Job overview
It is an exciting time to join as as the Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner across urgent and emergency care. We are on a journey to transform care delivery at our front door, with great success in improving our waiting times and overall performance.
But we have more to do and to enable this we are recruiting a lead to take forward the strategic direction of enhanced and advanced practice, leading a team of qualified and trainee ACP's alongside the ENP workforce to ensure that we have the right workforce with the right skills to provide the highest standards of care for our patients and their families.
You will work in partnership with a dynamic, forward thinking, leadership team, comprising of a Consultant lead, Nurse Consultant, Lead Nurse and General Manager.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be essential in the leadership of Emergency Medicine Advanced Clinical Practitioners and trainees in the Emergency Department. Supporting our Clinical Director for Emergency Medicine, EM Consultants and General Manager the post holder will take responsibility for the development of the ACP team ensuring expert guidance and training is provided both to qualified and trainee practitioners to support clinical decision making within ED. This involves acting as a catalyst for change in practice and service development, challenging professional and organisational boundaries and generating new solutions that best meet the needs of staff and patients. The post holder will work at an expert level across the 5 recognised domains of the Lead ACP role, these being Clinical, Education, Strategy, Clinical Leadership and Research.
Working for our organisation
Why colleagues think we are
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.
We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.
We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.
We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
1. First level degree (HEI level 5 or 6) or equivalent in the undergraduate base profession
2. NMC or HCPC registration
3. Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent, which maps across the 4 pillars
4. Qualified as a non-medical prescriber (if able under prof registration)
5. Post-graduate management and / or leadership training
6. Demonstrates a comprehensive understanding of PSIRF and the overall governance agenda
7. Demonstrates a comprehensive appreciation of the NHS 10 year plan and workforce strategy for ACP
Desirable criteria
8. Accreditation as an ACP or willingness to work towards
9. Evidence of continuing professional development - including further level 7 modules that support practice
10. Qualification in teaching
11. Evidence of previous involvement in research
12. ALS qualification
13. ALS instructor
Experience
Essential criteria
14. Significant post-registration experience at ACP level
15. Experience in complex case management
16. Significant experience working in UEC
17. Experience working independently at Advanced practice level
18. Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner
19. Demonstrates an in-depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, hx taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology etc
20. Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
21. Experience of multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team working across service interfaces
22. Evidence of teaching and sharing knowledge with others in the MDT or externally to organisation.
23. Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice
24. Evidence of involvement of audit/quality improvement/successful change management
Skills, abilities and knowledge
Essential criteria
25. Excellent effective verbal and written communication skills
26. Highly motivated and have the ability to motivate others
27. Ability to effectively prioritise workload
28. Ability to educate and clinical supervise others in the promotion of high standards of patient care
29. Commitment to training and continuous development of self and others
30. Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
31. Demonstrable evidence of research capability or the application of research evidence to own clinical practice
32. Ability to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding.
33. Evidence of previous input at strategic level
34. Experience in developing and implementing policies and procedures.
35. Evidence of successful change management
36. Ability to influence and act at all levels within the organisation
37. Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
Desirable criteria
38. Ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
39. Computer literate – word, excel, PowerPoint
40. Experience in identifying and planning multidisciplinary training and development.
Special circumstances
Essential criteria
41. Ability to travel across hospital sites
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
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