Job summary
Salisbury Hospital is developing its Frailty Same Day Emergency Care(SDEC) services and is looking for Advanced Clinical Practitioners(Nurse or AHP) to join its existing team. We are looking for colleagues with a passion for the care of Older People, who want to work in the dynamic environment of SDEC. You will be completing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the emergency department and SDEC areas, supported by Consultant colleagues, a therapy team and links with community services.
Main duties of the job
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
About us
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Previous NHS experience.
- Registered General Nurse or Registered Allied Health Professional with current NMC or HCPC professional registration.
- Master's Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or Master's level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include: advanced clinical assessment skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications) (Will consider applicant with all other Master's (ACP) level modules completed but pending completion of Dissertation module)
- Registered Non-Medical Prescriber, (if professionally appropriate) with evidence of updating knowledge appropriate to patient groups for role.
- Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training focused on older adults / frailty / advanced practice skills.
- Recent experience in managing patients with Acute Frailty presentations in an acute hospital setting.
- Significant post registration experience at band 7 working with Older Adults.
- Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice working with the older adult population.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working, demonstrating the ability to work across professional boundaries, acknowledging their unique skills and knowledge.
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate change management skills.
- Ability to demonstrate specialist expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to history taking, clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- Ability to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
- Confident in the use of computer systems, spread sheets, databases, data collection, word processing and report writing.
- An understanding and insight into relevant, current issues and developments within the NHS, especially in relation to Frailty and Older People.
- Ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patients, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Ability to demonstrate resilience under situational pressure, professional challenges, and change.
- Ability to work independently within scope of role and competence.
- Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement.
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification / clinical supervision / mentorship qualification.
- Management /Leadership Qualification or development programme
- IRMER trained
- Evidence of research involvement
- Able to demonstrate clinical skills beyond traditional professional boundaries, such as prescription of mobility aids in nursing. Generic interdisciplinary experience and skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Previous NHS experience.
- Registered General Nurse or Registered Allied Health Professional with current NMC or HCPC professional registration.
- Master's Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or Master's level award that covers all 4 pillars of the Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) capabilities (essential to include: advanced clinical assessment skills and diagnostic reasoning qualifications) (Will consider applicant with all other Master's (ACP) level modules completed but pending completion of Dissertation module)
- Registered Non-Medical Prescriber, (if professionally appropriate) with evidence of updating knowledge appropriate to patient groups for role.
- Post registration qualification or equivalent experience gained by undertaking on-going personal development and training focused on older adults / frailty / advanced practice skills.
- Recent experience in managing patients with Acute Frailty presentations in an acute hospital setting.
- Significant post registration experience at band 7 working with Older Adults.
- Clear and demonstrable evidence of advanced, autonomous practice working with the older adult population.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working, demonstrating the ability to work across professional boundaries, acknowledging their unique skills and knowledge.
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate change management skills.
- Ability to demonstrate specialist expertise and knowledge underpinned by theory acquired through CPD in relation to history taking, clinical assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
- Ability to demonstrate specialist clinical reasoning skills to assimilate information in order to make a clinical judgement regarding diagnosis and intervention.
- Confident in the use of computer systems, spread sheets, databases, data collection, word processing and report writing.
- An understanding and insight into relevant, current issues and developments within the NHS, especially in relation to Frailty and Older People.
- Ability to communicate effectively at different levels of the organisation and with staff, patients, visitors or external organisations both verbally and in writing in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
- Ability to demonstrate resilience under situational pressure, professional challenges, and change.
- Ability to work independently within scope of role and competence.
- Ability to evaluate care leading to improvement in quality standards and service improvement.
Desirable
- Teaching and assessing qualification / clinical supervision / mentorship qualification.
- Management /Leadership Qualification or development programme
- IRMER trained
- Evidence of research involvement
- Able to demonstrate clinical skills beyond traditional professional boundaries, such as prescription of mobility aids in nursing. Generic interdisciplinary experience and skills.
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).
