Stockport Foundation Trust are looking for a dynamic, innovative Advanced Practioner with a wealth of experience to join the team. This will be a lead role as Consultant ACP that will continue to drive the Divisional agenda for Advanced practice. The post will be structured around four core functions that exemplify the role: An expert clinician / practice function A professional leadership and consultancy function An education training and development function A research, evaluation and service development function To be responsible for developing, implementing and reviewing the Advanced Practice ensuring that the service is delivered equitably and to a consistently high standard. The post holder will be responsible for leading, developing and implementing innovative and creative models of care management for patients across community and assist in the implementation of urgent treatment centre models. The post holder will utilise their skills in clinical examination, assessment and planning care for patients. They will provide expert professional advice to other professionals, multidisciplinary groups, patients and their carer, as well as contributing to the operational and strategic developments to provide a more co-coordinated and equitable approach to advanced nursing across community services and will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing professional standards of care. The consultant ACP will be responsible for leading, developing and implementing innovative and creative models of care management for patients within the community setting and assist in the implementation of and development of future models. The post holder will utilise their skills in clinical examination, assessment and planning care for our patients. They will provide expert professional advice to other professionals, multidisciplinary groups, patients and their carers, as well as contributing to the operational and strategic developments to provide a more co-coordinated and equitable approach to the specialty and will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing professional standards of care. With the aim of improving the quality and efficiency of patient focused systems and processes the post holder will have responsibility of develop a robust strategy plan to modernise the ACP team and to provide a high quality, patient-centred service for patients. The post holder will also provide expert clinical and professional advice to staff within Community and across areas of the Trust. The post holder will deliver a 65% clinical component to their role and 35% related to leading clinical practice, research and innovation, teaching and training. We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers. We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population. We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you. If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods. We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service. Benefits We Offer To You Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays NHS pension scheme membership Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further NHS Staff discounts Cycle to work scheme Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice For further details / informal visits contact: Name: lisa lainton Job title: Directorate Manager - UCR/VW/ACP Email address: lisa.lainton@stockport.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07760666370