Advanced Clinical Practitioner

NHS; Bolton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Bolton is looking for an experienced Nurse or AHP with a Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice. This permanent role focuses on delivering urgent community responses and virtual wards, requiring excellent communication and organisational skills. The candidate must be able to work autonomously and travel independently across the locality. Competitive training and development opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a clinical setting.
• Ability to demonstrate advanced theoretical and clinical knowledge.
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Support urgent community response and virtual wards.
• Work with partners to provide integrated care.
• Deliver a variety of services including falls pick-up services.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work autonomously

Advanced clinical skills

Team working skills

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Registered nurse, AHP or paramedic

NMC practice teacher or equivalent

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, confident, innovative and flexible Nurse or AHP with excellent communication and organisational skills. The post is 37.5 hours per week and is a permanent position to support the delivery of urgent community response and hospital at home/virtual wards.

This post holder will join our existing team of high functioning, highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioners, who deliver a wide variety of services including 2 hour urgent community response, hospital at home/virtual ward, falls pick up services and dedicated care home support, all enable people to be cared for in their usual place of residence. The Advanced Clinical Practitioners operate seven days a week between 08.00 to 20.00.

The post holder will work with partners system wide to provide integrated care across the health economy. The applicant will have qualified and hold an MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice.

The applicant must be able to travel across the locality independently in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Main duties of the job

The priority outcomes

• A reduction in A&E attendances
• Reduction in emergency admissions
• A high level of patient and professional satisfaction
• A reduction in readmissions
• Promotion of self-management and self-care
• The maintenance of independence
• Improved communication between professionals, patients and carers

About us

The aims of Bolton Foundation Trust are to improve the health of and provide the best possible care to the population in which we serve and ensure that our staff have joy and pride in their work. We are striving to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities in which we serve. We value our staff and can offer excellent opportunities for further training and development. We are keen to reflect our local population and therefore applications from all sectors of the community are welcomed.

New Health and Social Care Act Regulations were approved by Parliament on the 22nd July 2021, which requires all those working or entering a CQC registered care home (for persons who require nursing or personal care) to be fully vaccinated (Covid 19) from the 11th November 2021, unless exempt under the regulations. You will therefore be required to provide proof of vaccination or exemption if you are successful at interview. Health information is classed as special category data under UK GDPR legislation therefore, vaccination/exemption confirmation will be processed and stored in line with Data Protection Act 2018.

Job responsibilities

For further information regarding the key responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description. If you have any further questions regarding this role please do not hesitate to contact us via the information below.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Registered nurse, AHP or paramedic
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• NMC practice teacher or equivalent

Experience

• Significant experience in a clinical setting
• Able to demonstrate advanced theoretical and clinical knowledge and skills
• Understanding of clinical governance and risk management
• Evidence of carrying out research/audit/leadership
• Excellent team working skills
• Have an understanding of team dynamics and an ability to influence the building of effective working relationships between staff
• Experience in various acute areas
• Post-registration experience in a relevant clinical setting

Knowledge

• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Effective communication skills to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
• Expert knowledge of dealing with patients in a reactive and unscheduled environment
• Knowledge of Virtual Ward models of care delivery including the use of technology to support patients living well in their usual place of residence
• Ability to build effective working relationships across a range of healthcare and other organisations
• Understanding of the current health reforms, commissioning structures and policies

Skills

• Ability to work autonomously, plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriate interventions to support staff
• Competent in organising own workload
• Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application
• Advanced clinical skills in patient assessment, diagnostics and treatment planning
• Working knowledge of the current professional NHS issues contributing to service development
• Has a clear vision of the future development of advanced practice

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.