Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Care Home Visiting

Lincolnshire Community Health Services Nhs Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Urgent Care Home Visiting Team in Lincoln. The successful candidate will provide autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment for undifferentiated conditions and lead on audits and research.

You will hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or HEE portfolio route) and a non-medical prescribing qualification where appropriate, with proven leadership and

Qualifications

• Registered Health Care Professional with current registration
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or evidence for HEE portfolio route
• Teaching and Assessing course or willingness to complete
• Clinical supervision/training course
• Substantial post-registration autonomous practice
• Experience in clinical leadership
• Experience in multi-professional settings and teamworking
• Experience in leading service improvement and research
• Portfolio of supervised practice in a specialist area

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous care to patients as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Support audit and research activities and contribute to CPD portfolio
• Work pattern 0800-2030, 7 days a week including bank holidays

Skills

Autonomous practice

Clinical leadership

Multi-professional teamwork

Portfolio evidence

Evidence-based improvement

Non-medical prescribing

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Job summary

Are you a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner?

Come and join us at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Urgent Care Home Visiting Team.

Main duties of the job

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate that they are able to meet the essential criteria in the person specification and can provide evidence of significant experience in their specialist field. You will be required to have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or have completed the Health Education England supported portfolio route to accreditation. Candidates will also hold a non-medical prescribing qualification where appropriate.

We are looking for people who can demonstrate the right values and behaviours and have excellent leadership and communications skills. Portfolio evidence of core capability across all four Pillars of Advanced Practice is expected.

As part of a team, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, being accountable for independent clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions. The role will include developing audit and research projects, providing ongoing supervision and support to medical and non-medical colleagues, and play a pivotal role in the operational development of their specialty. The post holder can expected protected time to fulfil these duties and maintain their continuing professional development portfolio.

This post is within our Urgent Care Home Visiting Team which support patients that require a urgent health care need. The service is 24/7, with ACP shift patterns of 0800-2030, 7 days a week.

About us

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev

Job responsibilities

Successful applicants will provide autonomous care to patients a part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Please see attached job description and person specification for detailed outline of the roles main duties.

The current vacancy is for a full time role with shift patterns of 0800-2030, 7 days a week, including bank holidays.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Health Care Professional holding current registration with appropriate regulatory body
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or sufficient evidence to support an application onto the HEE supported portfolio route for accreditation
• Teaching and Assessing course (e.g. Mentor Preparation, SLIP, Clinical Educator course, PGCE), SSSA or a willingness to complete.
• Clinical supervision/training course
• Substantial post registration relevant experience working autonomously at an advanced level and can demonstrate transferrable skills.
• Experience of clinical leadership.
• Experience of working within multi professional settings with consolidated clinical practice and contributing to effective team working.
• Experience of leading evidenced service improvement and innovation through service/practice development initiatives, audit or research.
• Completed portfolio of supervised practice in specialist area

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

UK Registration

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

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).