Advanced Clinical Practitioner Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

River Alliance of Wisconsin; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to enhance cardiac screening and treatment services for patients in substance misuse treatment hubs. This role will empower you to act as a clinical expert, collaborating with a multi-professional team to improve health outcomes for socially excluded individuals. You will take charge of developing specialized practices, providing education, and leading initiatives that tackle health inequalities. If you are passionate about making a difference in community health and possess advanced clinical skills, this opportunity is perfect for you to shine and impact lives positively.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Working Hours

Health and Wellness Programs

Qualifications

• Experience in advanced clinical practice with a focus on cardiac disease.
• Registered Nurse with expertise in managing complex patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead nurse-led clinics and manage patients with cardiac disease.
• Provide expert clinical advice and develop quality care services.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practice

Cardiac Disease Management

Nurse-led Clinics

Patient Advocacy

Therapeutic Communication

Clinical Governance

Education

Registered Nurse

Advanced Clinical Practice Qualification

Tools

Clinical Audit Tools

Patient Management Systems

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to support a project to provide cardiac screening and treatment for patients attending substance misuse treatment hubs.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the Multi-Professional team, patients, and carers within their Speciality Service.

The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (Head of operations, Lead Clinician, ADN, Matron, etc.) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered.

Principal Accountabilities

1. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate pathways of screening and management of cardiac disease in patients attending the Drug and Alcohol Services.
2. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will function independently or within a clinical team and will demonstrate competence complementary to the doctor’s role in the delivery of health care.
3. Provide expert advice and clinical practice to members of the community who experience social exclusion, known as inclusion health, who may have cardiac disease.
4. Work collaboratively and co-operatively with health care professionals in the drug and alcohol services and other services delivering the multi-modal clinic to develop services and ensure quality care is delivered.
5. Provide expert advice and ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging, and changing practice within the clinical setting.
6. Provide inclusion health education and support to patients accessing the service, which aligns to the Core20PLUS5 by reducing health inequalities.
7. Undertake nurse-led clinics, undertaking full assessment, triage to MDT, and diagnostics.
8. Undertake audit/research and support quality improvement initiatives that tackle health inequalities and inclusion health.
9. Be a non-medical prescriber and maintain a portfolio of prescribing activity for patients requiring medicine optimization for chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular health.
10. Monitor and evaluate the service and develop according to need, within the limitation of resource.

Clinical Responsibilities

1. Undertake nurse-led community clinics for patients with inclusion health that may have cardiac disease.
2. Prescribe and optimise medications for patients with cardiac disease and associated cardiovascular risks.
3. Management of patients to incorporate physiological, psychological and pharmacological considerations, making multifaceted complex decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes, including where appropriate discharging patients from the service when treatment is complete/optimum outcome achieved.
4. Initiate investigations, interpret clinical laboratory results and plan treatment within agreed protocols using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
5. Assess response to treatment and escalate complex cases to the medical team for multi-disciplinary discussion.
6. Independently adjust treatment plans according to need assessing appropriate management options, and initiate treatment or referral to an appropriate professional where necessary.
7. Request radiological investigations where required and adjust patients’ management plan accordingly.
8. Request therapeutic procedures/interventions and evaluate the outcome of these interventions.
9. Provide education and counselling to patients on a range of treatment options available.
10. Provide regular written reports to patients, GPs, and other members of the primary care team.
11. Provide/Facilitate interventions which are evidence-based and individualised to the patients’ needs.
12. Provide effective communication both written and verbal with regards to the management of patients within the community.
13. Use effective therapeutic communication skills at an advanced level.
14. Assessment of social and domestic circumstances.
15. Act as the patient advocate.

Management and Leadership

1. Support the development of advanced clinical practice within specialty and trust-wide.
2. Establish close liaison and communication between all disciplines involved in the care of patients and their families and work in partnership with practitioners.
3. Manage own training pathway, identify gaps in learning and maintain own portfolio of evidence.
4. Develop and sustain close working relationships, partnerships and networks and draw upon multi-agency/interprofessional resources where appropriate in order to improve health contributing to the Core20PLUS5.
5. Work collaboratively with other specialty colleagues to develop a comprehensive unified disease management pathway for patients attending the Drug & Alcohol Services.

Education and Development

1. Develop and evaluate educational material for patients.
2. Provide education to patients during clinical review.
3. Develop own “expert” clinical knowledge and participate in the development and education of others' clinical knowledge through informal & formal teaching.
4. Ensure own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and PREP requirements.
5. Ensure clinical skill set is measured to four pillars of advanced clinical practice.

Audit and Research

1. Present relevant research/audit findings for discussion and implementation as part of continuous quality improvement.
2. Registered Nurses at LUHFT have a responsibility to maintain active status on NMC Register.
3. Act always in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct and guiding documents.
4. Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
5. Maintain up-to-date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
6. Maintain a professional portfolio.

Clinical Governance

1. Ensure compliance with policies, procedures and clinical guidelines for self and others, participate in the development of the same.
2. Continually monitor standards of care and participate in the improvement of care, through benchmarking, audit and research.
3. Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement.
4. Ensure that national policy guidance and targets in relation to clinical governance and the NHS plan are implemented.
5. Ensure that the quality and timeliness of recorded patient information is in accordance with internal, local and national requirements.
6. Promote equality, diversity and rights of individuals and through influencing policy and practice.

This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025.