Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Purpose
The post holder will be practising autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to provide patient centred quality care. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the Unplanned Care services. The post holder will support a way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service and will ensure the safe prevention of admission and discharge from hospital of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across Unplanned Care pathways. The post holder will deliver both a clinical and leadership role with a focus on development of the service and research, along with management responsibilities.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
1. Registered Nurse with current NMC registration or Physiotherapist or Paramedic with HCPC registration
2. MSc / PGdip Advanced Clinical Practice
3. Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
4. Evidence of Management/ Leadership training
5. Evidence of teaching demonstrated by a suitable qualification or accredited experience
Desirable criteria
1. Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's level.
2. Further desirable qualifications in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency
3. Recognised qualification in Minor Injuries
Experience
Essential criteria
1. Extensive experience in Community Care and/or Primary Care and/or Accident & Emergency
2. Experience in a clinical leadership/ management role within a complex healthcare environment
3. Extensive theoretical & practical knowledge relating to assessment & treatment of minor injuries and illnesses
4. Proven experience of utilising expert diagnostic and clinical skills to provide autonomous, unscheduled medical care and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions
5. Experience of assessing and providing quality care to people with Long Term Conditions
6. Track record of practice excellence
7. Proven ability to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
8. Experience of team/service/staff management including HR processes
9. Experience of implementing evidence-based care and developing others to do so
10. Experience of conducting research projects and audit
11. Experience of change management and implementing change in practice
12. Evidence of innovation in practice
Desirable criteria
1. Experience in Community, Urgent community response services
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
1. Ability to analyse complex problems and to develop practical and workable solutions to address them
2. Ability to lead, enthuse, motivate, and involve individuals and the clinical team and have them understand the organisations and your performance expectations
3. Ability to adapt leadership style to differing situations
4. Ability to manage and deliver deadlines within resources
5. A strong sense of personal and team accountability coupled to a clear understanding of the boundaries around delegated authority, responsibility, and accountability
6. Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
7. Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
8. Good working understanding of the changing NHS environment
9. Evidence of comprehensive range of clinical skills and expertise relevant to the role
10. Specialist knowledge in clinical reasoning, history taking, physical examination, diagnostic skills and prescribing/treatment
11. Clinical knowledge across a range of acute and chronic conditions
12. Highly competent in the physical examination of patients presenting with a range of clinical conditions depth knowledge of pharmacology
13. Knowledge of and experience in the provision of care to vulnerable adults and children in line with best practice of safeguarding
14. Able to work autonomously, planning and prioritising own workload and that of others
15. Able to delegate work effectively and safely
16. Able to deal with conflict and manage appropriately
17. Able to manage difficult situations and address poor practice
18. Able to identify own and other's learning and development needs and actively seek ways to meeting those needs
19. Competent IT skills including use of Microsoft Office package, System One and email
20. In depth knowledge of NMC/CSP Code of Professional Conduct
21. Knowledge of Personal Development Planning
22. Knowledge of risk management and incident reporting
23. Detailed knowledge of Primary Health Care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
24. Knowledge of the audit process and able to implement in practice
25. Knowledge of evidence-based practice and able to implement in practice
26. Knowledge of clinical governance processes, assessing and managing risk
27. Knowledge of clinical supervision
28. Knowledge of how to implement equal opportunities in practice
Desirable criteria
1. Experience on leading in a Research project
2. Been involved in a quality improvement project or transformation project
Key Attributes
Essential criteria
1. Able to carry out the duties of the post
2. Health cleared by Employee Health for the role specified.
3. Able to work flexible shifts, weekends, and bank holidays
4. Cross cover at other sites within the division
5. Able to provide evidence of where you have demonstrated the Trust's Values and Behaviors
6. Able to demonstrate excellence in Customer Service
7. Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification.
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
* Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
* Race Equality Network
* Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
"We work Flexibly"
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
* Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 616.3KB)
* CLCH Trust Values (PDF, 720.3KB)
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