Advanced Clinical Practitioner

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Urgent Community Response team serving North Warwickshire and surrounding areas. The post involves home-based assessments, with potential site work at Hartshill and other community locations.

We welcome trainee ACPs nearing completion or waiting for final qualification, to help deliver rapid assessment and treatment for frail patients at home, in partnership with the Consultant ACP and

Qualifications

• Experience as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner or trainee ACP near completion.
• Competence in urgent/community care and assessment of frail, unwell patients at home.
• Ability to lead, educate and contribute to clinical governance and research.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment in patients' homes.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to avoid unnecessary admissions.
• Support nurse-led discharge processes and community hospital care when needed.
• Contribute to governance, audits, teaching and research activities.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Leadership

Audit

Education

Research

Job description

We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Urgent Community Response team working across North Warwickshire Out of Hospital division.

North Base - Hartshill Health Centre, Sidhu Close, Hartshill, Nuneaton CV10 0LT

We will accept applications from trainee ACPs in the final stages of their course or those awaiting final confirmation of the qualification.

The Urgent Community Response team provide urgent care to deteriorating patients within their own home/care homes. The role will be an opportunity to work in a well-established dynamic team.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to develop responsive services to assess, diagnose and treat unwell frail patients at home with the support of the Consultant ACP. The post would suit those from a range of backgrounds with experience in acute / emergency care, care of the elderly or community / primary care services. An understanding of Frailty and the need for admission avoidance is key.

The post-holders will exercise advanced clinical skills, levels of judgement, discretion and decision-making in clinical care, demonstrated through, and supported by, professional portfolio evidence.

They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and allied specialties to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of accessible, high-quality clinical care at Warwick Hospital. Clinical duties may include a combination of shifts with regular evening, weekend and bank holiday working.

Cross site working for example at Stratford, Leamington or community sites may be required.

During winter months and at other times of high demand, the post-holder will provide care to and expedite the discharge of patients autonomously and by facilitating the nurse-led discharge process.

The post includes 20% of contracted hours dedicated to the 3 non-clinical pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice, leadership, education and research.

The post-holders will be expected to contribute significantly to clinical governance, audit, research, training and education, providing leadership to the clinical team in one or more of these areas.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on-Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity. Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity And Inclusion We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2

We appreciate you completing the survey.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Karen Zardin Job title: Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07901771647