Job summary
This is a very exciting and unique opportunity for a qualified and experienced ACP to apply for a secondment post within our busy trauma and orthopaedic frailty team.
As part of the role, you will work alongside the Orthopaedic frailty team consisting of 2 consultants, a specialist registrar, and a few juniors, as well as liaising with other members of the wider MDT: orthopaedics, anaesthetics, TNP, OT, PT etc to ensure quality care for our patients.
The post holder should be an experienced practitioner who acts within his / her professional boundaries to co-ordinate and oversee admission of elderly frail trauma patients. The post holder will provide for the care and on-going management of trauma patients with conditions relating to frailty and old age including providing care for the presenting patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care. They will work autonomously as a senior professional within Trust and NMC policies, protocols, and guidelines, demonstrating safe, clinical decision-making, high levels of critical thinking and holistic practice, adhering to trust values, policies, and procedures.
This position is open to individual who is trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner however should have completed physical assessment module and is a prescriber.
Main duties of the job
The Elderly Trauma Advanced Practitioner will have a positive impact upon the assessment of older adults with frailty and their carers who are admitted under trauma and Orthopaedics,. The post holder will be an experienced and qualified practitioner, able to work autonomously as a senior professional within our team.
The Trauma Nurse Advanced Practitioner is a qualified advanced practitioner able to assess and treat many clinical cases and will provide and clinical expertise for developing and enhancing the service.
About us
There's never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country's largest and most respected trusts
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR - Epic - went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our threecore values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.
If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you'll feel at home at Frimley Health.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full job description and main responsibilities, please refer to attached relevant job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full job description and main responsibilities, please refer to attached relevant job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional
- Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking ungoing personal development and training focussed on older adults/frailty/advanced practice
- Masters in advanced Practice or Masters level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Asvanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include advanced clinical skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications.)
- Teaching and assessing qualification/ Mentorship/Assessor qualification
- Registered Non medical prescriber with evidence of update knowledge appropriate to the patient groups prescribing for
- Management/Leadership Qualification or development programme
Experience
Essential
- Senior nurse, ideally with orthopaedic and spinal experience , who has successfully completed formal education of Master's level on a recognised ACP programme and, or willing to undertake this.
- Ability to work within the multi disciplinary team and equally the ability to work independently.
Specific Competencies
Essential
- Ability to lead on audit and research.
- Participate and lead on the delivery of the orthopaedic.
- Participate and lead on the delivery of the orthopaedic.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse/ Registered Mental Health Nurse/ Practitioner or Registered Allied Health Professional
- Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking ungoing personal development and training focussed on older adults/frailty/advanced practice
- Masters in advanced Practice or Masters level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Asvanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include advanced clinical skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications.)
- Teaching and assessing qualification/ Mentorship/Assessor qualification
- Registered Non medical prescriber with evidence of update knowledge appropriate to the patient groups prescribing for
- Management/Leadership Qualification or development programme
Experience
Essential
- Senior nurse, ideally with orthopaedic and spinal experience , who has successfully completed formal education of Master's level on a recognised ACP programme and, or willing to undertake this.
- Ability to work within the multi disciplinary team and equally the ability to work independently.
Specific Competencies
Essential
- Ability to lead on audit and research.
- Participate and lead on the delivery of the orthopaedic.
- Participate and lead on the delivery of the orthopaedic.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
