ACP Acute Frailty/COTE

Job description

Job responsibilities

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The ACP will be expected to provide clinical care/management to groups of patients admitted in the Acute Frailty/Care of Elderly service. The service currently supports - ACE/AMU/ED, COTE general wards and dementia and delirium wards

Clinical:

They will be expected to undertake clinical assessment request relevant investigations, make diagnosis and treat and manage patients according to need. This would include non-medical independent prescribing. They will be required to undertake regular patient ward rounds as an independent clinician and support patients through their hospital journey from admission to discharge. They will be expected to support effective communication between ward teams, MDT and patient/relatives. Complex discharge processes and lead on ACP led discharges. To undertake higher level communication- impart bad news and discuss treatment escalation plans with patients and carers.

Leadership clinical leadership of MDT. Develop service. Develop projects. Attend and be an instrumental part of relevant HB strategy

Education- be responsible to own education needs. Maintain a live portfolio of AP evidence. Deliver education within the clinical setting and in more formal education settings. Provide mentorship and coaching to multi-professionals undertaking clinical courses such as MSc AP and NMIP.

Research- use guidelines to support clinical decisions in practice. Be involved in audit/research. Lead of QiP projects.

The job is open to fully trained ACPs from multi-professional backgrounds. We are also will to consider those who require full ACP training, in this instance Annex 21 will be applied to the post. This will be based on an individuals personal situation :

Annex 21:

During this training period, salary will be paid in accordance with Annex 21 of the Terms and Conditions as follows :

Months 1 - 12 of the training period will be paid at 65% of the top of Band 7 pay scale,

Months 13-24 of the training period will be paid at 70% of the top of Band 7 pay scale,

Months 25 - 36 of the training period will be paid at 75% of the top of Band 7 pay scale.

Upon successful attainment of the qualification, even if sooner than the months allocated timeframe, the post holder will automatically move to the bottom of the Band 7 pay scale (without financial detriment), as they will then meet the full KSF outline of this role and be expected to undertake all duties within this Job Description as indicated.

NOTE : There will be some circumstances where current staff apply for these posts, and their new trainee salary will be below that of their current salary. To aid both the recruitment and development of staff it is recommended that staff across NHS Wales should have continuity of pay for the duration of the training to avoid financial detriment. This should apply when staff take up training posts both within and across NHS Wales organisations. Following this training, the remuneration will be the bottom of Band 7, again without financial detriment.

A scope of practice will be developed to support the successful candidate in outlining the nuances of the ACP role within this speciality.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• In receipt of relevant clinical Level 7 (masters) education
• In receipt of non-medical independent prescribing module

Desirable

• Working toward relevant clinical Level 7 (masters) education
• Working toward non-medical independent prescribing module

Clinical

Essential

• Able to carry out competent physical assessment, make diagnosis and appropriate management plans
• Able to prescribe a wide range of drug treatments safely and independently

Desirable

• Working toward being carry out competent physical assessment, make diagnosis and appropriate management plans
• Working toward being able to prescribe a wide range of drug treatments safely and independently

Leadership

Essential

• Able to demonstrate ability to lead a clinical team
• Able to demonstrate ability to identify and action change in practice

Desirable

• Able to understand how to lead a clinical team
• Able to demonstrate involvement in change processes

Research

Essential

• Able to demonstrate use or involvement in research in practice
• Able to demonstrate leading or being involved in research based projects e.g.QiP

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate understanding of research and research based projects

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Address

Princess of Wales

Coity Road

Bridgend

CF31 1RQ

Employer's website

https://joinctm.wales/ (Opens in a new tab)