Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) - Band 7

Bank Partners; Greater London, Chipping Barnet, Enfield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their dedicated team. In this pivotal role, you will assess patients, order diagnostic tests, and prescribe treatments while providing high-quality care in a multidisciplinary environment. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to patient care and clinical leadership within a supportive team. The organization values its staff and provides excellent training opportunities, competitive pay, and flexible shift booking. If you're passionate about making a difference in patient care, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Free Core Skills Training

Self-book Shifts

Weekly Pay System

Priority of Shifts

Open-door Policy

Competitive Pay

Qualifications

• NMC Registration and at least 6 months NHS experience required.
• Strong clinical knowledge and excellent communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan care to meet patient health needs.
• Order and interpret diagnostic tests and prescribe treatments.
• Provide clinical leadership and support to healthcare teams.

Skills

Clinical Decision Making

Communication Skills

Patient Assessment

Prescribing Medicines

Team Leadership

Education

NMC Registration

NHS Experience (6 months in last 3 years)

Job description

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust are currently searching for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join their highly skilled team.

Hours: 37.5 hours a week.

The North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust is a medium-sized acute and community trust with over 525 beds and over 600 community staff, serving more than 600,000 people living across Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

Job Summary:

The role of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) is relatively new. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, they make an important contribution. The role encompasses undertaking assessment of patients attending our RDC (Rapid Diagnostic Centre) clinics using a range of different assessment and management methods, which may include physical examination, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing medicines (subject to holding a non-medical prescribing qualification) and advanced health needs and to provide high quality clinical assessment and intervention and treatment for a wide variety of patients presenting to NMUH.

To work autonomously at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care, making critical clinical decisions based on thorough clinical assessment and interpretation of diagnostic interventions and delivery of therapeutic interventions.

The post holder will demonstrate sound clinical decision making and deliver expert care for a wide variety of patients presenting to the NMUH with undifferentiated diagnoses.

To provide clinical leadership and support within the medical, nursing and allied health teams and support the Corporate Lead ACP in developing and delivering the Trust advanced practice strategy and vision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Assessment and care planning to meet health and wellbeing needs.
2. Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care including formulating a working medical diagnosis for patients sometimes presenting with undifferentiated urgent or emergency health care problems.
3. Ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests.
4. Request initial laboratory and radiological tests as required.
5. Making referrals to other health care professionals.
6. Prescribing medicines/PGDs and treatments.
7. Ensure that effective discharge planning and health promotion is delivered.
8. Ensure accurate, contemporaneous and comprehensive documentation.
9. Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and colleagues.
10. Participate in nursing audit, taking action to address improvements required.
11. Liaise with local community, social services, paramedics and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professionals.
12. Liaise with the MDT and outside agencies to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangements are in place for patients.
13. Accurately identify those vulnerable adults at risk of abuse.

Managerial responsibilities:

1. Participate in the recruitment and orientation of new staff.
2. Take appropriate action in dealing with situations that may result in disciplinary action.
3. Participate in the investigation of Adverse Incidents and Complaints.
4. Ensure the formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents in line with Trust policy.
5. Utilise and maintain information systems to aid required audit and to provide regular analysis reports.
6. Maintain records and send reports (e.g. police reports) set by various bodies pertaining to the specific specialty.
7. Ensure the best use of available resources within agreed budget to provide a cost-effective service.

Important Requirements:

• NMC Registration
• At least 6 months NHS experience in the last 3 years
• Strong clinical knowledge, good initiative, and an ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Honesty and integrity, and a caring patient-centred approach

We are grateful for the hard work and commitment of our staff, so as a thank you we offer the following benefits:

• Access to free Bank Partners Core Skills training
• Ability to self-book shifts with a weekly pay system
• Opportunity to book and monitor shifts using an online timesheet
• Priority of shifts over all agency workers
• We operate with an open-door policy
• Competitive pay

Apply now for this fantastic career-progressing opportunity by uploading your CV, and a member of our recruitment team will be with you shortly.