Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Winchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for their new Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester. The role involves delivering high-quality care for patients undergoing elective joint replacement surgery, leading a multidisciplinary team, and fostering a culture of innovation and improvement. Candidates should possess an MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice and relevant clinical leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional on relevant part of the NMC/HCPC Register.
• Proven clinical leadership skills.
• Recent experience in relevant specialty (e.g., Orthopaedics).

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality service for elective joint replacement surgery.
• Provide clinical leadership and supervision for trainee ACPs.
• Coordinate admissions and discharge planning for arthroplasty patients.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Quality Management

Elective Surgery Experience

Education

MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice

Registered healthcare professional

Job description

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

We are excited to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester, scheduled for July 2025. This new facility is a testament to our Trust's ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities.

The ACP role is a state-of-the-art role in the field of advanced practice, which crosses professional boundaries, undertaking traditional medical roles and leading inter-professional practice. It is a model of excellence in the delivery of holistic care to arthroplasty patients at the exciting newly opening Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre. If this role appeals to you, do not hesitate to contact us for an informal visit to share our vision, commitment, and a friendly approach.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be involved in establishing and delivering a high-quality service using state of the art models of care, for patients undergoing elective joint replacement surgery by facilitating an ambulatory lower limb arthroplasty pathway. In addition to clinical supervision of the trainees, you will work with key stakeholders to develop clinical pathways, audit and governance structures, that will establish a culture of innovation, productivity and constant improvement amongst the wider multidisciplinary team. Ultimately, this will result in the provision of medical care for day case and inpatient arthroplasty patients; the coordination of admissions and list planning; discharge planning and liaising with Anaesthetic and Surgical Consultants, escalating where appropriate.

If this role appeals and you have the required knowledge, experience, skills, motivation and resourcefulness we welcome your application.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will perform at an advanced level under the core capabilities across the four pillars of Advanced Practice (Health Education England Multi-Professional Framework 2017):

• Clinical Practice
• Leadership and Management
• Research
• Education

To deliver an advanced level of practice within a specialist field, acting as a role model.

The ACP will practice both independently and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team under the clinical supervision delegated by a consultant and/or Specialist Registrar and/or under the guidance of the Lead ACP.

The post holder will use collaborative and independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement, manage, and evaluate the clinical care and management of the patients.

Responsible for providing clinical leadership, supervision, and structured teaching for trainee ACPs and the wider multidisciplinary team to facilitate ongoing training and education.

The post holder will work within a team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners providing consistent medical cover to the Central Hampshire Orthopaedic Hub. They will be involved in establishing and delivering a high-quality service using state of the art models of care for patients undergoing elective joint replacement surgery, facilitating an ambulatory arthroplasty pathway.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered healthcare professional on relevant part of the NMC/ HCPC Register
• MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Proven Clinical Leadership Skills

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification
• Leadership qualification

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Recent experience in relevant speciality (for example Orthopaedics)
• Evidence of Managerial Responsibilities
• Proven close working relationships with clinical colleagues
• Current experience of audit, research and development
• Experience in designing or delivering teaching programmes

Desirable criteria

• Awareness of budgetary responsibilities

Skills & Ability

Essential criteria

• Understanding of and desire to lead on quality issues
• Experience of working with elective surgery

Desirable criteria

• Quality management and experience of accreditation

Our commitment to you:

We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

The paperwork:

• HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
• Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
• All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
• In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
• This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Advanced Clinical Practitioner 8a - HOC (PDF, 472.6KB)
• HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
• Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)