Advanced Practitioner Integrated Urgent Care
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
The Advanced Practitioner Integrated Urgent Care plays a critical role in providing clinical leadership, supervision, and governance to Specialist Paramedics and Nurses engaged in remote urgent and emergency care assessments. This position supports clinical workforce development, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of care in alignment with the Trust's clinical strategy.
Using advanced skills and knowledge, you will practice through comprehensive patient assessments, diagnostics, and interventions, particularly for complex cases.
As the lead urgent care clinician supporting clinical validation, you will ensure patient safety and care quality through clinical leadership, development, and supervision. Key responsibilities include analysing performance indicators, formulating clinical development and risk mitigation plans, and supporting continuous clinician proficiency through education and development.
Aligned with national frameworks in advanced clinical practice, this role focuses on the four pillars of advanced practice: expert clinical practice, clinical leadership, research and audit, and education. To maintain competence, you will rotate through the primary and urgent care system and the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
Main duties of the job
1. Provide clinical leadership to the Trust's workforce for integrated urgent care.
2. Ensure ambulance clinical quality indicators and key clinical performance metrics are achieved.
3. Offer subject matter expertise in clinical investigations and reviews, making balanced judgments on care standards in line with the Just Culture guide.
4. Deliver the advancing practice program within the clinical validation service and integrated urgent care.
5. Conduct clinical case and practice reviews within the clinical validation service and integrated urgent care.
6. Supervise specialist paramedics/nurses and other clinical staff.
7. Implement the clinical strategy within the clinical validation service and integrated urgent care, ensuring audit results, investigation findings, research outputs, and clinical education plans enhance practice.
8. Provide clinical advice and support to operational management, quality & safety, research, and clinical pathways teams.
9. Practice according to the four pillars of advanced practice through clinical work, research, education, and leadership to advance professional development.
10. Promote a culture of continuous development, nurturing talents and building strengths within teams.
Person Specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
* Registered Health professional (e.g., paramedic, nurse, allied health professional, pharmacist) with no restrictions on practice.
* Holds a Master's Degree (MSc) in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent MSc with HEE/NHS.E portfolio and digital badge.
* Non-medical prescribing.
* Has successfully completed appropriate additional academic post-registration theoretical study that relates to urgent care/long-term conditions (minimum Level 6).
* Teaching or Mentoring qualification.
KEY SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND APTITUDE
* Ability to apply advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning and formulate differential diagnoses and management plan underpinned by extensive knowledge and experience.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Ability to expertly complete documentation in a concise and professional manner.
* Willing to lead/participate in clinical governance, review and develop policy and guidelines.
* Comply with Duty of Candour laws as outlined in the Francis Report.
EXPERIENCE
* Significant post-registration experience of advanced clinical practice, clinical leadership, clinical supervision and mentorship.
* Significant experience in the assessment and care of undifferentiated patients in a remote care or an urgent and emergency care setting.
* Experience of working in other clinical settings independently.
* Experience of undertaking a lead clinical supervisor role.
* Holds and maintains Resuscitation Council (UK) ILS Provider qualification.
DISPOSITION / PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
* Reliable, conscientious, enthusiastic and self-motivating.
* Ability to mentor and clinically supervise staff.
* A commitment to sharing knowledge and skills.
* Committed to personal and professional development.
* Ability to communicate complex information with other healthcare professionals and Trusts.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS / OTHER
* Full UK driving license or ability to attend multiple sites of work.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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