Advanced Care Practitioner

Job summary

Advanced Care Practitioner

Full-time posts x 2

The post holder will be responsible for establishing, delivering and leading a comprehensive Medical Care service within the Trust in line with the regional and national Same Day Emergency Care recommendations and guidance and pathways agreed with the local CCG, (Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group).

The post holder will provide early clinical decision making for patients with a variety of acute presentations but particularly in the case of established SDEC pathways. The post holder will be practising autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) within the Same Day Emergency Care to provide patient-centred quality care.

Interviews: tbc

Main duties of the job

Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care.

Provide expert advice and clinical practice. A level of advanced and comprehensive nursing assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge

Provide specialist education and training to others. Direct responsibility for the management of patients within own case load and supervision / development of junior members of the multidisciplinary team

Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop services and quality of care delivered.

In conjunction with the acute Consultant Physician for SDEC, lead on the development of the service.

Take responsibility for the development and implementation of policies, procedures and guidelines relevant to own area of work.

Promote patient and public involvement activities in the specialist area, leading to service improvement. To improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients

About us

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon. The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust. Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes. Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon.Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception. But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve. Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.If you want the opportunity to have a real impact, challenge yourself and be part of an NHS Trust that's making a real difference then a career at Croydon Health Services could be just what you're looking for.