Advanced Specialist Practitioner: Colorectal Surgery

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Advanced Specialist Practitioner to join their dedicated team in Colorectal Surgery. This pioneering role offers a unique opportunity to utilize advanced clinical skills and knowledge while collaborating with a supportive team of clinicians. You will play a vital role in overseeing both elective and emergency surgical cases, making critical decisions to ensure optimal patient outcomes. With robust support for your professional development, this position is perfect for those looking to enhance their clinical and leadership skills in a dynamic healthcare environment. Join a team where your contributions truly make a difference in patient care and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be educated to master's level in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• High level of advanced clinical expertise required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multidisciplinary care of Colorectal patients.
• Drive improvements to care standards and clinical audits.
• Lead on developments within elective and emergency pathways.

Skills

Advanced Clinical Practice

Critical Decision Making

Clinical Leadership

Evidence-Based Practice

Research Activity

Education

Master's in Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Job summary

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? A remarkable chance has arisen for an Advanced Specialist Practitioner to join our dynamic team of dedicated clinicians in Colorectal Surgery. This role offers a unique opportunity to utilise your advanced skills and knowledge to support patients throughout emergency and elective Colorectal surgical pathways, following Trust and speciality guidelines whilst being supported by registrar and consultant colleagues. This is a perfect opportunity for a qualified individual to work alongside a welcoming and supportive team. Could this be you?

In this role, you'll receive robust support to develop your clinical and leadership skills. We offer a tailor-made development programme designed to match your skill set and experience. You should be educated to master's level in Advanced Clinical Practice. You will benefit from the guidance of a supportive consultant mentor and the opportunity to develop specific competencies.

The role of Colorectal Advanced Specialist Practitioner is a pioneering position that we are proud to support.

Main duties of the job

1. You will play a vital role in the multidisciplinary care of Colorectal patients, collaborating closely with medical colleagues to oversee both elective and emergency surgical cases, from pre-operative assessments to post-operative recovery.
2. This position calls for a high level of advanced clinical expertise, where you'll be entrusted with making critical decisions and applying your professional judgement to ensure the best patient outcomes. Your skills and knowledge will be showcased through a portfolio of evidence and clinical competence, complemented by an appropriate MSc qualification.
3. You will be instrumental in driving improvements to care standards, ensuring adherence to Colorectal guidelines through supervision, clinical audits, and evidence-based practices. As a key leader, you'll provide professional guidance to colleagues, nurturing a culture of excellence and supporting Physician Associates within the Colorectal service.
4. Your leadership will extend to championing the implementation of cutting-edge research, integrating new findings into practice and contributing to the growing body of evidence through research and audits. You'll also have a significant role in clinical governance, leading audits, attending strategic meetings, and participating in morbidity and mortality reviews to refine and elevate practice.

About us

We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Date posted: 02 May 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 8a

Salary: £53,755 to £60,504 a year Per Annum, Pro Rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 438-PB2646

Job locations: Royal Preston Hospital, Sharoe Green Lane, Preston, PR2 9HT

Job description

Job responsibilities

To practice autonomously with a high level of accountability at a specialist clinical level in the direct delivery of high quality care, making critical clinical decisions based on specialist clinical skills assessment.

Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others and delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and clients.

To provide clear leadership and direction to support both the medical and nursing teams acting as a role model for the Trust, presenting a positive image to patients and staff.

Advocate and contribute to the development of an organisational culture that supports continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice and succession planning.

Be an active participant in Morbidity and Mortality reviews and in the investigation of incidents with a focus on shared learning and improvement.

Critically engage in research activity, adhering to good research practice guidance, so that evidence-based strategies are developed and applied to enhance quality, safety, productivity and value for money.

Lead on developments within the elective and emergency pathways, championing enhanced recovery and service improvement.

In conjunction with the medical staff, be responsible for co-ordinating the admission, assessment and discharge arrangements for elective and emergency Colorectal patients.

Support any patient speciality on the ward 11 elective pathway in the prescription of medications and basic interventions as required in the absence of the specialist team.