Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for its Care Home Practice in Salford. The role involves providing comprehensive medical care to elderly residents in care homes, emphasizing individualized assessments and health plans while working closely with a supportive clinical team.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Fantastic annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing

Positive work-life balance

Qualifications

• Experience in General Practice, frailty, end-of-life, or Acute Medicine.
• Community post registration experience at a senior level is preferred.
• Evidence of advanced professional/clinical knowledge within specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical care to older people in care homes.
• Conduct clinical assessments and create personalized care plans.
• Deliver proactive health services and follow-up care.

Skills

Communication

Clinical Reasoning

Assertiveness

Computer Literacy

Education

Clinical based Master's Degree

Post basic qualification in specialty

Non-Medical Prescriber (Independent)

Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2)

AHP with current HCPC registration

Job description

Job summary

An exciting new opportunity for a qualified ACP to join our expanding team has arisen. We are seeking an enthusiastic ACP to join our Care Home Practice at St. James House.

An MSc in Advanced Practice is essential, and experience in General practice, frailty, end-of-life, Acute Medicine, ED, or other urgent care settings is desired.

The Care Home Practice is open from 0800 to 1900 Monday - Friday and 0800 to 1700 Saturday - Sunday to deliver services seven days a week. Although the working pattern is generally long days, we are open to negotiating shift times (where possible) to ensure a positive work-life balance.

Ability to travel across the area is essential.

You will be supported in clinical practice by our GP, clinical lead, and our ACP lead along with the wider team.

Main duties of the job

The Care Homes Medical Practice is a unique general practice that provides medical care to older people living in residential and nursing homes within Salford.

The Care Homes Medical Practice provides our registered patients with the same general medical services as any other general practice. However, we also provide additional services tailored to the special requirements of older people living in residential and nursing homes across the city of Salford.

The practice provides general medical services to theirregistered patients but they also deliver additional proactivecare services tailored to the requirements of older people living in care homes, including:

• Weekly home rounds
• Detailed initial assessments and Personalised Care & Support Plans created for new patients
• Regular health checks and medicines reviews
• Services delivered by the Specialist Dementia nurse
• Support and Education from the Palliative Care Nurse team
• Clinical oversight from the lead GP to identify care home hot spots

The post holder will provide expert clinical and professional support within the team, demonstrating excellent interpersonal and communication skills and clinical attributes.

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

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

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

We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.

Person Specification

Desirable

Essential

• General practice experience

Desirable

• General practice experience

Qualifications / Registration

Essential

• Clinical based Master's Degree
• Post basic qualification in specialty
• Non-Medical Prescriber (Independent)
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2) or AHP with current HCPC registration

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• Community post registration experience
• Experience within specialty at a senior level
• Evidence of advanced professional/clinical knowledge within specialty supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD
• Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
• Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
• Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
• Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of nurses and nursing practice

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately.
• Computer Literacy
• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit
• Highly developed effective communication/negotiation skills
• Excellent clinical reasoning / clinical decision making
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Ability to travel across Salford and the NCA

Person Specification
Desirable

Essential

• General practice experience

Desirable

• General practice experience

Qualifications / Registration

Essential

• Clinical based Master's Degree
• Post basic qualification in specialty
• Non-Medical Prescriber (Independent)
• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration (Part 1 Adult / General Level 1 or 2) or AHP with current HCPC registration

Knowledge, Training & Experience

Essential

• Community post registration experience
• Experience within specialty at a senior level
• Evidence of advanced professional/clinical knowledge within specialty supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD
• Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
• Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
• Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
• Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of nurses and nursing practice

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Can demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately.
• Computer Literacy
• Demonstrates specialist expertise underpinned by theory acquired through CPD
• Evidence of involvement in the development of programmes of care, protocols and clinical audit
• Highly developed effective communication/negotiation skills
• Excellent clinical reasoning / clinical decision making
• Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
• Ability to travel across Salford and the NCA

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

Salford Care Organisation - Adult community

St James House 3rd Floor, Pendleton way

Salford

M6 5FE

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