Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Acute Medicine

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust is seeking a Trainee ACP to provide essential clinical care within the Acute Medical Unit across multiple sites. The role involves a comprehensive training programme with increasing responsibilities, focused on patient care and professional accountability within NHS guidelines. Successful candidates will develop skills in advanced practice and patient assessment in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Completion of relevant training programme within 3 years.
• Advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and participate in clinical care of patients.
• Prioritise health needs and intervene appropriately.
• Provide comprehensive health assessments based on specialist knowledge.

Skills

Clinical care participation

Health assessment

Accountability in practice

Job description

Job Overview

INTERNAL VACANCY

There is an expectation that you will successfully complete your training programme in 3 years. You will be supported with 15 hours of non-clinical time per week and required to work clinically 22.5 hours per week for years 1 and 2, subject to change depending on clinical and academic requirements. These hours will be between Monday - Friday, 0900-1700 hours, but may change when on rotation to other areas outside of Acute Medicine. In year 3, you will be expected to work 37.5 hours in clinical practice. Once you have completed all your internal competencies and academic study/exams successfully, you will undergo a sign-off appraisal to progress to a Band 8a Trained ACP role if all criteria are met.

Upon commencing a trained ACP role, you will be required to cover a 24/7 rota in line with service needs and working requirements. In both your training and trained posts, regardless of base, you will be required to work cross-site.

As part of your induction, you will be required to sign the "Commitment by Financially Sponsored Employees" document, which is part of the Trust’s Development and Training Support Policy. This confirms that if you leave the Trust before completing your development (unless your contract is terminated by the Trust for reasons other than misconduct), you undertake to repay in full the proportion of fees contributed by the Trust.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients attending the Acute Medical Unit and inpatients of the Trust.
• Prioritise health needs and intervene appropriately.
• Be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken, practicing at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability within Trust policies and the Nursing and Midwifery Code of Conduct (2008) or HCPC.
• Provide a comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge.

Working for our organisation

This post will work for The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust within the Acute Medicine footprint, covering both RSH and PRH sites.

Our aim at SaTH is to empower colleagues at all levels to have the confidence, capability, passion, and knowledge to test changes and make improvements at SaTH and the communities we serve.