Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Whilst a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner, the trainee will develop the skills and knowledge required to undertake the role as outlined below.

The ACP role is a national role, transferable across organisations. Therefore, the role will follow that national format which includes the 4 pillars of practice.

Clinical Practice

Develop advanced clinical knowledge to independently assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatments and interventions with patients presenting to the service with complex undifferentiated or undefined presentations.

Participate in/ observe physical and mental health examination as indicated by the presenting individuals condition; enabling the development of skills to autonomously analyse complex clinical signs and investigation results, considering differential diagnoses and diagnose conditions, initiating treatment as required.

Participate in / observe clinical procedures appropriate to the history and physical examination of the presenting individual including further invasive testing and treatments requiring highly developed skills and precision.

Participate in/ observe in requesting of investigations such as blood, urine and other laboratory tests, electrocardiographs (ECGs), ultrasound scans, X-Rays and computed tomography (CT) scans if deemed appropriate to role in accordance with IR(ME)R regulations and as local policy allows.

Develop the skills required to analyse multiple sources of data including patient / service user history, physical examination and investigation findings when making diagnoses, clinical judgements and evaluating care provided; presenting this information, to speciality /senior medical staff for advice when scope of practice is exceeded

Learn to autonomously formulate appropriate management plans, formulates clinical decisions and often complex treatment plans to manage acute mental or physical illness and acute episodes of chronic illness including at referral, admission or discharge.

Participate in/ observe the continuous revaluation of findings and clinical response to treatment and establish an appropriate ongoing management plan accordingly.

Learn to prioritises health problems and intervenes appropriately in complex, urgent and emergency situations, including leading/participating in emergency life support procedures.

Participate in/ observe the management of clinical events involving patients, often requiring unpredictable and high levels of mental and/or physical effort according to the dependency and clinical need.

Observe the provision of clinical cover to clinical wards and teams according to patient and staffing needs.

Develop the skills to prescribe and review medication (as an independent prescriber) for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to patient need and in accordance with best/evidence-based practice and national and local protocols and within the individuals scope of practice and legal frameworks.

Learn to Integrate both pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment in patient care/management plans including psychosocial interventions where required

Participate / observe in the assessment of patients with mental health needs using local policy and guidelines and refers to the appropriate services.

Acts as a developing resource for staff, advising on local, national and Trust policy, procedures and guidelines ensuring patient safety and clinical governance.

Management

Work in partnership with the existing senior medical, nursing and AHP teams in driving departmental development and change.

Learn how to manage conflicting views and liaises between groups where there may be conflict.

Highlight and address areas of witnessed poor practice and manage the situation appropriately.

Support staff development to maximise potential, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.

Support patients, service users and carers and staff during difficult situations arising in the clinical area e.g. breaking bad news or following an unexpected event

Produce accurate and complete documentation and patient records consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

Possesses excellent time management and personal organisation skills.

Act as a developing knowledge resource in how to initiate and manage the impact of change.

Develop and contributes to local guidelines/policies, interpreting and adapting national protocols and standards to enhance patient care and safety which impact beyond own area of activity.

Develop a growing awareness of budgetary constraints within the department, manages resources appropriately and encourages others to do likewise.

Ensures appropriate representation and participation in departmental meetings as appropriate for role.

Actively contributes and provides developing leadership with service development plans within the directorate.

Education/Professional:

Critically assess and address own learning needs, negotiating a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of ongoing professional development across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice

Evidence the underpinning subject-specific competencies i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope, and demonstrate application of the capabilities to these, in an approach that is appropriate to the individual role, setting and scope

Demonstrate a critical understanding of your broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and the limits of own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information

Engage in clinical supervision and systematic peer caseload review of colleagues on an individual or group basis.

Actively engage in peer review to inform own practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements

Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change

Act as a role model and educator to support new staff in their development and participate in supervision, teaching and mentorship to help their development and achieve competency to perform their role within your scope of practice.

To share expertise, supporting the wider multi-professional team including primary care and community services, to build capacity and capability through work-based and inter-professional learning, and the application of learning to practice addressing the learning needs of colleagues, patients and carers.

Deliver formal and informal teaching initiatives as part of the Trusts education strategy as agreed with the appropriate senior staff to ensure practice development, staff empowerment and improved care for patients.

Advocate for and contribute to a culture of organisational learning to inspire future and existing staff.

Undertake membership and participation in local research and audit steering group

Consistently provides evidence informed practice and ensures dissemination of relevant research and best practice.

Evaluate and audit own and others clinical practice, selecting and applying valid, reliable methods, then acting on the findings.

Critically engage in research activity, adhering to good research practice guidance, so that evidence-based strategies are developed and applied to enhance quality, safety, productivity and value for money.

Contribute to the development and implementation of robust governance systems and systematic documentation processes, keeping the need for modifications under critical review.

Disseminate best practice research findings and quality improvement projects through appropriate media and fora (e.g. presentations and peer review research publications).

Support and contribute to the collaborative links between clinical practice and research through proactive engagement, networking with academic, clinical and other active researchers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oApplications would be welcome from healthcare professionals who have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Health Care professionals Council or the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and who meet the current requirements to become non-medical prescribers.
• oYou must have no current sanctions on your practice imposed by your Registering body (NMC, HCPC or GPhC).
• oTo complete the master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice whilst in this post.
• oIf you hold a qualification already in Advanced Clinical Practice please contact us directly to request the Job Description for this post

Experience

Essential

• oRole identified and supported by line manager for both training and post qualification
• oExperience of working with people with Learning Disabilities.
• oSignificant experience of working within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

• Significant direct clinical experience within a mental health setting

Skills

Essential

• oAble to assess, diagnose and treat through therapeutic activity, patients in a mental health setting
• oExcellent written communication skills in order to produce complex documentation that may be presented to tribunals or internally at Board level

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

East / south / West hub (to be confirmed at interview)

Preference to be given at interview

LN1 1FS

Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)