Advanced Practitioner Emergency Department/Paediatric

NHS; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is looking for an Advanced Practitioner for their Emergency Department, focusing on high-quality, patient-centered care within a dynamic setting. Applicants should have a strong clinical acumen, leadership skills, and a commitment to professional development. This full-time role supports the development of a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Pension scheme

NHS discount schemes

Health and wellbeing services

Qualifications

• Extensive post-registration experience and three years experience at band 7 or equivalent.
• Experience in complex case management and working independently at Advanced Practice level.
• Demonstrated leadership in clinical practice and evidence of involvement in audit/quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient-centred care with autonomy and independent clinical decision-making.
• Practice across clinical, leadership, and management pillars of Advanced Practice.
• Engage in multi-disciplinary team working and teach others in the team.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Motivation

Prioritization

Clinical supervision

Analytical skills

Risk management

Education

First-level degree or equivalent

NMC or HCPC registration

Masters in Advanced Practice

Qualified as a non-medical prescriber

Post-graduate management and/or leadership training

Qualification in teaching

Tools

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Advanced Practitioner Emergency Department/Paediatric

Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner looking to make a real impact in a dynamic and fast-paced emergency setting? We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated ACP to join our Emergency Department (ED) team, working predominately within our Children's Emergency Department. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of emergency care, playing a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a busy and diverse environment.

If you are passionate about emergency medicine and want to be part of a forward-thinking, patient-focused team, we would love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

The AP will be expected to practice across the four pillars of Advanced Practice: Clinical, Leadership and Management and Research. They will fulfil the expectations and capabilities outlined in the Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England.

An established/qualified AP will deliver patient-centred care with a high degree of autonomy, independent assessment and clinical decision-making.

About us

Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact [e-mail] (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on [e-mail] quoting the vacancy reference number."

Person Specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• First-level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) or equivalent in the undergraduate base profession
• NMC or HCPC registration
• Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent, which maps across the 4 pillars
• Qualified as a non-medical prescriber (if able under professional registration)
• Evidence of continuing professional development. (including further level 7 modules that support practice)
• Accreditation as an Advanced Practitioner of willingness to work towards (including NHSE digital badge) or Royal College of Emergency Medicine ACP portfolio.
• Post-graduate management and/or leadership training
• Qualification in teaching

EXPERIENCE

• Substantial post-registration experience and three years experience working at band 7 or equivalent.
• Experience in complex case management.
• Experience working independently at Advanced Practice level
• Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner, as per Job Description for role
• Demonstrate an in depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
• Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
• Experience of multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team working across service interfaces.
• Evidence of teaching and sharing knowledge with others in the MDT or externally to organisation.
• Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice
• Evidence of involvement of audit/quality improvement/successful change management
• Experience working in Emergency department or similar setting, extensive experience in paediatric emergency care

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Excellent effective verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated and have the ability to motivate others
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload
• Ability to educate and clinical supervise others in the promotion of high standards of patient care
• Commitment to training and continuous development of self and others
• Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Ability to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding.
• Ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
• Computer literate - word, excel, PowerPoint

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Ability to travel cross site and to community.
• Ability to work days/nights/rotation
• Enhanced level DBS

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.

Consultant Nurse in ED and Deputy SDU Lead

£53,755 to £60,504 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working