Job summary
Advanced clinical practice is right at the heart of paediatric emergency care at Salford Royal, and you will join a team of experienced advanced clinical practitioners from a variety of backgrounds and health professions.
What can we offer you?
A senior clinical role in the delivery of paediatric emergency and short stay observational care to our community.
A role where your experience and skills are valued and you are supported to develop these further by a clinical team consisting of paediatric medical and nurse consultants, emergency medicine consultants and advanced clinical practitioners.
A job plan which has 20% non-clinical time to support you in developing the four pillars of advanced practice and support you in your development; you want to be involved in education?
We can support you.
You want to get involved in research, maintain skills in adult clinical assessment?
We can help you with that too!
Fully funded mandatory courses (APLS etc).
1 full day per month of ACP CPD program.
Support in credentialing with Royal College of Emergency Medicine.
The opportunity to play with Lego, bubbles, and Play-Doh and work with a great wider multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
We are seeking a highly motived and experienced registered healthcare practitioner with advanced practice skills and recognised MSc qualification to join the dynamic and innovative paediatric emergency department and observation and assessment unit as a Paediatric ANP .
The PANDA Unit is the paediatric Emergency Department and Observational and assessment unit at Salford Royal and provides emergency care and observation for around 20,000 children per year. The innovative model has non medical advanced practitioners at the centre of clinical decision making supported by a team of senior clinicians including paediatricians, paediatric emergency and emergency medicine consultants and paediatric consultant nurse.
You will work as part of the existing advanced clinical practitioner team to provide expert nursing support and leadership to the department. The post has a clinical focus partaking in the 24hr advanced clinical practitioner rota providing clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment to children attending Salford Royal.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and collaborating closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we are always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.
This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview, you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
We recognise that many people find interviews daunting and the conventional interview approach, of unseen questions, often impacts performance on the day. We are therefore piloting sending interview questions, to candidates, in advance.
This vacancy is within one of our pilot areas therefore if you are invited for interview, you will receive your interview questions in advance of your interview date. Feedback on this process will also be requested to help our teams understand and evaluate your recruitment experience.
Person Specification
Registration & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or healthcare professional.
- Clinical based Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
- Supplementary and extended prescriber.
- Experience of paediatric emergency care.
Desirable
- RCEM Credentialing in Paediatric Emergency Care.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge in (paediatric emergency care) supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD.
Person Specification
Registration & Qualifications
Essential
- Registered nurse or healthcare professional.
- Clinical based Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice.
- Supplementary and extended prescriber.
- Experience of paediatric emergency care.
Desirable
- RCEM Credentialing in Paediatric Emergency Care.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
- Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge in (paediatric emergency care) supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD.
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).