Job summary
Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner with Primary Care and management experience who enjoys working collaboratively?
If so, we have an opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to manage and develop our large nursing team.
Main duties of the job
You will be passionate about the health and wellbeing of our student population, and will want to lead and further develop a nursing team delivering high quality NHS services to our patient population, including looking at other nursing disciplines to enhance our existing team.
You will work collaboratively with our staff in order to support students to achieve a successful academic outcome and develop skills for achieving and maintaining a healthy life. As a member of our management team, you will take part in the overall strategic development of the service.
About us
About the Department
The University Health Service is an NHS GP practice which supports the health needs of the students of TheUniversity of Sheffield. We deliver a range of NHS services which have been developedin order to provide a tailored service.
The team at UHS consists of a number of GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses and Health Care Assistants,all supported by the reception and administration teams. In addition the Practice also directly employs orengages a number of roles as part of the Primary Care Network contract. UHS is a single entity PCN.
What we offer
- A minimum of 41 days annual leave including bank holiday and closure days (pro rata) with
the ability to purchase more.
- Flexible working opportunities, including hybrid working for some roles.
- Generous pension scheme.
- A wide range of discounts and rewards on shopping, eating out and travel.
- A variety of staff networks, providing opportunities for social interaction, peer support and
personal development (for example, Race Equality, LGBT+, Womens and Parents
networks).
- Recognition Awards to reward staff who go above and beyond in their role.
- A commitment to your development access to learning and mentoring schemes; integrated
with our Academic Career Pathways and Professional Services Shared Skills Framework.
- A range of generous family-friendly policies:
- paid time off for parenting and caring emergencies,
- support for those going through the menopause,
- paid time off and support for fertility treatment
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities
- Strategically and operationally lead the nursing team, anticipating opportunities which will enhance the delivery of safe and effective patient services.
- Be an advocate for nurse-led services, at practice, Primary Care Network and City level.
- Directly line manage the nursing staff to ensure that they have the skills, support and motivation to carry out their work, while contributing to the overall aims of the service.
- Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of practice-based commissioning, both at practice and Primary Care Network level.
- Work closely with other members of the management and administration team to ensure maximum uptake of screening and immunisation opportunities.
- Evaluate service delivery of nursing services, including urgent care delivery, as well as contributing as part of the management team to wider access evaluation and service redesign. Propose developments and innovations that enhance appropriate patient access.
- Determine priorities in order to contribute to long term planning around workforce and resource deployment.
- Undertake and/or participate in maintaining protocols and attend meetings where appropriate to keep informed.
- Develop and maintain network links with fellow professionals in the wider community.
Clinical Duties
- Provide a first point of contact within the practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and appropriate management plan.
- Undertake triage, online, telephone and face to face, for patients seeking access to services.
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care, referring patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.
- Occasional work out of hours to support vaccination campaigns, health promotion campaigns and other events within the University.
- Maintain a knowledge and understanding of data governance issues.
- Engage with the practice clinical governance framework, including safeguarding, significant event reporting, whistleblowing and duty of candour policies.
- Maintain and update own professional knowledge in areas of practice and pass on new skills/knowledge that will be of benefit to the whole practice team.
- Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post
Job description
Job responsibilities
Main duties and responsibilities
- Strategically and operationally lead the nursing team, anticipating opportunities which will enhance the delivery of safe and effective patient services.
- Be an advocate for nurse-led services, at practice, Primary Care Network and City level.
- Directly line manage the nursing staff to ensure that they have the skills, support and motivation to carry out their work, while contributing to the overall aims of the service.
- Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of practice-based commissioning, both at practice and Primary Care Network level.
- Work closely with other members of the management and administration team to ensure maximum uptake of screening and immunisation opportunities.
- Evaluate service delivery of nursing services, including urgent care delivery, as well as contributing as part of the management team to wider access evaluation and service redesign. Propose developments and innovations that enhance appropriate patient access.
- Determine priorities in order to contribute to long term planning around workforce and resource deployment.
- Undertake and/or participate in maintaining protocols and attend meetings where appropriate to keep informed.
- Develop and maintain network links with fellow professionals in the wider community.
Clinical Duties
- Provide a first point of contact within the practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and appropriate management plan.
- Undertake triage, online, telephone and face to face, for patients seeking access to services.
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care, referring patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.
- Occasional work out of hours to support vaccination campaigns, health promotion campaigns and other events within the University.
- Maintain a knowledge and understanding of data governance issues.
- Engage with the practice clinical governance framework, including safeguarding, significant event reporting, whistleblowing and duty of candour policies.
- Maintain and update own professional knowledge in areas of practice and pass on new skills/knowledge that will be of benefit to the whole practice team.
- Carry out other duties, commensurate with the grade and remit of the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1. Professional clinical registration (e.g. NMC/HCPC.) with demonstrable post registered management experience in Primary Care.
- 2. Non- Medical prescriber and Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice, including Advanced Physical Assessment.
Experience
Essential
- 1. Ability to develop policy and strategy, ensuring nursing services
- meet the overall aims of the service, and, as part of the wider
- management team, actively partake in the strategic development of
- the service.
- 2. Experience of managing a large, complex clinical team.
- 3. Experience of reviewing individual/team progress and performance
- and embedding organisational strategy into individual performance
- planning.
- 4. Ability to lead, manage, motivate and develop others on a personal
- and team level.
- 5. Ability to negotiate and influence a range of people, including key
- decision makers.
- 6. Ability to work as part of a team in a busy environment and consider
- the wider team working effort, supporting a positive team culture.
- 7. Ability to manage own workload and time to deliver care in a safe
- and competent manner.
- 8. Excellent customer service skills, with experience of responding
- efficiently and effectively to phone and email enquiries.
Desirable
- 1. Experience of working with a student population.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1. Professional clinical registration (e.g. NMC/HCPC.) with demonstrable post registered management experience in Primary Care.
- 2. Non- Medical prescriber and Postgraduate Certificate in Advanced Practice, including Advanced Physical Assessment.
Experience
Essential
- 1. Ability to develop policy and strategy, ensuring nursing services
- meet the overall aims of the service, and, as part of the wider
- management team, actively partake in the strategic development of
- the service.
- 2. Experience of managing a large, complex clinical team.
- 3. Experience of reviewing individual/team progress and performance
- and embedding organisational strategy into individual performance
- planning.
- 4. Ability to lead, manage, motivate and develop others on a personal
- and team level.
- 5. Ability to negotiate and influence a range of people, including key
- decision makers.
- 6. Ability to work as part of a team in a busy environment and consider
- the wider team working effort, supporting a positive team culture.
- 7. Ability to manage own workload and time to deliver care in a safe
- and competent manner.
- 8. Excellent customer service skills, with experience of responding
- efficiently and effectively to phone and email enquiries.
Desirable
- 1. Experience of working with a student population.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
