Job summary
We are recruiting a trainee ACP to join the team in acute medicine. Who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
We are offering a fully funded MSc programme and clinical supervision for the successful candidate.
We will be offering a full rotation across acute medical services and support from a wide range of clinicians
Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Main duties of the job
You will be practicing under supervision as a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) within a specialism (Acute Medicine), to provide patient-centred quality care.
This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout medicine.
Under supervision, assist in the safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in designated areas of Acute Services.
Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to patient care
Work collaboratively with representatives of other clinical areas, disciplines and services to provide a seamless pathway of care
Participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff
About us
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification and registration with Professional Governing Body
- Expectation of willingness to participate in Masters level further education
Desirable
- ILS
- Relevant Masters level education
- Non-medical prescriber
- Advanced clinical assessment module
- Leadership qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience, with experience at senior level in acute services
- Team leadership experience, including effective staff management including HR issues, sickness, grievance and disciplinary management / investigation
- Evidence of enhanced clinical skills
- Well-developed IT skills
- Awareness of relevant national and local key performance indicators
- Awareness of relevant local and national strategies
- Awareness of implications of advanced practice
- Experience in recruitment and retention matters, staff appraisal and performance management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload
- Leadership skills and self-motivation
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Demonstrate enthusiasm, assertiveness and commitment to all elements of role
- Adaptable, open and receptive to change
- Demonstrates attention to detail, completion and evaluation
Desirable
- Evidence of effective and excellent teaching skills
Other requirements
Essential
- Evidence of multi -disciplinary team working
- Evidence of supporting others' development
- Competent and confident approach to practice
- Flexibility around anti-social working patterns
- Ability to synthesise information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
Person Specification
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- Relevant professional qualification and registration with Professional Governing Body
- Expectation of willingness to participate in Masters level further education
Desirable
- ILS
- Relevant Masters level education
- Non-medical prescriber
- Advanced clinical assessment module
- Leadership qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualification experience, with experience at senior level in acute services
- Team leadership experience, including effective staff management including HR issues, sickness, grievance and disciplinary management / investigation
- Evidence of enhanced clinical skills
- Well-developed IT skills
- Awareness of relevant national and local key performance indicators
- Awareness of relevant local and national strategies
- Awareness of implications of advanced practice
- Experience in recruitment and retention matters, staff appraisal and performance management
Skills
Essential
- Ability to make decisions, organise and prioritise own workload
- Leadership skills and self-motivation
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
- Ability to form professional interpersonal relationships and to forge trust with colleagues and other stakeholders
- Demonstrate enthusiasm, assertiveness and commitment to all elements of role
- Adaptable, open and receptive to change
- Demonstrates attention to detail, completion and evaluation
Desirable
- Evidence of effective and excellent teaching skills
Other requirements
Essential
- Evidence of multi -disciplinary team working
- Evidence of supporting others' development
- Competent and confident approach to practice
- Flexibility around anti-social working patterns
- Ability to synthesise information, consider and evaluate risks and options when making difficult decisions
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
