Trainee Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)

Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust

The closing date is 27 October 2024

Job summary

We have an exciting and innovative opportunity for two trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioners to join the multidisciplinary team within Children's Services at Portsmouth Hospitals (PHU) University NHS Trust. These posts are part of a new model of care to support the medical and non-medical workforce strategy to enhance Children's services across PHU and Solent NHS Trust.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will be supported with fully funded training to obtain an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice alongside development of a robust clinical capabilities' framework. Post holders will need extensive paediatric experience with a current professional registration from a relevant professional regulator. They will need evidence of working as a senior healthcare professional in an acute paediatric setting. The role involves an 80% direct clinical component across a range of settings and shift patterns and 20% non-patient facing to support their professional development.

It is anticipated that on successful completion of the training pathway the post-holder will progress from a Band 7 to a Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner within Children's Services at PHU and Solent NHS Trust.

About us

Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Date posted

04 October 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

REF468B

Job locations

Queen Alexandra Hospital

Southwick Hill Road

Cosham

Portsmouth

PO6 3LY

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be practice under supervision as a Trainee Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner (PACP) within the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) of the Medicine and Urgent Care Division, the Childrens Assessment Unit (CAU) of the Network Services Division and across the wider community setting.

As a trainee, the post holder will work under supervision within an agreed scope of practice and will be expected to ensure high standards of evidence-based practice.

Under supervision, the post holder will provide patient-centred quality care for children presenting with a broad range of conditions, including both illness and injury. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice.

The post holder will support a new way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service.

The post holder will assist in the safe referral, admission avoidance and discharge of children with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across PED, CAU and the wider community setting.

The training will involve the completion of a formal ACP programme, at the centre of which will be a recognised clinical competency framework such as detailed by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) or the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

The role involves an 80% direct clinical component (DCC) and 20% related to management, leadership, innovation and education (SPA).

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a trainee, the post holder will work under supervision within an agreed scope of practice and will be expected to ensure high standards of evidence-based practice.

The post holder will support a new way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service.

The post holder will assist in the safe referral, admission avoidance and discharge of children with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across PED, CAU and the wider community setting.

The role involves an 80% direct clinical component (DCC) and 20% related to management, leadership, innovation and education (SPA).

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration with a relevant professional regulator (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GPhC).
Willingness to complete an Advanced Practitioner MSc pathway.
Immediate Life Support qualification as minimum standard.
Service improvement skills.
Mentorship qualification.

Desirable

Current NMC Registration RN Child / RSCN.
APLS / CIT provider.
Evidence of ability to study at master's level or working towards MSc in Advanced Practice.
Non-medical independent prescriber.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of working as a senior paediatric nurse or equivalent in an acute paediatric setting. There should be demonstrable evidence of role consolidation.

Desirable

Post-registration experience in Paediatrics in a practitioner role.

Additional criteria

Essential

History taking and physical assessment skills.
Knowledge pertaining to pathophysiology and clinical diagnostics.
Experience in clinical audit.
Interest in clinical research.
Experience of appraisal of others.
Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
Evidence of supporting other's development.
Competent and confident approach to practice.
Proven leadership skills.

Desirable

Teaching Qualification.
Previous publication(s) or presented at local or national conference.
Leadership qualification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current professional registration with a relevant professional regulator (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GPhC).
Willingness to complete an Advanced Practitioner MSc pathway.
Immediate Life Support qualification as minimum standard.
Service improvement skills.
Mentorship qualification.

Desirable

Current NMC Registration RN Child / RSCN.
APLS / CIT provider.
Evidence of ability to study at master's level or working towards MSc in Advanced Practice.
Non-medical independent prescriber.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of working as a senior paediatric nurse or equivalent in an acute paediatric setting. There should be demonstrable evidence of role consolidation.

Desirable

Post-registration experience in Paediatrics in a practitioner role.

Additional criteria

Essential

History taking and physical assessment skills.
Knowledge pertaining to pathophysiology and clinical diagnostics.
Experience in clinical audit.
Interest in clinical research.
Experience of appraisal of others.
Evidence of multidisciplinary team working.
Evidence of supporting other's development.
Competent and confident approach to practice.
Proven leadership skills.

Desirable

Teaching Qualification.
Previous publication(s) or presented at local or national conference.
Leadership qualification.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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