Main area: Urgent and Emergency Care
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (12.5 hour shifts, 1 weekend per month)
Job ref: 357-PR-1775-24
Employer: United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Pilgrim Hospital
Town: Boston
Salary: £46,148 - £60,504 per annum (dependant on skills and experience)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 22/01/2025 23:59
Trainee / Advanced Clinical Practitioner (UEC) Band 7 - 8A
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We recognise that outstanding care can only be delivered through our people. We want to attract people who can help us deliver our vision. We want in return to help people achieve what they wish in their careers in the NHS at ULTH.
We are always keen to welcome highly skilled, committed and compassionate individuals to our hospitals – people who put patients at the heart of everything they do and are ready to help us achieve our vision.
Our values guide everything we do. They are:
* Patient-centred: Putting patients at the heart of everything we do, listening and responding to their needs and wishes.
* Safety: Following ULTH and professional guidelines. Speaking up to make sure patients and staff are safe from harm.
* Excellence: Striving to be the best that we can be. Innovating and learning from others.
* Compassion: Caring for patients and their loved ones in ways we would want for our friends and family.
* Respect: Behaving and using language that demonstrates respect and courtesy to others. Zero tolerance to bullying, inequality, prejudice and discrimination.
If you believe in them too, then you are ready to join the ULTH team.
We’ve taken great pride in building working environments where staff always feel valued, cared for and part of a team. Without doubt this is a challenging yet very rewarding job that is at the centre of health and care in Lincolnshire - making a positive difference to our patients.
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties.
Job overview
Starting May 2025
This is an exciting role for Pilgrim Hospital.
An Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) vacancy has arisen in the Urgent and Emergency Care team.
This role will be dependant on skills and experience but will be a band 7 for a trainee and a band 8a on gaining qualified ACP status. Support will be given to achieve the band 8a role.
Main duties of the job
* To work as an autonomous practitioner across professional boundaries and as part of a multi-professional team, with support from the Medical and ED Consultants.
* To work as part of the clinical team in delivering high quality emergency care and treatments.
* To provide initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care for patients within the ED, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit and the Assessment Units.
* To work collaboratively with the emergency medical team and the medical teams to meet the needs of the patients presented within the Emergency Care.
* To undertake Advanced Level Practice in line with Department of Health position statement for Advanced level Nursing.
* To actively contribute towards the development and training of trainee Band 7 advanced clinical practitioners in emergency care.
* Work to the 4 pillars of advanced practice.
Person specification
Qualifications
* 1st level qualified nurse or allied health professional
* Current registration with the NMC / HCPC or equivalent professional body
* MSc degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
* Registered independent prescriber
* Advanced Life Support provider
Previous Experience
* Completed portfolio of supervised practice in advanced clinical practice.
* Contemporary clinical experience of urgent and emergency care.
* Participating in a multi professional team.
Evidence of Particular: Knowledge; Skills; Aptitudes
* Must be able to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework: Patient Centred, Safety, Compassion, Respect and Excellence.
Specific requirements
* Able to present and receive complex information to a multi-professional team.
* Able to work independently and within a team.
* Able to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems.
* Willingness to adapt to departmental and patient need.
* Self-motivated.
* Efficient time and deadline management.
ULTH recognises that everyone is different, and values the unique contribution that individual experiences, knowledge and skills make in delivering quality healthcare and becoming a model employer. We are committed to transforming our organisational culture by actively committing to implementing the Trust Single Equality Scheme, and other policies, such as the Dignity in Care policy and the Dignity at Work policy.
Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, ULTH reserves the right to close this advert prior to the closing date.
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