Job summary
The ACP lead is a key member of the Urgent Care Management team, enabling the delivery of outstanding services in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints as set out in the divisional business plan. Working with senior nursing/medical colleagues, the post holder will have a key role to play in the development of the strategic vision across the Trust. As an expert in their clinical area, the post holder will practice at a highly specialised and skilled level. They will lead in developing clinical practice, knowledge, skills and roles within the Trust, influencing improvements in care and patient outcomes.
The ACP Lead will be an expert resource, providing leadership in Urgent Care, ensuring patients and staff are safe, cared for and listened to. The ACP lead will lead the development and delivery of clinical and professional standards and the development of leadership capacity within the department ensuring that nurses, ACPs and AHPs and support staff provide excellent quality care with exceptionally high safety standards, treating all patients with dignity and respect.The post holder will form strong links with local higher education providers to enable the development of appropriate educational and training programmes for all clinical staff within their specialty.
Main duties of the job
The Strategic Development and Leadership of ACP's within SDEC, junior clinical staff, junior nursing staff.
Delivery of an approved advanced practice curriculum (national or local in absence) for trainee practitioners.
Contribute to trust wide strategies surrounding performance and improvement.
Contribute to work force planning and considerations around organisational systems affecting resilience and retention.
Develop a directorate Faculty for Enhanced and Advanced Practice to provide a governance structure to the training and development of advanced practice across SDEC.
Oversight of budgets for advanced practice within the directorate
Develop robust clinical streams, alongside colleagues, aimed at safe patient care, experience and efficiency.
Provide senior clinical cover across SDEC
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Demonstrates expert interpersonal skills in caring for patients and their families.
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills in assessing and caring for patients and their families.
- Able to analyse, synthesise and action highly complex clinical information and situations to benefit the patients and families.
- Communicate sensitive and complex condition related information to patients, relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that information is understood by all parties and delivered with empathy where required.
- Work directly with nurses, allied health professionals and other clinical health staff in all areas supporting and developing their skills in caring for patients.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and expertise in all relevant aspects of patients needs from initial assessment through acute in-hospital care to follow-up in primary care for patients.
Leadership
Act as expert lead clinician representing the Trust for regional developments in specialty and within the relevant profession.
- Demonstrate an appropriate leadership style and skills, which enable a multi-professional culture for learning and practice development
Be a skilled facilitator for staff, clinical practice and organisational development for speciality and broader issues.
- Provide clinical leadership across in anticipating and identifying key strategic issues and priorities for the profession, including development of new roles and subsequently acting as a facilitator in managing the change.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
- Demonstrates expert interpersonal skills in caring for patients and their families.
- Demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills in assessing and caring for patients and their families.
- Able to analyse, synthesise and action highly complex clinical information and situations to benefit the patients and families.
- Communicate sensitive and complex condition related information to patients, relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring that information is understood by all parties and delivered with empathy where required.
- Work directly with nurses, allied health professionals and other clinical health staff in all areas supporting and developing their skills in caring for patients.
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge and expertise in all relevant aspects of patients needs from initial assessment through acute in-hospital care to follow-up in primary care for patients.
Leadership
Act as expert lead clinician representing the Trust for regional developments in specialty and within the relevant profession.
- Demonstrate an appropriate leadership style and skills, which enable a multi-professional culture for learning and practice development
Be a skilled facilitator for staff, clinical practice and organisational development for speciality and broader issues.
- Provide clinical leadership across in anticipating and identifying key strategic issues and priorities for the profession, including development of new roles and subsequently acting as a facilitator in managing the change.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Nursing/AHP & other knowledge.
- Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing /AHP theory and best practice, particularly within specialty area and the application of this in practice.
- Thorough understanding of equality & diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients within own area.
Desirable
- Conference presentations and or publications.
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Relevant Nursing Degree
- Master's Degree
- ENP/ACP
- Evidence of extensive experience in acute medicine or emergency medicine
- Non-Medical Prescribing course (v300)
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
- Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of health policy and application to critical care practice.
Desirable
- PhD or willing to undertake in the future
- Recognition of advanced practice credentialing through a nationally recognised scheme
Specific Skills
Essential
- Participated in service development and implementation of change
- Ability to develop effective leadership skills Strong and demonstrable decision-making skills, demonstrates evidence of developed clinical practice
- Strong organisational skills - Able to organise own workload to ensure completion in the most efficient & effective way.
- Understanding of the principles and application of effective staff / HR management Able to manage all Registered Nurses, Advanced skills practitioners, HCAs and students within unit effectively through effective standard-setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice. Appraise staff effectively in line with Trust Appraisal Policy.
- Able to interview staff effectively in line with Trust Recruitment & Selection Policy. Able to manage change effectively, with assistance from HR, Matron etc. in line with Trust policy, influencing staff to make changes / improvements.
- Experience of clinical audit and service development resulting from audit findings. Knowledge of professional and wider issues relating to the NHS, and policy relating to own specialist area.
Person Specification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Nursing/AHP & other knowledge.
- Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of nursing /AHP theory and best practice, particularly within specialty area and the application of this in practice.
- Thorough understanding of equality & diversity and its application to managing self, staff and patients within own area.
Desirable
- Conference presentations and or publications.
Qualifications & Training
Essential
- Relevant Nursing Degree
- Master's Degree
- ENP/ACP
- Evidence of extensive experience in acute medicine or emergency medicine
- Non-Medical Prescribing course (v300)
- Demonstrates evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
- Able to demonstrate wide knowledge of health policy and application to critical care practice.
Desirable
- PhD or willing to undertake in the future
- Recognition of advanced practice credentialing through a nationally recognised scheme
Specific Skills
Essential
- Participated in service development and implementation of change
- Ability to develop effective leadership skills Strong and demonstrable decision-making skills, demonstrates evidence of developed clinical practice
- Strong organisational skills - Able to organise own workload to ensure completion in the most efficient & effective way.
- Understanding of the principles and application of effective staff / HR management Able to manage all Registered Nurses, Advanced skills practitioners, HCAs and students within unit effectively through effective standard-setting, monitoring, feedback, appraisal, mentoring, clinical supervision and reflective practice. Appraise staff effectively in line with Trust Appraisal Policy.
- Able to interview staff effectively in line with Trust Recruitment & Selection Policy. Able to manage change effectively, with assistance from HR, Matron etc. in line with Trust policy, influencing staff to make changes / improvements.
- Experience of clinical audit and service development resulting from audit findings. Knowledge of professional and wider issues relating to the NHS, and policy relating to own specialist area.
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).
