Associate Director for Advanced Practice

Job summary

To provide UHDB with a Trust lead for Advanced level clinical practice who will be responsible for the trust wide development and leadership of Advanced Clinical Practice.

They will support the Executive Chief Medical Officer and Executive Chief Nurse Officer developing, leading and implementing the multi professional advanced practice strategy and provide highly specialised and expert advice education, consultancy and clinical expertise.

Main duties of the job

• Works as a senior leader within UHDB responsible for leading the development and implementation of advanced practice education and roles, ensuring alignment with key national policies and policy frameworks and guidance from regulatory bodies

• Works closely with the Divisions to ensure an ACP workforce that meets specific service needs

• Works as a senior clinical leader within the corporate management team

• Influences regional and national priorities related to advanced clinical practice

• Leads the initiation, development and effective implementation of guidance, clinical governance, competency assessment and continuing education for both trainee and trained ACPs

• Informs the strategic development and evaluation of advanced practice across local Sustainability transformation partnerships (STP) / integrated care systems (ICS) and at regional and national level

• Establishes credible working relationships at all levels of the Trust and works alongside the Trust senior leadership team to guide and support divisional leadership teams in workforce transformation

• Leads the development and integration of an ACP workforce that meets the trust vison and the objectives of the NHS People Plan

• Ensures progressive improvement in the recruitment, education and retention of the ACP workforce across all UHDB sites.

Closing Date: 3 November 2024

Interview Date: 15 November 2024

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

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

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