Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

NHS; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Rotherham is looking for a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join their Acute Response Team. This role involves providing leadership and education to manage acutely ill patients, supporting multi-disciplinary teams, and ensuring effective patient care. Ideal candidates will hold a degree and have experience in acute settings. The salary ranges from £47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Evidence of Ongoing Professional Development.
• Qualified in Non-Medical Prescribing (v300) if applicable.
• Portfolio evidencing competency as an ACP.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise, leadership, collaboration and education.
• Engage with multi-disciplinary team for patient management.
• Initiate investigations and interpret results for clinical diagnosis.
• Support trust-wide education in recognizing deteriorating patients.

Skills

Excellent Communication skills

Leadership and change management skills

Organisational abilities

Education

Degree level Qualification

Teaching/ Mentorship Qualification

Current Professional Registration - NMC

Msc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent

Job description

A unique opportunity has arisento join the Acute Response Team as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner.The ART is a recently formed innovative team and we now have opportunity toexpand the team. The ART covers a 24/7 service responding to referrals forunwell and deteriorating patients across all adult wards and departments at TheRotherham NHS Foundation Trust, monitoring of ICU step downs and providestrust-wide education on NEWS2 & management of deteriorating patients whilstalso providing some support to the out of hours medical teams. We are seekingto recruit an enthusiastic, innovative, and driven individual to the AcuteResponse Team from nursing or AHP background, applicants should have experienceof caring for acutely ill patients ideally within critical care/emergencydepartment or similar backgrounds.Interested candidates are encouraged to discussthe post with the named recruitment lead and an informal visit can be arranged

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provideclinical expertise, leadership, collaboration and education to ensure thatpatients at risk of deterioration gain effective, appropriate and timely care.The trainee ACP (post holder) will engage directly with all members of themulti-disciplinary team in the prevention of and management of deterioratingpatients working closely with the on call medical and critical care teams. Thepost holder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, initiateinvestigations and interpret their results so clinical diagnosis can bedetermined and appropriate treatment initiated. The post holder will useadvanced knowledge and skills to provide autonomous practice to patientsincluding independent clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of patientsat risk of deterioration, preventing admission to critical care and whererequired supporting that admission. The post holder will support trust wideeducation of staff in recognising and responding to deteriorating patients.

About us

The RotherhamNHS Foundation Trust (TRFT) is a combined acute and community Trust serving ourlocal population of around 270,000 people. Our vision is to always act theright way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities ofRotherham

As a Trust weare on a journey to excellence and our people and culture are at the heart ofeverything we do for patients. In the latest NHS Staff Survey, we are thesecond most improved Trust in England for would you recommend the Trust as aplace to work?, and were one of the most improved for staff engagementoverall

But don't justtake our word for it each year hundreds of colleagues receive nominations forour Excellence and Proud awards, showcasing our brilliant people andrecognising their achievements. Our people make a difference to the lives ofpatients every day and we are proud of the improvements we are making

All of our colleagues are key to our journey, and we are continuing to improveour services by upholding the Trusts values of Ambitious, Caring and Together.If you are passionate about making a difference, then please apply to join uson our journey to excellence

Certificates of Sponsorship

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health & care visa route please use the link below to check your eligibility. Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) band 2 and band 3 roles are no longer eligible for sponsorship.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specificationfor the full details about the role and the responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree level Qualification
• Teaching/ Mentorship Qualification
• Evidence of Ongoing Professional Development
• Qualified in Non-Medical Prescribing (v300) If applicable for the ACPs Role
• Msc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
• Current Advanced Life Support Qualification (Essential if Inpatient or UECC ACP, Desirable if Community or non-inpatient ACP)
• Portfolio evidencing competency as an ACP

Experience

• Demonstrate experience in a senior post
• Experience in multi-disciplinary staff working
• Experience of working with acutely ill patients
• Experience of working independently
• Experience in education of staff

knowledge

• Excellent Communication skills with clear written and oral skills
• Effective organisational abilities, supervisory skills, leadership and change management skills
• Awareness of current health service priorities, national and local nursing and quality agenda

Registration

• Current Professional Registration - NMC

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.

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum, pro rata