Advanced Clinical Practitioner

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Are you interested in becoming a key part of an innovative and forward-thinking organisation, developing your clinical skills across traditional health, social care and voluntary sector boundaries?

REACT (Reactive, Emergency, Assessment, Community Team) brings health, social care and voluntary sector (British Red Cross and Suffolk Family Carer) services together to provide a single coordinated care response that is underpinned by care in the community with early intervention, crisis management, reablement and rehabilitation.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ACP to join our award winning REACT service. Based in the lovely county of Suffolk, this is a key role to support and provide advanced care within the virtual frailty ward.

The virtual frailty ward seeks to manage individuals living with frailty who have an acute medical condition that would usually necessitate an admission to the hospital but with the support provided by the virtual frailty ward team, the individual will be supported to remain in their own home receiving a high level of clinical care, diagnostic and therapeutic interventions to manage the acute episode.

The ACP would be a key player in also building relationships between REACT and primary care, the acute trust, East of England Ambulance Service Trust (EEAST) and the wider community integrated neighbourhood teams.

Main duties of the job

The REACT Services are looking to recruit an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work clinically within the community setting with direct responsibility for the Frailty Virtual Ward.

The role will provide the opportunity to work within REACT in conjunction with the nurse consultant, Geriatrician or Middle Grade doctor, which will provide a wealth of learning opportunities.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner role will be integral in supporting the Multidisciplinary Team in the provision and delivery of acute and complex care within the frailty virtual ward.

Alongside clinical care the purpose of this role is to develop a clear pathway of progression, training and career structure for Advanced Clinical Practitioners within the Integrated Pathway Division. This role will encompass a 7-day working pattern across all shifts.

The role will be supported by the completion of all clinical and academic practice demonstrated by the completion of a trust competency document within a set timeframe.

About us

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health & Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Date posted

30 May 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

432-HR423-23

Job locations

Constantine House

Constantine Road

Ipswich

IP1 2DH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Practitioner relevant to specialty with current registration
First level degree or equivalent
Master's Degree in Advanced practice or HEE recognised equivalence
ILS/ALS Certificate
Recent evidence of CPD

Desirable

First Line Management Course
Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

Clinical expertise relevant to area of practice
Expanded role skills relevant to area of practice

Desirable

Proven experience of participation in practice development
Proven experience of ward /dept. Management/staff supervision

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Practitioner relevant to specialty with current registration
First level degree or equivalent
Master's Degree in Advanced practice or HEE recognised equivalence
ILS/ALS Certificate
Recent evidence of CPD

Desirable

First Line Management Course
Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

Clinical expertise relevant to area of practice
Expanded role skills relevant to area of practice

Desirable

Proven experience of participation in practice development
Proven experience of ward /dept. Management/staff supervision

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).