Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Frailty Assessment & HOOH)

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Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Sheffield seeks a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner for the Frailty Assessment and HOOH team. This full-time, permanent role offers a chance to develop clinical skills and work in a supportive environment focused on patient care. The job includes assessment, teaching, and management responsibilities with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Good annual leave and pension schemes

Health and wellbeing packages

Financial support systems

Salary sacrifice schemes and discounts

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC registration or Health Care Professional with HCPC.
• MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent qualification.
• Evidence of further education in relevant clinical settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and management of patients across several units.
• Work under supervision of consultants and support educational development.
• Manage frail patients and contribute to advancing care standards across departments.

Skills

Teaching Skills

Effective negotiating & leadership skills

Ability to work productively in a multidisciplinary environment

Excellent interpersonal skills

Excellent communication skills

Advanced Life Support provider

ECG interpretation

Cannulation

Venepuncture

Arterial Blood Gas performance and analysis

Education

Registered Nurse with Valid NMC registration

1st Degree or equivalent experience

MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent qualification)

Non-Medical Prescriber

Teaching qualification

Job description

Main area Frailty Assessment & HOOH Grade NHS AfC: Band 7/8a Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Out of Hours including weekends and Bank Holidays) Job ref 190-0324-DIR

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £46,148 - £60,504 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 23/06/2025

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Frailty Assessment & HOOH)

NHS AfC: Band 7/8a

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

An exciting career opportunity has arisen for a full-time job share opportunity within the Frailty Assessment/SDEC Unit and HOOH at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Band 7/8a depending on experience.

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop new clinical experience, skills and knowledge across the entire spectrum of the hospital out of hours and within Frailty Assessment Unit and SDEC.

Main duties of the job

The role provides specialist assessment and management of patients across our Frailty Assessment Unit, Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) and the HOOH Team under the supervision of a dynamic and supportive consultant body.

The successful candidate should have a friendly, compassionate and sensitive manner with a genuine desire and passion to help people. As this is a challenging role you must have the ability to demonstrate patience and empathy, with a good range of clinical skills, inspiring confidence and trust to all patients.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 7 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 8a.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• (Band 7/8a) Registered Nurse with Valid NMC registration or Health Care Professional and registered with HCPC with relevant clinical experience
• (Band 7/8a) 1st Degree or equivalent experience
• (Band 7/8a) MSc in Advanced Practice (or equivalent qualification) (or due to complete in the next 6 months)
• (Band 7/8a) Non-Medical Prescriber
• (Band 7/8a) Evidence of further education
• (Band 7/8a) Teaching qualification
• (Band 7/8a) Advanced Communications Course

Experience

• (Band 7/8a) Evidence of teaching within an Advanced Practice setting
• (Band 7/8a) Evidence of supporting educational development of Trainee ACP’s
• (Band 7/8a) Significant experience in Acute inpatient environments
• (Band 7/8a) Experience in teaching position/environment
• (Band 7/8a) Experience in managing frail patients

Skills and Knowledge

• (Band 7/8a) Teaching Skills
• (Band 7/8a) Effective negotiating & leadership skills
• (Band 7/8a) Ability to work productively in a multidisciplinary environment with commitment to working as a team member.
• (Band 7/8a) Ability to complete work to deadlines
• (Band 7/8a) Excellent interpersonal skills
• (Band 7/8a) Excellent communication skills
• (Band 7/8a) Advanced Life Support provider
• (Band 7/8a) ECG interpretation
• (Band 7/8a) Experience conducting, analysing, and presenting the results of Audit
• (Band 7/8a) Cannulation
• (Band 7/8a) Venepuncture
• (Band 7/8a) Verification of Death
• (Band 7/8a) Arterial Blood Gas performance and analysis
• (Band 7/8a) Advanced Life Support Instructor
• (Band 7/8a) Experience working across a variety of acute inpatient settings

Further Training

• (Band 7 / 8a ) Experience of Team leadership
• (Band 7 / 8a )Portfolio of evidence demonstrating practice across the four pillars
• (Band 8a) Sign off Portfolio with CASP or to be completed within the first year of working if external candidate.
• (Band 7 / 8a ) Leadership Course
• (Band 7 / 8a ) Complete (or significant portfolio evidence toward) specialist competencies

Other Factors

• (Band 7 / 8a) Willingness to work on night duty but also in and out of normal working hours
• (Band 7 / 8a) Ability to work autonomously and manage workload
• (Band 7 / 8a) Ability to work to deadlines

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Jen Harris Job title Nurse Consultant/ Clinical Lead for SDEC Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0114 2714507 Additional information

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