Job summary
We are looking for a qualified, experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated ACP to complement our established team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners in the Urgent Treatment Centre, co-located in the Emergency department at Colchester Hospital. This exciting opportunity facilitates working within the four pillars of advanced practice: - education, clinical practice, leadership and research.
The Urgent Treatment Centre is open 0700-Midnight, 7 days a week, including weekends and Bank Holidays and the successful candidate will be required to work shifts covering these hours.
The post involves working as part of and leading an enthusiastic dedicated team, across all areas of the Urgent Treatment Centre, to ensure patients presenting with undifferentiated and un-diagnosed illnesses and injuries are at the forefront of service provision and receive prompt timely intervention.
The successful candidate will also be assigned a team of experienced and developing Practitioners to lead and to support their development.
Clinical and leadership support and supervision will be provided by the Clinical lead Nurse and GP.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge further, then we are keen to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
You will ideally be clinically experienced within the field of urgent unscheduled care. The post will require you to work as an autonomous practitioner to appropriately assess, examine, investigate and treat patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions at an advanced level.
You will collaborate with senior clinical leads, medical personnel and the wider MDT as appropriate to the patient's condition. The ACP is accountable for the total episode of care.
You will be part of the senior clinical team and will be required to cover the co-ordinator role and also navigation and Care at the Door directly at the Front Door.
You will contribute to service development. They will also provide appropriate leadership to their designated team. Ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence and support the provision of the highest quality patient care through personal actions and continuous improvement.
You will promote and facilitate evidence-based practice, clinical audit and research within the department.
The successful candidate will be motivated and engaged to provide a high standard of safe and quality care whilst providing a senior presence in the department. Candidates who are successfully shortlisted will be required to be interviewed and complete a presentation; details will be provided.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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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
- oProfessional Registration with either NMC, or HCPC
- oNon-Medical Prescribing (v300) if appropriate to registered profession /role
- oPossession MSc in Advanced Practice or recognised equivalent by HEE Centre Advancing Practice
- oLeadership/management course
Desirable
- oPossession of 1st degree in a clinical field e.g., Nursing, physiotherapy at a minimum 2:2 classification
- oEvidence of continuing education
Knowledge
Essential
- oDemonstrates a high degree of knowledge within specialty
- oDemonstrate an understanding of current developments in the relevant speciality
- oKnowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management
Desirable
- oKnowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues
Experience
Essential
- oCompleted or portfolio of supervised practice in advanced clinical practice, or equivalent.
- oEvidence of continued professional development
- oEvidence of clinical work in an autonomous role
- oEvidence of recent teaching, mentorship, and supervision of staff
- oEvidence of multi - professional working
Desirable
- oEvidence of quality improvement methodology and audit experience
- oEvidence of involvement in change management
Skills
Essential
- oStrong leadership skills
- oPresentation Skills
- oComputer skills (i.e., for radiology, pathology, microbiology ordering as per Trust protocols, utilising patient systems)
Desirable
- oAbility to develop protocols and guidelines
- oAbility to write reports for senior management
- oCar driver with valid UK and have access to a car for work purposes
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oProfessional Registration with either NMC, or HCPC
- oNon-Medical Prescribing (v300) if appropriate to registered profession /role
- oPossession MSc in Advanced Practice or recognised equivalent by HEE Centre Advancing Practice
- oLeadership/management course
Desirable
- oPossession of 1st degree in a clinical field e.g., Nursing, physiotherapy at a minimum 2:2 classification
- oEvidence of continuing education
Knowledge
Essential
- oDemonstrates a high degree of knowledge within specialty
- oDemonstrate an understanding of current developments in the relevant speciality
- oKnowledge of clinical governance and risk assessment/management
Desirable
- oKnowledge of current NHS, professional and educational issues
Experience
Essential
- oCompleted or portfolio of supervised practice in advanced clinical practice, or equivalent.
- oEvidence of continued professional development
- oEvidence of clinical work in an autonomous role
- oEvidence of recent teaching, mentorship, and supervision of staff
- oEvidence of multi - professional working
Desirable
- oEvidence of quality improvement methodology and audit experience
- oEvidence of involvement in change management
Skills
Essential
- oStrong leadership skills
- oPresentation Skills
- oComputer skills (i.e., for radiology, pathology, microbiology ordering as per Trust protocols, utilising patient systems)
Desirable
- oAbility to develop protocols and guidelines
- oAbility to write reports for senior management
- oCar driver with valid UK and have access to a car for work purposes
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
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).
