Job summary
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? We are seeking an Associate Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our supportive, friendly and forward-thinking team within the South Gloucestershire Locality.
You will work under the guidance of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to identify and case manage individuals with highly complex needs, who require intensive community support. Your focus will be on achieving and demonstrating overall improvements in health care for service users who are frail and have several long term conditions.
You will also work in partnership with the wider team, including ACPs within both Long Term Conditions and Urgent Care, and other colleagues throughout the locality.
The Locality consists of:
- Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- Associate Advanced Clinical Practitioners
- Community Nurses
- Community Therapists
- Paramedics
- Community Support Workers
- Administrators
Main duties of the job
- Provide a service that focuses on achieving and demonstrating overall improvements in healthcare for complex/frail service users.
- Contribute to the clinical leadership to ensure high quality and harm free care.
- Work collaboratively with the ACPs and INT Managers to ensure all staff competencies are up to date.
- Undertake relevant external university based masters level courses to support development of the ACP role.
- Support the ACPs with facilitating and delivering clinical training and education within the INT in managing those individuals with long term conditions.
- Develop and maintain strong, communicative working relationships with hospital staff, primary care service providers and other stakeholders.
- Work as an autonomous practitioner, actively use and promote shared decision making and empowerment of service users to improve self-management of their long term conditions.
- Work in partnership with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
- Lead by example and be a role model for the team.
About us
We are Sirona care & health, a Community Interest Company committed to providing local communities with a range of high-quality specialist healthcare services across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. For us, it's about the personal approach; we take pride in what we do and deliver the high standard of care we would expect for ourselves and our families.
At Sirona, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of colleagues, people and communities. We welcome applications from all who feel they have the skills and attributes to make a real difference.
Benefits:
We offer NHS Agenda for Change Salary, Terms and Conditions and the NHS pension scheme plus much more!Please see the benefits leaflet attached to this advert for details.
We offer NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) salary including annual leave supplement, Stakeholder pension, a range of health and wellbeing incentives, high street discounts, plus much more!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC/HCPC or other relevant professional body.
- Degree level qualification or equivalent.
- Evidence of ability to study at Masters level clinical qualification.
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
Desirable
- Masters level clinical qualification.
- Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience.
- Physical Examination and Diagnostic Reasoning Module (or equivalent) at Masters Level or willingness to undertake.
- Non-Medical Independent & Supplementary Prescriber or willingness to undertake.
- Pharmacology and Prescribing Module at Masters Level.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing patients with long term condition.
- Experience of working with acutely unwell patients.
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and shared decision making.
- Ability to communicate complex clinical information.
- Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries to improve care.
- Experience of working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current registration with NMC/HCPC or other relevant professional body.
- Degree level qualification or equivalent.
- Evidence of ability to study at Masters level clinical qualification.
- Evidence of continuous personal and professional development.
Desirable
- Masters level clinical qualification.
- Coaching / Teaching and Assessing qualification / experience.
- Physical Examination and Diagnostic Reasoning Module (or equivalent) at Masters Level or willingness to undertake.
- Non-Medical Independent & Supplementary Prescriber or willingness to undertake.
- Pharmacology and Prescribing Module at Masters Level.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Experience of managing patients with long term condition.
- Experience of working with acutely unwell patients.
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy and shared decision making.
- Ability to communicate complex clinical information.
- Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries to improve care.
- Experience of working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
