Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Same Day Emergency Care team at a leading NHS trust in Oldham. This full-time role involves assessing and managing emergency patients, ensuring high standards of care and collaboration with healthcare teams. Ideal candidates will have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and a passion for patient care.

Benefits

Flexible Working Opportunities

Annual Leave Allowance

Health and Wellbeing Activities

Qualifications

• Professional registration with baseline profession governing body required.
• Evidence of working as an ACP within acute medicine/SDEC/ED/Urgent care.

Responsibilities

• Autonomously assess and manage same day emergency medical patients.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for patient-centered care.

Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Communication

Team Working

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Tools

V300 Non-medical Prescribing

Job description

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) within the Directorate of Urgent and Emergency Care at Oldham Care Organisation. This is a permanent, full time position 37.5 hours per week). An MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice is essential, however we welcome applications from newly qualified, almost qualified and experienced ACP's who have a real passion in admission avoidance.

SDEC boasts a diverse team of ACP's who are supported by medical and nursing staff. Autonomously assessing, investigating and managing same day emergency medical patients will be your primary role; also, you will in-reach into the Emergency Department (ED) as well as supporting referrals from GP's and NWAS. The ACP team together with the consultant Clinical Lead, the nursing team and clerical staff are committed to the ongoing success of SDEC through innovative pathway development and collaborative working, both in secondary and primary care. Essentially, we strive to ensure the right person receives access to the right care at the right time, by the right person.

Patient experience of SDEC is of fundamental importance to our reputation and growth and we work hard to exceed patient expectations; you will possess highly developed interpersonal skills and be an authentic and values based individual.

Informal chats and visits are encouraged. Please contact Lynda Emerson ([e-mail]) for this.

Main duties of the job

Your clinical caseload will be diverse and case management should be underpinned by a dedicated approach to patient-centred care and collaborative working alongside our multi-disciplinary teams, to ensure a tailored management plan is put in place which addresses both current issues and proactively looks to prevent potential issues which may arise. Sound clinical reasoning and risk management are key skills required to ensure that we can safely avoid admissions and continue to monitor patients via an ambulatory pathway.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Job description
Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with baseline profession governing body
• Masters in Advanced Practice
• V300 Non-medical prescribing

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Can demonstrate high profile as an ACP working across 4 pillars of advanced practice in urgent care setting
• Enhanced clinical skills-able to work autonomously
• Excellent clinical reasoning/decision making skills/risk management
• Computer literate
• V300 Non-medical prescribing
• Professional registration with baseline profession governing body
• Evidence of team working and promotion of best practice
• Evidence of highly developed/ effective communication and negotiation skills
• Evidence of working as an ACP within acute medicine/SDEC/ED/Urgent care

Desirable

• Adult Life support
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit
• Evidence of teaching and education
• Evidence of managing elderly patients with frailty syndromes
• Evidence of effective change management

Communication/leadership/education

Essential

• Evidence of highly developed communication/negotiation skills
• Promotes team working and best practices within current role

Desirable

• Evidence of change management/service development
• Evidence of teaching and education within current role

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration with baseline profession governing body
• Masters in Advanced Practice
• V300 Non-medical prescribing

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Can demonstrate high profile as an ACP working across 4 pillars of advanced practice in urgent care setting
• Enhanced clinical skills-able to work autonomously
• Excellent clinical reasoning/decision making skills/risk management
• Computer literate
• V300 Non-medical prescribing
• Professional registration with baseline profession governing body
• Evidence of team working and promotion of best practice
• Evidence of highly developed/ effective communication and negotiation skills
• Evidence of working as an ACP within acute medicine/SDEC/ED/Urgent care

Desirable

• Adult Life support
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit
• Evidence of teaching and education
• Evidence of managing elderly patients with frailty syndromes
• Evidence of effective change management

Communication/leadership/education

Essential

• Evidence of highly developed communication/negotiation skills
• Promotes team working and best practices within current role

Desirable

• Evidence of change management/service development
• Evidence of teaching and education within current role

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
Address

The Royal Oldham Hospital

Rochdale Road

Oldham

OL1 2JH

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