Join our innovative team within the Glan Clwyd Trauma & Orthopaedic Team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, providing patients with the most appropriate practitioner to effectively manage their presenting condition at the first point of contact.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Main duties of the job
- Clinical Leadership
- Management
- Communication
- Education and Training
- Clinical Governance
- Professional responsibilities
- Frequent interruptions to deal with service issues
- Personal duty of care and responsibility for ensuring safe use of specialist equipment
About the employer
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales is a large health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and are a Disability Confident Employer.
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing advanced clinical practice and care
- Leading and managing clinical teams
- Ensuring compliance with clinical governance and safety standards
- Delivering education and training to staff and patients
- Managing service interruptions and problem resolution
- Maintaining personal duty of care and professional standards
Person specification – Qualifications and knowledge
- MSc or equivalent
- Masters level education or equivalent experience, e.g. Advanced clinical practice
- Experience of working within a hospital environment
- Active professional registration
- Evidence of CPD and post‑registration activity through a portfolio
- Extended scope skills
- Independent prescriber
- Experience of acute care (e.g., out‑of‑hours)
- Experience of long‑term health conditions
Experience
- Extensive experience in clinical practice
- Involvement in research and development projects
- Experience developing protocols and clinical care pathways
- Experience working in an MDT setting
- Proven multidisciplinary working skills
- Formal research education
- Experience managing people and resources
- Experience in service development or project management
- Evidence of delivering clinical education
- Experience of secondary care clinical systems
Values
- Commitment to personal development and lifelong learning
- Flexible approach to work to meet service needs
- Able to provide peer support
- Adaptable and creative
- Able to deal with distressed patients, carers and staff
- Able to work independently and use own initiative
- Professional appearance
- Able to work in a busy environment and under pressure with periods of interruption
- Confident
- Self‑motivated
- Able to sustain moderate to high level of physical and mental effort
- Welsh speaking ability
Aptitude and abilities
- Advanced clinical reasoning skills
- Ability to work independently as an autonomous practitioner
- Advanced analytical and problem solving skills
- Ability to prioritise own workload and that of others
- Flexibility to work within different Primary Care teams
- Ability to critically appraise research and implement findings
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Advanced negotiation and influencing skills
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Professional independence and confidence in stakeholder relationships
- Health and safety risk awareness
- Knowledge of clinical governance
- Evidence of recent Masters level CPD study in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of clinical postgraduate training and education
- Understanding of professional ethics and code of practice
- Ability to speak Welsh
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) check is required.
