Job summary
Vacancies across the Trust Newburn/Hebburn/Wynyard
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner is an experienced
clinician who can demonstrate a high level of autonomous practice and complex
decision making. This is underpinned by Degree level education or equivalent (or
RCN Accreditation), covering the four pillars of advanced practice; clinical
practice, leadership and education, research, education.
This senior clinician will provide an expert level of clinical
assessment and support to the care and treatment of a diverse and undetermined
caseload of patients within Emergency, Urgent and Unscheduled care. The practitioner
will achieve this by using their in-depth knowledge, experience and broad range
of techniques, to assess, investigate, interpret, diagnose, treat and refer or
discharge patients.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will undertake
clinical assessment to form a diagnosis and provide a treatment plan, which may
include prescribing. Patient assessment may involve both telephone and video
conferencing consultations. They will work across a variety of settings
offering first point of contact at an appropriate place and time.
The post holder will provide expert clinical and
professional leadership and work collaboratively as part of the team to deliver
a high quality service that meets the health and social care needs of all
patients.
About us
We
employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in
Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square
miles.
Many
people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take
them to hospital, but we do much more!
Paramedic
skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more
treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.
We
have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients
with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.
We
have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions
or terrorist attacks.
Ultimately
patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of
"safe, effective and responsive care for all".
We
value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a
workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from
people from all backgrounds. To
ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold
employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer,
Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work
Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across
all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you refer to the job description attached to this advert for full details of duties and responsibilities for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please ensure you refer to the job description attached to this advert for full details of duties and responsibilities for this role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in Emergency/Urgent/Unscheduled Care relevant to the post.
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner undertaking complex assessments and management of own caseload.
- Excellent leadership skills, experience in clinical team management including performance management.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of developing and implementing clinical protocols, clinical pathways and clinical policies.
- Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies and professionals and across organisational boundaries.
- Experience of successfully working to deadlines and completing tasks.
- Advanced patient assessment skills required for role. (Adult & Child).
- Advanced clinical skills required for role (Adult & Child).
- Ability to communicate highly complex and technical information both verbally and in writing to other healthcare professionals.
Qualifications
Essential
- Regulated Health Care Professional with current registration. (e.g. HCPC/NMC)
- Relevant Degree Level modules or equivalent experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Advanced Clinical Assessment and Management course (min 30 credits/ Level 6).
- Additional professional knowledge acquired through specialist training, experience or other significant accredited courses.
- Evidence of significant ongoing professional development.
- Ability to apply research findings and support evidence based practice.
- Have current knowledge of developments within Emergency/Unscheduled Care and the wider healthcare economy.
- Understanding of Safeguarding procedures for vulnerable adults, children and young people.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive experience working in Emergency/Urgent/Unscheduled Care relevant to the post.
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner undertaking complex assessments and management of own caseload.
- Excellent leadership skills, experience in clinical team management including performance management.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of developing and implementing clinical protocols, clinical pathways and clinical policies.
- Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies and professionals and across organisational boundaries.
- Experience of successfully working to deadlines and completing tasks.
- Advanced patient assessment skills required for role. (Adult & Child).
- Advanced clinical skills required for role (Adult & Child).
- Ability to communicate highly complex and technical information both verbally and in writing to other healthcare professionals.
Qualifications
Essential
- Regulated Health Care Professional with current registration. (e.g. HCPC/NMC)
- Relevant Degree Level modules or equivalent experience of working at a senior clinical level.
- Advanced Clinical Assessment and Management course (min 30 credits/ Level 6).
- Additional professional knowledge acquired through specialist training, experience or other significant accredited courses.
- Evidence of significant ongoing professional development.
- Ability to apply research findings and support evidence based practice.
- Have current knowledge of developments within Emergency/Unscheduled Care and the wider healthcare economy.
- Understanding of Safeguarding procedures for vulnerable adults, children and young people.
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
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
North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ambulance HQ, Bernicia House
Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE15 8NY
Employer's website
https://www.neas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
