Overview
The role will support a core team of ACPs across all units in order to provide a model of seven day service cover, ultimately linking the trainees into a core clinical lead support resource. The GM will be responsible for ensuring that the direction of the service continues.
Responsibilities
* Provide clinical leadership, including direct clinical care, and advice on complex issues in the UTCs.
* Establish a cohesive team approach for the ACP workforce development.
* Support the UTC service leads and managers with audit, innovation, and performance management.
* Lead on training needs discussions, based on audit findings, supervision outputs and individual staff knowledge gaps.
* Assist in feedback for staff appraisals.
* Apply advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making to the provision of clinical care to adults and children presenting with undifferentiated diagnoses (both minor injuries and illness) within a UTC setting.
* Exercise a high degree of autonomy through the application of advanced clinical skills in relation to the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of adults and children.
* Lead and monitor improvements to quality of care through clinical audit, evidence-based practice, clinical supervision, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.
* Provide day-to-day clinical leadership support to teams with a special interest in the management of typical UTC conditions, in line with the four pillars approach.
* Support Service Leads and Unit managers in safe care delivery.
Qualifications / Requirements
* Please note, this role is for trained ACPs ONLY.
* Band 8a position offered to candidates who have completed an MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent) and have contemporary experience at an advanced level within a relevant clinical environment.
Locations
We have vacancies at Ripley and Ilkeston locations.
About the Trust / Organisation
Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is a large provider of specialist community healthcare in England, employing around 4,500 staff across Derbyshire. Services include 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres, and care in patients’ homes and via virtual consultations. The Trust focuses on elderly and very young patients and pursues the Team-Up approach to transform care for housebound and vulnerable people. This description reflects the content provided; no additional facts have been added.
How to Apply
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Flexible Working
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we offer and discuss flexible working arrangements such as job share, part time, or other flexible patterns.
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