Advanced Practitioner 111 and IUC CAS

North East Ambulance Service; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an Advanced Practitioner to join their dynamic team in providing exceptional emergency care. This role involves autonomous practice, complex decision-making, and leading clinical assessments to ensure patients receive the best possible treatment. You will work across various settings, utilizing your expertise to manage diverse caseloads while collaborating with a dedicated team. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a mission of safe and effective care, making a real difference in the community. If you are passionate about patient care and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Health Care Professional with current registration.
• Extensive experience in Emergency/Urgent/Unscheduled Care.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical assessments and treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Lead and manage clinical teams effectively.

Skills

Clinical Assessment

Leadership Skills

Emergency Care Knowledge

Autonomous Practice

Complex Decision Making

Education

Relevant Degree Level

Advanced Clinical Assessment Course

Independent Prescribing Qualification

Job description

Job overview

• TheAdvanced Practitioner(IUC-CAS) is an experienced clinician who can demonstrate a high level of autonomous practice and complex decision making. This is underpinned byDegree level education or equivalent (or RCN Accreditation), covering the four pillars of advanced practice; clinical practice, leadership and education, research, education.
• Successful applicants will provide an expert level of clinical assessment and support to the care and treatment of a diverse and undetermined caseload of patients within Emergency, Urgent and Unscheduled care areas.
• The practitioner will achieve this by using theirin-depth knowledgeexperience and broad range of techniques, to assess, investigate, interpret, diagnose, treat and refer or discharge patients.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Practitioner will undertake clinical assessment to form a diagnosis and provide a treatment plan, which may include prescribing.

Patient assessment will involve telephone and some video conferencing consultations.

As an Adv Prac in the IUC-CAS you will work across a variety of settings, being the first point of contact at an appropriate place and time.

The post holder will provide expert clinical and professional leadership and work collaboratively as part of the team to deliver a high quality service that meets the health and social care needs of all patients.

Working for your organisation

We employ 3,500 staff in 63 locations and serve a population of 2,600,000 in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and Tees over 3230 square miles.

Many people think the job of the ambulance service is to collect patients and take them to hospital, but we do much more!

Paramedic skills have developed hugely in recent years, meaning we carry out more treatment at the scene and en-route to hospital.

We have a dedicated clinical assessment service that allows us to provide patients with the most appropriate care from the beginning of the patient journey.

We have a specialised branch of the Trust called HART which deal with explosions or terrorist attacks.

Ultimately patients are the heart of everything that we do to support our mission of "safe, effective and responsive care for all".

We value and respect the diversity employees bring to our workplace. We recruit a workforce that reflects the community we serve, and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. To ensure we deliver on our aims in relation to diversity and inclusion we assess ourselves against a range of frameworks. We are ENEI Gold employer, Disability Confident Leader, Dyslexia Smart Award employer, Dementia Friendly, and part of Mind Blue Light programme and the Race at Work Charter from the Princes Responsible Business Network and are achieving across all objectives in NHS Equality Delivery System.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description document in order to access the full responsibilities of the CAS Advanced Practitioner role.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name

Sabrina Harvey

Job title

Recruitment Coordinator

Email address

[e-mail]

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

Maximum score 12

• Regulated Health Care Professional with current registration. (e.g. HCPC/NMC)
• Relevant Degree Level modules or equivalent experience of working at a senior clinical level.
• Advanced Clinical Assessment and Management course (min 30 credits/ Level 6).
• Additional professional knowledge acquired through specialist training, experience or other significant accredited courses.
• Evidence of significant ongoing professional development.
• Independent Prescribing Qualification or willing to work towards

Desirable criteria

Maximum score 6

• Leadership modules
• Teaching / Mentoring Qualification
• Current Advanced Life Support Course (ALS) / Immediate Life Support Course (ILS)

KNOWLEDGE

Essential criteria

Maximum score 6

• Ability to apply research findings and support evidence based practice.
• Have current knowledge of developments within Emergency/Unscheduled Care and the wider healthcare economy.
• Understanding of Safeguarding procedures for vulnerable adults, children and young people.

Desirable criteria

Maximum score 2

• Experience of monitoring and auditing of standards of care within the Unscheduled Care Service.

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria

Maximum score 14

• Extensive experience working in Emergency/Urgent/Unscheduled Care relevant to the post.
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner undertaking complex assessments and management of own caseload.
• Excellent leadership skills, experience in clinical team management including performance management.
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of developing and implementing clinical protocols, clinical pathways and clinical policies
• Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies and professionals and across organisational boundaries.
• Experience of successfully working to deadlines and completing tasks.

Other

Essential criteria

Maximum score 4

• Licence must be current and valid in the UK
• Must have held a full UK manual car licence for a minimum of 2 years (in conjunction with The Road Traffic new driver act 1995)

Desirable criteria

Maximum score 1

• Licence to include driving vehicles of categories C1.