Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Same Day Emergency Care

Northern Care Alliance Nhs Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) team in Oldham. The post is full-time and permanent, requiring an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and a passion for admission avoidance.

You will autonomously assess and manage diverse SDEC cases, working within a supportive multi-disciplinary group, and collaborating with ED and primary care referrals to optimise patient flow.

Qualifications

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice required.
• V300 Non-medical prescribing experience preferred.
• Experience as ACP in medicine/SDEC/urgent care/A&E.
• Ability to work independently and autonomously.
• Experience managing elderly patients with frailty syndromes.
• Evidence of change management.
• Experience undertaking clinical audits.

Responsibilities

• Autonomously assess, investigate and manage same day emergency medical patients.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to develop tailored management plans.
• Support in-reach into ED and process referrals from GP practices and NWAS.

Skills

Autonomy

Clinical judgement

Interpersonal skills

Collaboration

Patient-centred care

Education

MSc Advanced Practice

Tools

Non-medical prescribing (V300)

Job description

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join medical Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) within the Directorate of Urgent and Emergency Care at Oldham Care Organisation. This is a permanent, full time position 37.5 hours per week). An MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice is essential, however we welcome applications from newly qualified, almost qualified and experienced ACP's who have a real passion in admission avoidance.

SDEC boasts a diverse team of ACP's who are supported by medical and nursing staff. Autonomously assessing, investigating and managing same day emergency medical patients will be your primary role; also, you will in-reach into the Emergency Department (ED) as well as supporting referrals from GP's and NWAS. The ACP team together with the consultant Clinical Lead, the nursing team and clerical staff are committed to the ongoing success of SDEC through innovative pathway development and collaborative working, both in secondary and primary care. Essentially, we strive to ensure the right person receives access to the right care at the right time, by the right person.

Patient experience of SDEC is of fundamental importance to our reputation and growth and we work hard to exceed patient expectations; you will possess highly developed interpersonal skills and be an authentic and values based individual.

Main duties of the job

Your clinical caseload will be diverse and case management should be underpinned by a dedicated approach to patient-centred care and collaborative working alongside our multi-disciplinary teams, to ensure a tailored management plan is put in place which addresses both current issues and proactively looks to prevent potential issues which may arise. Sound clinical reasoning and risk management are key skills required to ensure that we can safely avoid admissions and continue to monitor patients via an ambulatory pathway.

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 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

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Practice
• V300 Non-medical prescribing
• Experience working as an ACP within medicine/SDEC/urgent care /A&E.
• Ability to working independetly and autonomously
• Experience of managing elderly patients with frailty syndromes.
• Evidence of effective change management
• Experience of undertaking clinical audit

Essential

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.

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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Same Day Emergency Care • Oldham, United Kingdom