Job summary
An Advanced Clinical Practitioner will provide an autonomous, high quality, patient focused, efficient and comprehensive assessment of patients arriving into urgent care settings within Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. This includes the skills of acute assessment, history taking and clinical examination. The post holder will develop the skills and ability to assimilate highly complex strands of information to reach a differential diagnosis, and begin treatment of unselected patients attending the Emergency Department or ambulatory care settings within an agreed scope of practice.
Main duties of the job
Key roles and responsibilities of the Foundation ACP role are as follows:
- An expert clinical practitioner who leads nursing practice
- An effective communicator
- A motivated, dynamic practitioner, striving for improvements in care and practice
- An educator, ensuring that staff possess the required knowledge and skills and competency for safe, effective care
- Have the authority and accountability to act
- Accountable for quality governance within own area of practice
- Ensuring that care is based and planned on an individual assessment for a positive patient and carer experience
- Acting as a role model and expert nurse provide support and guidance for all staff delivering care to patients
About us
Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. Our mission is to provide safe, compassionate, and clinically excellent patient care, by being an outstanding employer for our people. We have entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Northampton General Hospital and have become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.
Our Excellence Values:
Compassion
Respect
Integrity
Courageous
Accountable
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical and professional leadership
- At all times act as a professional role model using appropriate language to address patients and following Trust standards in care delivery
- Champion patient centred care planning ensuring staff understand their role in building relationships with individual patients and accept the Key Nurse role
- Uphold NMC code and standards, including record keeping and medicines management
- Be visible and available for patients and carers to discuss care plan and/or concerns
- Build an effective team
- To be working towards autonomously assessing and treating patients with highly complex clinical needs within the majors stream of the emergency department and the ambulatory care area
- Able to communicate effectively in difficult and sensitive situations with patients and their carers
- Able to use alternative methods of communication in highly complex situations to gain information required to reach a differential diagnosis and treatment plan
- Able to assimilate highly complex strands of information autonomously to reach a differential diagnosis, order appropriate investigations and begin first line treatments in line with local and national guidelines
- Able to assimilate highly complex information and use own skills and judgment to order appropriate investigations and developing the ability to prescribe and commence first line treatments for unselected patients in the majors stream of the Emergency Department and Ambulatory Care
- Have the skills of analysis to re-asses patients to judge effectiveness of prescribed treatments and interpret results of investigations in complex cases
- Deals with patients and their relatives in highly sensitive situations, developing skills of analysis and judgment to ensure best practice and outcomes
- To be developing the skills to autonomously assimilate and interpret complex information to reach clinical decisions on referring patients on to other specialties or be able to safely discharge home
- To present patients case to senior medical colleague with all relevant information in a structured and professional manner to enable discharge of patients home and provide written information for community services about this episode of care and any ongoing treatment/investigations required
- Use advanced clinical skills i.e suturing, midline insertion and arterial blood gases
Education and practice development
- Undertake own personal training program within the time frame specified to progress to 8a
- Completion of non-medical prescribing qualification
- Completion of clinical examination module at masters level
- To complete MSC in advanced practice
- Complete and maintain personal portfolio of skills
- Actively engage in training delivery to other team members
- Actively identify the talent within the urgent care team to harness and develop
Research, audit and evaluation
- Provide assurance that care is delivered to the standards set by the Trust through audit and reporting processes
- Publish the outcomes of audits along with action plans
- To promote and support innovative practice and ensure relevant research findings are incorporated into practice
- To indicate and support research projects in own ward area and directorate disseminating results for improvement in nursing standards.
- To ensure that practice is evidence based and promotes nursing ownership of change, within the guidelines of unit policies and procedures.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical and professional leadership
- At all times act as a professional role model using appropriate language to address patients and following Trust standards in care delivery
- Champion patient centred care planning ensuring staff understand their role in building relationships with individual patients and accept the Key Nurse role
- Uphold NMC code and standards, including record keeping and medicines management
- Be visible and available for patients and carers to discuss care plan and/or concerns
- Build an effective team
- To be working towards autonomously assessing and treating patients with highly complex clinical needs within the majors stream of the emergency department and the ambulatory care area
- Able to communicate effectively in difficult and sensitive situations with patients and their carers
- Able to use alternative methods of communication in highly complex situations to gain information required to reach a differential diagnosis and treatment plan
- Able to assimilate highly complex strands of information autonomously to reach a differential diagnosis, order appropriate investigations and begin first line treatments in line with local and national guidelines
- Able to assimilate highly complex information and use own skills and judgment to order appropriate investigations and developing the ability to prescribe and commence first line treatments for unselected patients in the majors stream of the Emergency Department and Ambulatory Care
- Have the skills of analysis to re-asses patients to judge effectiveness of prescribed treatments and interpret results of investigations in complex cases
- Deals with patients and their relatives in highly sensitive situations, developing skills of analysis and judgment to ensure best practice and outcomes
- To be developing the skills to autonomously assimilate and interpret complex information to reach clinical decisions on referring patients on to other specialties or be able to safely discharge home
- To present patients case to senior medical colleague with all relevant information in a structured and professional manner to enable discharge of patients home and provide written information for community services about this episode of care and any ongoing treatment/investigations required
- Use advanced clinical skills i.e suturing, midline insertion and arterial blood gases
Education and practice development
- Undertake own personal training program within the time frame specified to progress to 8a
- Completion of non-medical prescribing qualification
- Completion of clinical examination module at masters level
- To complete MSC in advanced practice
- Complete and maintain personal portfolio of skills
- Actively engage in training delivery to other team members
- Actively identify the talent within the urgent care team to harness and develop
Research, audit and evaluation
- Provide assurance that care is delivered to the standards set by the Trust through audit and reporting processes
- Publish the outcomes of audits along with action plans
- To promote and support innovative practice and ensure relevant research findings are incorporated into practice
- To indicate and support research projects in own ward area and directorate disseminating results for improvement in nursing standards.
- To ensure that practice is evidence based and promotes nursing ownership of change, within the guidelines of unit policies and procedures.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
- Professional Registration
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Masters Degree in Autonomous Practice or equivalent
- Non Medical Prescribing qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in acute assessment area in a hospital environment
- Commitment to completion of master's degree
- Commitment to completion of non-medical prescribing qualification
- Commitment to continuing professional development with an enthusiasm for learning
- Awareness and understanding of current issues within advanced practice and the NHS
- Experience of senior role band 6 or above
Desirable
- Involvement in change process within a clinical environment
Skills
Essential
- The ability to develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
- The ability to communicate with patients and their family/carers during a highly stressful time. The ability to alter communication strategies dependant on the situation and the person's status
- The ability to develop a culture that improves quality
- The ability to work in partnership with others to take direction and offer suggestions for improving service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Degree level or equivalent level of education, training or experience.
- Professional Registration
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Masters Degree in Autonomous Practice or equivalent
- Non Medical Prescribing qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in acute assessment area in a hospital environment
- Commitment to completion of master's degree
- Commitment to completion of non-medical prescribing qualification
- Commitment to continuing professional development with an enthusiasm for learning
- Awareness and understanding of current issues within advanced practice and the NHS
- Experience of senior role band 6 or above
Desirable
- Involvement in change process within a clinical environment
Skills
Essential
- The ability to develop and maintain communication with people on complex matters, issues and ideas and/or in complex situations
- The ability to communicate with patients and their family/carers during a highly stressful time. The ability to alter communication strategies dependant on the situation and the person's status
- The ability to develop a culture that improves quality
- The ability to work in partnership with others to take direction and offer suggestions for improving service.
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).
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