Job summary
Are you a driven individual with a passion to work within Orthopaedics? An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Specialist Practitioner to join our tertiary MDT Orthopaedic Spinal Surgical service in a full-time role, within this innovative, 'Our People's Award's' Team of the year.
You will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary Orthopaedic Spinal Team, supported by 5 Consultant surgeons and 3 Advanced specialist practitioners.
You will participate in the 'Quality Award' winning 'OSRAS' (Orthopaedic Spinal Rapid Access Service) supporting SOW (Surgeon of the week) activity alongside the wider MDT, undertaking both triage and complex clinical assessments of patients referred into this highly acclaimed regional spinal service.
Main duties of the job
You will join a team who are passionate about the delivery of high quality, patient focussed, evidence-based care within this specialist spinal surgical service. You must be a good team player, with excellent communication skills, you will actively participate in the complex MDT case discussions alongside Consultant Spinal Surgeons, Consultant Radiologists and the wider MDT.
The Team are proud of their previous and ongoing Research and Audit activities, and you will contribute to clinical governance by actively engaging in data collection via British Spine Registry, and supporting ongoing research and audit.
If you like a challenge, have the passion, the drive and the desire to become part of this MDT team, and understand the needs of this complex patient cohort submit your application now. We are currently adopting 6/7 working week with plans to move to 7/7 in April 2023.
About us
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
- To practice autonomously with a high level of accountability at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care.
- Proven competency on the referral and interpretation of x-rays (IRMER), MRI scans, blood tests making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills and assessment.
- Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others and delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and clients.
- Demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of spinal pathways with knowledge and experience of surgical criteria and suitability.
- To provide clear leadership and direction to support both the medical, AHP and nursing teams acting as a role model for the Trust, presenting a positive image to patients and staff.
- Advocate and contribute to the development of an organisational culture that supports continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice and succession planning.
- Critically engage in research activity, adhering to good research practice guidance, so that evidence-based strategies are developed and applied to enhance quality, safety, productivity and value for service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties will include, but not be limited to:
- To practice autonomously with a high level of accountability at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care.
- Proven competency on the referral and interpretation of x-rays (IRMER), MRI scans, blood tests making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills and assessment.
- Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others and delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and clients.
- Demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of spinal pathways with knowledge and experience of surgical criteria and suitability.
- To provide clear leadership and direction to support both the medical, AHP and nursing teams acting as a role model for the Trust, presenting a positive image to patients and staff.
- Advocate and contribute to the development of an organisational culture that supports continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice and succession planning.
- Critically engage in research activity, adhering to good research practice guidance, so that evidence-based strategies are developed and applied to enhance quality, safety, productivity and value for service users.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oProfessional clinical qualification.
- oCurrent professional Body registration
- oMSc in Advanced Nursing Practice, Clinical Practice or evidence of appropriate level 7 study in a relevant specialist clinical field
Desirable
- oLeadership/Management qualification or willingness to undertake
- o NMP qualification
- o Leadership qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oHighly motivated and experienced practitioner with a minimum of 5 years experience with patients presenting with complex spinal conditions'
- oProven leadership experience including delivering to targets and service improvement
- oLeadership of teams or change initiatives
- oDemonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical environment.
- oExperience of clinical research
Desirable
- oExperience in managing chronic health issues
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- oProfessional clinical qualification.
- oCurrent professional Body registration
- oMSc in Advanced Nursing Practice, Clinical Practice or evidence of appropriate level 7 study in a relevant specialist clinical field
Desirable
- oLeadership/Management qualification or willingness to undertake
- o NMP qualification
- o Leadership qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- oHighly motivated and experienced practitioner with a minimum of 5 years experience with patients presenting with complex spinal conditions'
- oProven leadership experience including delivering to targets and service improvement
- oLeadership of teams or change initiatives
- oDemonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical environment.
- oExperience of clinical research
Desirable
- oExperience in managing chronic health issues
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).
