Job summary
Advanced Clinical Practitioner SDEC Band 8a - 17.5 hours per week
Previous applicants need not apply
Join our dynamic team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in the rapidly expanding Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) unit. You will work closely with a dedicated workforce of ACPs, alongside the ACP Lead and Clinical Lead for SDEC, ensuring high-quality patient care. This Part-time position offers a balanced approach with a total contractual hours 17.5 This would typically be two 10 hr clinical shifts one week and one 10 hr clinical shift the next week. Remaining hours will be used as dedicated personal development and unit development. As part of an innovative service shaping the future of urgent care within the NHS, we are committed to professional growth and excellence.
The post holder is an qualified Advanced Care Practitioner, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care for patients within the Same Day Emergency Care unit with the Urgent Care provision.
Main duties of the job
1. To act as a role model of expert clinical practice.
2. To ensure that documentation is maintained to a high standard. Be a competent user of and participate in the ongoing development of the electronic patient record.
3. Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care including medical diagnosis.
4. Ensure that effective discharge planning and health promotion is carried out.
5. To monitor the quality and continuity of patient care and ensure standards are met.
6. Establish and maintain effective communication with nursing, medical and paramedical colleagues to provide optimum patient care.
7. Communicate effectively with patients, relatives, and colleagues.
8. Participate in audit, taking action to address improvements required
9. Practice in such a way that inspires confidence in all people using the service
10. Provide advanced levels of practice, knowledge and skills within the Urgent Care Pathway.
11. Develop and implement care pathways for the management of groups of patients within Urgent Care.
12. Promote evidence based practice through the use of the latest research based guidelines and the development of practice based research.
13. Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Compassion
- Accountability
- Respect
- Excellence
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focuses on the qualifications, skills,experienceand knowledgerequired. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full personspecification, butoutlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration working at an Advanced Practitioner level
- Independent non-medical prescriber
- MSc in Advanced Practice or Equivalent
- Basic Life Support
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical expertise relevant to area of practice
- Experience of working as part of a team and in isolation.
- Working as part of / with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrate IT literacy and competency with e-mail, word, intranet etc.
- Knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of relevant recent training in e.g. equality and diversity, disability awareness, safeguarding, moving and handling, management of violence and aggression.
skills
Essential
- Desire to provide the best care possible
- Ability to efficiently prioritise and allocate care
- Evidence of excellent communication and listening skills
- Able to participate in on job training in relation to a range of aspects of providing physical, emotional and social care for patients using a coaching approach.
- Ability to work unsupervised on a day to day basis and to manage/ prioritise a delegated caseload independently
- Ability to deal with emotionally difficult situations
- Strong written, oral and presentation skills
- Ability to problem solve within a defined set of likely problems and possible solutions
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate empathy and compassion
- Ability to demonstrate self-motivation skills and evidence of an ability to motivate others
- Able to communicate effectively with the general public colleagues, clinicians and managers
- To act as an effective member of the team, supporting other members where appropriate and contributing fully to the work of the whole department
- Able to work under pressure and to demanding timescales, organising own workload to meet changing priorities
- Able to work on own initiative and as an effective and responsible member of the team
- Able to produce accurate, well presented documents to a high standard
- Able to adapt to change
- Accuracy and attention to detail, with a methodical approach
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
- Undertaken a management programme
Attributes & Behaviours
Essential
- Flexibility in a changing environment
- Flexibility to meet the demands of the service
- Understands and can demonstrate Trust core values
- Self-motivating, enthusiastic and self-disciplined
- Calm and resolute under pressure
- Courteous and professional attitude
- Ability to demonstrate a positive "can do" approach, whatever the situation
- Able to work flexibly around working hours, including occasional out of office core hours
- Ability and willingness to travel in the course of performing duties, in a timely manner on a daily basis
- Ability to travel to various locations within Tameside and Glossop
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration working at an Advanced Practitioner level
- Independent non-medical prescriber
- MSc in Advanced Practice or Equivalent
- Basic Life Support
Experience & Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical expertise relevant to area of practice
- Experience of working as part of a team and in isolation.
- Working as part of / with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrate IT literacy and competency with e-mail, word, intranet etc.
- Knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
Desirable
- Evidence of successful completion of relevant recent training in e.g. equality and diversity, disability awareness, safeguarding, moving and handling, management of violence and aggression.
skills
Essential
- Desire to provide the best care possible
- Ability to efficiently prioritise and allocate care
- Evidence of excellent communication and listening skills
- Able to participate in on job training in relation to a range of aspects of providing physical, emotional and social care for patients using a coaching approach.
- Ability to work unsupervised on a day to day basis and to manage/ prioritise a delegated caseload independently
- Ability to deal with emotionally difficult situations
- Strong written, oral and presentation skills
- Ability to problem solve within a defined set of likely problems and possible solutions
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to demonstrate empathy and compassion
- Ability to demonstrate self-motivation skills and evidence of an ability to motivate others
- Able to communicate effectively with the general public colleagues, clinicians and managers
- To act as an effective member of the team, supporting other members where appropriate and contributing fully to the work of the whole department
- Able to work under pressure and to demanding timescales, organising own workload to meet changing priorities
- Able to work on own initiative and as an effective and responsible member of the team
- Able to produce accurate, well presented documents to a high standard
- Able to adapt to change
- Accuracy and attention to detail, with a methodical approach
- Maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
- Undertaken a management programme
Attributes & Behaviours
Essential
- Flexibility in a changing environment
- Flexibility to meet the demands of the service
- Understands and can demonstrate Trust core values
- Self-motivating, enthusiastic and self-disciplined
- Calm and resolute under pressure
- Courteous and professional attitude
- Ability to demonstrate a positive "can do" approach, whatever the situation
- Able to work flexibly around working hours, including occasional out of office core hours
- Ability and willingness to travel in the course of performing duties, in a timely manner on a daily basis
- Ability to travel to various locations within Tameside and Glossop
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).
