Trainee ACP in Haemoglobinopathies / ACP in Haemoglobinopathies

Lewisham and Greenwich; Greater London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to lead the haemoglobinopathy service across the Trust's sites in London. The role emphasises clinical autonomy, portfolio development, and interprofessional collaboration.

The post requires MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, V300 non-medical prescribing and a strong haematology background. 37.5 hours per week, permanent contract, progression to Band 8a after governance steps.

Qualifications

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and appropriate registration.
• Portfolio of Haematology practice or related specialty.
• Evidence of teaching, assessment or mentorship qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead clinical practice with high autonomy in haemoglobinopathies.
• Manage and develop ACP-led service across sites.
• Deliver advanced medical assessment, prescribing and management.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Haematology knowledge

Research and CPD

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

NMC/RN or HCPC registration

Degree in health subject

Portfolio in haemoglobinopathies

IMER certificate

Tools

Radiology knowledge

Job description

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Trainee ACP in Haemoglobinopathies / ACP in Haemoglobinopathies

Band 8a

Main area Haematology Grade Band 8a Contract Permanent: This post holder will progress to a Band 8a upon completion of the trust governance process which includes, a MSc in advanced practice, the completion of a trust portfolio of the relevant speciality and ratification from the trust ACP credentialing panel. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 197-KH8920

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the IC S in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and credentialed Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Haematology and Haemoglobinopathy service at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, as an advanced clinical practitioner in haemoglobinopathies, operating across both University Hospital Lewisham (UHL) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Trainee's will be considered for the role, dependent on experience and clinical and academic background.

This is a senior clinical leadership post responsible for the development and operational delivery of an ACP-led haematology service, with a primary focus on haemoglobinopathies, and secondary focus on wider haematology. The post holder will practise at the highest level of autonomy, supported by the Consultant Haematologist team and wider haematology multidisciplinary team, and will provide expert assessment, diagnosis, non-medical prescribing, and clinical management for patients across the full range of haemoglobinopathies.

Main duties of the job

The Lead ACP will hold direct line management responsibility for a portion of the haemoglobinopathies CNS team, and will play a key role in service improvement, governance, audit, workforce development, and education across both sites. The post is accountable to the Lead ACP for Haematology, and Head of Nursing for Cancer and Haematology, with professional oversight from the Lead ACP for Haematology, and clinical accountability to the Clinical Directors for Haematology at UHL and QEH.

The post holder will work 37.5 hours per week on a standard hours basis, with flexibility to accommodate both personal working patterns and evolving service requirements. This is an autonomous, innovative role with significant scope for clinical, academic, and professional development.

The successful candidate will hold a completed MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent NHSE-recognised credential, a V300 non-medical prescribing qualification, and a demonstrable portfolio evidencing advanced capabilities in haematology or a closely related acute medical speciality.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Delivery of the evidence based expert clinical care exercising a high degree of professional autonomy, demonstrating the ability to make sound decisions based on the knowledge and experience.

· Holistic individual consultation of patients using a range of different assessment methods including medical history taking, physical assessment, clinical investigations and risk stratifications tools, all of these appropriate to the presentation within the boundaries of the role.

· Orderandinterpretinvestigations,laboratorytests, appropriate imaging,andactonresultsasappropriate.

· Reach a valid, reliable, and comprehensive conclusion based the history and clinical findings.

· Initiatedrugtherapy/medicationwithintheparametersofagreedclinicalguidelinesandinaccordancewithpresentlegislationsupplyandprescribingofmedicines.

· Communicate with patients in ways that empowers them to make informed choices about their health and healthcare.

· Activelyimplement and manage, evidence basedtherapeutic programmes, which are in the interest of patient and improve health outcomes.

· Work in partnership with other clinical teams making appropriate referrals to optimise health outcomes and resources.

· In partnership with patients, clients and other professions, make sounds decision which are ethically based in the interest of patients and clients in the absence of precedents and protocols.

· Provide specialist knowledge, advice, resource information and support to clinical staff across the trust.

1. Service & Practice improvement

· Promote the improvement of quality and clinical effectiveness within the resource constraints.

· Develop practices that are appropriate to patient and service need thought understanding the wider implications of epidemiological, demographic, social, political, legislative, and professional trends and developments.

· Identify the need for change and proactively generate practice innovations to implement solutions to better meet the needs of patient and the service.

· Develop and undertake activities to monitor the progress and efficiency of the service and owns practice.

· Continually assess and monitor risk in their own and others practice and challenge others if necessary.

· Critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits, and apply the information when seeking to improve practice.

2. Management and Leadership

· Contribute to the development to the specialist service and act as a change agent and facilitate the change process whilst encouraging other to be innovative and adaptable in the approach to change.

· Work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to proactively develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health, outcomes, and healthcare delivery systems.

· Review and update documentation and policies specially required by the team.

· To be conversant with all the relevant Trust policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.

· Lead the team in establishing and maintaining effective communication channels with the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their careers and external agencies.

· Toworkcollaborativelywithrepresentativesofother clinicalareas,disciplinesandservicestoprovideaseamlesspathwayofcare.

· Coordinate, lead and manage the activities of clinics on a day to day basis.

· Assisting with the investigation of complaints and lead on the development of action plans to address areas of concern.

· Participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff.

· To represent the Trust on National forums related to the role and Advanced Clinical Practice.

· Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

3. Information management

· Adhere to confidentiality at all times with sensitive personal data.

· Responsible for the systematic monitoring of investigations and appointments, in collaboration with administration and managerial staff.

· Ensure compliance with care pathways and service development.

· Provide reports of the statistics, service and practice developments when required.

· Provide high standards of documentation in accordance with the Trust documentation policy.

4. Education and training

· To participate in teaching programmes for nursing in the care of patients relevant to the haemoglobinopathy service cross sites.

· To exhibit a personal commitment to clinical education and development. Work in collaborations with others to plan and deliver interventions to meet the learning and development needs of their own and other professions.

· Raise awareness of the current local, regional, national and international perspectives in clinical specialities.

· Provide training and education opportunities within the team, the Trust, local and national areas.

5. Audit and research

· Contribute/assistinthedevelopmentofmultidisciplinaryresearchandclinicalauditinthehaemophilia and haematology serviceand,implementingeffectiveandevidence-basedpractice

· Develop research skills and provide support and appropriate implementation strategies for changes in clinical practice.

· Participate and contribute to any on-going regional and national research to evaluate the effectiveness of care strategies related to the patient experience within emergency and unscheduled care.

· To share best practice; through publications and attendance/presentation opportunities at conference level

6. Resource Management

· Toapplysoundfinancialevaluationtoproposedservicedevelopments.

· Maintain accurate records in relation to equipment used and maintained by the haemoglobinopathies and haematology service team.

· To ensure that systems are in place to manage, reduce and prevent clinical risk to self and others within the RDC department.

· To monitor incidents highlighted by members of the emergency team and communicate to appropriate areas to address risk issues.

· Promote best practice in health & safety, utilising unit and Trust policies.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
• NMC Registered RN/RM or HCPC registered professional
• Degree in a relevant health subject
• Evidence of a haematology portfolio of practice or relevant specialty.
• Teaching/Assessment/Mentorship qualification (supervising and assessing).
• Level 7 Advanced physical assessment module
• Haematology/haemoglobinopathies related level 7 studies
• Research in practice qualifications
• IMER certificate

Knowledge

• Highly developed knowledge in haematology or related speciality underpinned by significant experience and relevant training
• Substantial experience obtaining a clinical history of the patient and conducting a focal physical assessment of the patient a underpinned by assessment models (ie medical consultation models,focal systems assessment)
• Able to record personally generated information, including clinical documentation skills maintaining accurate clinical and personal records. (i.e patient clerking, documentation of clinical results, reflections on patient care)
• Able to perform highly developed physical skills, where accuracy is important, but there is no specific requirement for speed. This level of skill may be required for manipulation of fine tools or materials such as canulation, phlebotomy, long line care and urinary catheter insertion.
• Sound judgment involving clinical decision making-skills evaluating complex clinical information, arriving to the formulation of differential diagnosis an evidence-based managements plans
• Experience of participating and conducting appraisals
• Experience in the use and maintenance of clinical equipment related to the speciality
• Evidence of conducting own research and publications
• Experience in advanced physical examination and clinical reasoning
• Experience in haematology relates procedures such as apheresis and long line insertion
• Competence in radiology requesting and interpretation
• Evidence of CPD related activity to enhance specialist knowledge in health-related specialty
• Able to develop physical skills which would require a high degree of accuracy and precision. Including the manipulation

Experience

• Extensive previous clinical experience in the acute care of children/adults.
• Senior experience of leadership within a service including the management of a group of staff.
• Experience in the development of junior staff in line with agreed pathways.
• Evidence on the knowledge an implementation of local clinical guidelines.
• Extensive experience of working autonomously in line with a scope of practice. Able to weigh evidence, clinical guidance and occupational policies and seek advice from peers and senior members of the clinical teams when required.
• Extensive experience communicating and receiving highly complex and/or sensitive information where negotiating, empathic skills to achieve agreement and cooperation with patients or other health professionals i.e complex referrals to other health professionals and tertiary centres.
• Evidence of implementing policies related to own area of work, these could be clinical or non‑clinical.
• Evidence on the delivery of core specialist training to nurses, doctors and AHPs.
• Evidence of leading on conducting audit/research.
• Experience in the management of patients presenting mental health complaints
• Experience managing own service budget
• Significant experience in a range of patients in acute care settings.
• Experience in teaching and assessment in clinical practice to nurses/doctors/CNS.
• Evidence of participating in academic publications

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Michael Barns Job title Lead ACP for Haematology and Consultant Paramedic Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07837943409