Clinical Lead Advanced Practitioner for Community Hospital

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; Presencial; GBP 48 000 - 64 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust in Gloucester is seeking an experienced Advanced Practitioner to provide visible clinical leadership across Community Hospitals. The post supports APs and trainee APs to develop and thrive within a transformative service.

You will lead governance, education and development for Advanced Practice, supervise and mentor APs, and maintain regular advanced clinical practice while guiding the wider MDT to deliver high-quality patient care.

Responsabilidades

• Developing and strengthening the Advanced Practice workforce across the directorate.
• Supporting the education, supervision and progression of APs and tAPs.
• Developing robust governance and assurance arrangements for Advanced Practice.
• Providing senior clinical leadership and maintaining regular clinical practice.
• Leading and supporting quality improvement, audit, research and evidence-based practice.
• Contributing to workforce planning, recruitment, retention and service development.
• Working across professional and organisational boundaries to influence change and promote safe, effective and high-quality patient care.

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join our Directorate at a time of service development and transformation.

Working alongside the Service Director, Clinical Director and Medical Leadership Team, you will provide visible and credible clinical leadership across Community Hospitals, supporting our APs and trainee APs to develop and thrive. Working with senior clinical and operational colleagues, you will help shape our Advanced Practice workforce, strengthen governance and education, and ensure Advanced Practitioners are at the heart of developing high-quality patient care.

Working collaboratively with senior clinical and operational colleagues, the post holder will lead the development of robust governance, education and development arrangements for Advanced Practice. They will support APs and tAPs to develop across the four pillars of Advanced Practice, providing clinical and educational supervision, mentorship, coaching and pastoral support.

The post holder will maintain a visible clinical presence, undertaking regular advanced clinical practice within our inpatient physical health services and providing expert advice, leadership and supervision to APs and the wider multidisciplinary team.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Developing and strengthening the Advanced Practice workforce across the directorate.
• Supporting the education, supervision and progression of APs and tAPs.
• Developing robust governance and assurance arrangements for Advanced Practice.
• Providing senior clinical leadership and maintaining regular clinical practice.
• Leading and supporting quality improvement, audit, research and evidence-based practice.
• Contributing to workforce planning, recruitment, retention and service development.
• Working across professional and organisational boundaries to influence change and promote safe, effective and high-quality patient care.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a divers e range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

The post holder will:

• Provide visible clinical and professional leadership to Advanced Practitioners (APs) and trainee Advanced Practitioners (tAPs), supporting development across the four pillars of Advanced Practice.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, retention and development of the Advanced Practice workforce.
• Lead and strengthen governance, supervision and development arrangements for Advanced Practice, working closely with clinical, operational and education colleagues.
• Provide clinical and educational supervision, coaching, mentorship and pastoral support to APs and tAPs.
• Maintain regular advanced clinical practice, providing expert clinical leadership and support to the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Lead and contribute to quality improvement, clinical governance, audit, research and education, promoting evidence-based and high-quality patient care.
• Work collaboratively with senior leaders to develop services, influence practice and maximise the contribution of Advanced Practitioners across the directorate.