Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP)

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or Trainee Advanced Practitioner (tACP) to join our Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) Older Peoples team based at University Hospital Southampton (UHSFT) emergency care department.

SDEC Older Peoples team boasts a diverse team from both Solent NHS Trust and UHSFT who are supported by medical and nursing staff. Autonomously assessing, investigating, and managing same day emergency medical patients will be the primary role, this will include interpretation of tests and investigations under the direction of a Senior Doctor or Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

The role will involve enhancing the patient experience by administering a holistic approach to patient care, providing leadership and clinical support to medical and nursing staff, acting as a role model for advance practice within the Scope of Professional Practice. This role involves working in a fast-paced environment and being able to work under pressure, respond to changing priorities whilst contributing to key performance indicators.

Supervision and ongoing development will be supported by Consultant Geriatricians, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and existing Trainee Advanced Practitioners.

Main duties of the job

To develop the freedom to act and make critical judgements to satisfy the expectations and demands of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner role, characterised by highly complex decision making and a high degree of autonomy underpinned by a Master's level award or equivalent, in order to deliver care in an autonomous context.

The post holder will be an experienced registered health or social care practitioner qualified to at least Level 6 Degree Level in relevant speciality area. Individual training needs will be met by undertaking an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and a Clinical portfolio, relevant to the speciality area, in order to achieve the level of competence and capability required for the post. They will be expected to gain accreditation with Health Education England's The Centre for Advancing Practice when this becomes available.

The post holder will act as a role model to develop the knowledge to deliver advanced practice skills within their area, promoting patient centred clinical effectiveness in care, developing the skills to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment of undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations. This will include developing the skills to perform clinical examination, diagnosis, clinical decision making and planning of care and treatment, diagnosis, prescribing, health promotion and safe discharge of patients as required for the role.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.