Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are seeking a motivated Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP), Nurse or AHP to join our Urgent Community Response (UCR) and Frailty Virtual Ward (VW) team delivering care to patients closer to home and preventing avoidable hospital admission across North Hampshire. The ACP will deliver specialist practice in UCR working closely alongside the Consultant Practitioner, Senior Clinical Practitioner, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, and other Trainees supporting the delivery of care in the home settings of our population. The tACP will develop strong working relationships with the wider systems teams which may include community geriatrician, specialist doctor, GPs, and other MDT colleagues.

UCR focuses on preventing avoidable hospital admissions for patients with acute ill health conditions by providing advanced clinical assessments that place the person at the core, within 2 hours of referral. This includes implementation of treatment and appropriate monitoring whilst in crisis. The frailty virtual ward pathway supports patients to receive ongoing care that they may receive in hospital and prevents them from deterioration that would require an admission.

This is a trainee role with progression from band 7-8a

The service operates 0800-2000 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

We are happy to discuss flexible working but would expect as a minimum working one weekend in four.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a Nurse or AHP trainee, working under supervision, to develop a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This will become underpinned by a master's level award, completed during the training programme, that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.

Please note that study dates will be reliant on the University timetable and relevant spaces.

They will manage, under supervision, clinical care in partnership with individuals, families, and carers, which will include the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance people's experience and improve outcomes.

They will work towards exercising autonomy and decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty, and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions made. They will work alongside, leading and clinically supervising the registered and unregistered staff members within the team.

Develop values-based leadership skills within their team and developing across the care pathway, services, and systems in complex and changing situations. Contribute to a knowledge-rich and inquiry culture across the service and system that contributes to research outputs and has a positive effect on development, quality, innovation, increasing capacity and capability, and making systems more effective.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

As a Trust, our footprint spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, wholeheartedly committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities.

- We function as a unified team, placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

- Our 7,000+ workforce is skilled and diverse, with a deep commitment to ongoing staff development. We offer customised training, leadership pathways, and a plethora of career opportunities.

- We respect and listen to your thoughts, ideas, and concerns via well-established network of staff groups to increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

Building on all this, we are currently working closely with other local NHS Trusts to integrate all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Our new organisation is set to launch in April 2024 and will incorporate Southern Health, Solent, Isle of Wight and Sussex Partnership Trusts.

While the new Trust will be substantially bigger, it will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, streamlining services and making healthcare across the county more accessible.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

06 February 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£43,742 to £50,056 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

348-MNH-3809

Job locations

1 Bullspen

Manor Court, Herriard

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG25 2PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate professional qualification (nursing or allied health professional) that allows registration with the NMC or HCPC.
Professional UK registration e.g. NMC / HCPC
Meet the criteria for entry on to an accredited ACP Masters programme,
OR
Registered on and currently completing an accredited ACP programme,
OR
in the process of evidencing equivalence of Advanced Level practice capabilities via the portfolio route.
Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT - emails and report

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Appropriate professional qualification (nursing or allied health professional) that allows registration with the NMC or HCPC.
Professional UK registration e.g. NMC / HCPC
Meet the criteria for entry on to an accredited ACP Masters programme,
OR
Registered on and currently completing an accredited ACP programme,
OR
in the process of evidencing equivalence of Advanced Level practice capabilities via the portfolio route.
Able to demonstrate a good command of the English Language both written and verbal
Computer Literate in both data entry and communicating via IT - emails and report

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.