement for plans
* Advanced analytical skills and ability to simplify complex issues and deliver workable solutions to support the delivery of improvements to services
* Exhibits an extensive knowledge of practice, changing NHS environments and its impact on services
Aptitude and personal qualities
* Self-confident and is able to unhesitatingly demonstrate own view on issues in their area of authority
* Demonstrate flexibility to ensure achievement of directorate and corporate objectives within a constantly changing environment
* Commitment to lifelong learning and personal development
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Created on 03/03/2025 by TN United Kingdom
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