Job summary
Salisbury Hospital is expanding its Frailty Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) service and we are looking for enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) to join our dedicated team.
This is an exciting opportunity for clinicians with a passion for caring for older people who thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments. Working alongside Consultants, Therapists, and Community Partners, you will play a key role in delivering Comprehensive Geriatric Assessments within the Emergency Department and SDEC areas.
We are seeking motivated colleagues who value collaborative, patient-centred care and want to contribute to shaping and developing services for our older and frail population.
In this role we can offer you flexible working opportunities (We work a Mon-Fri service, with scope for varied start/finish times and part-time roles) in a supportive, forward-thinking team environment with strong multi-disciplinary collaboration.
Main duties of the job
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.
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate change management skills.
- 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 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.
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the supervision and development of members of the multi-disciplinary team and able to demonstrate change management skills.
- 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 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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
