Job responsibilities
Qualifications
and Training
Registered
with relevant professional body
Degree-level
registration qualification or equivalent post-registration award
Masters
Degree in Advanced Practice, or relevant Higher Level degree plus PG Diploma
in Advanced Practice
Life
Support qualifications (or alternative profession specific clinically
determined qualifications)
Relevant
teaching qualification.
Non-medical
prescribing
Experience
Evidence
of continuous professional development and the practical application of new
skills to the work place.
Evidence
of strong teaching background.
Evidence
of significant practical contributions to the development of the specific
service within the past 2- years.
Managerial
responsibilities.
Direct
supervision of junior staff, in all professional groups.
Supervision
of students
Evidence
of lead for or contribution to audit programmes within practice
Change
Management experience and direct involvement of redesign within a service,
including promoting evidence based practice.
Skills/Knowledge
Documented
evidence of advanced clinical skills competencies
Ability
to motivate individuals and teams.
Advanced
oral and written communication skills and confidence to discuss patient
management with other members of the MDT.
High
level of capability using outcome measures and audit.
Confidence
and ability to accurately assess and manage complex patient presentations to
a high professional standard.
Ability
to critique own practice to an advanced level
ln-depth
knowledge in their specialist clinical field.
Ability
to manage time and workload effectively and to work in a high pressure
environment.
Excellent
liaison and negotiation skills.
Commitment
to Staff Development and Training.
Self-motivated
and able to work independently and autonomously both within the Trust and
with partner organisations.
Evidence
of managing complex patients in stressful and emotional situations where
life-changing events are being communicated and clinically managed.
Personal
Attributes
Inspirational,
with ability to motivate a team.
Flexible,
positive, problem solving approach to issues.
Ability
to work autonomously and within a team.
Professional
and patient focused, with a strong commitment to providing high quality care.
Able
to remain calm and polite under pressure
Flexible
and adaptable, able to work all shifts throughout 24 hour period.
Capable
of lateral thinking with well-developed assertiveness skills, able to
successfully initiate, manage and sustain change.
Excellent
interpersonal skills with effective oral and written communication skills.
6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES
Our
values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this
as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our
staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:
Patient-centred
Collaborative
Fair
Accountable
Empowered
All
our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these
values.Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically
to this post:
Commitment to providing high
quality evidence based care to patients and their carers.
Commitment to working in a
multidisciplinary team (both primary and secondary care providers).
Commitment to the clinical area,
valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive and
creative working environment.
Commitment to own development and
the development of all staff within the unit.
7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE
TRUSTS (WYAAT)
Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of
Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across
West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible
care for our patients.
By
bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West
Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving
forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.
WYAAT
is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care
Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The
Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and
wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that
ambition.
8 CORE BEHAVIOUR AND SKILLS
Advanced
clinical practice
Teaching
and assessing skills
Communication
skills
Time
management skills
Organisational
skills
Preceptorship
skills
Understanding
of research based practice research conscious
Team
player
Ability
to act professionally at all times
Understanding
of the process of change.
9 CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
An
understanding of the organisational structure and working practices of the
NHS.
Understanding
the local and national nursing agenda.
Awareness
of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies.
10 PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND AREA OF
RESPONSIBILITY
Clinical
practice
Practice
as an autonomous professional in a self-directed manner, with confidence,
authority and expertise, undertaking comprehensive range of clinical
procedures.
Have
direct responsibility for patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an
accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and
incorporate the issues and recommendations made.
Work
within the frequently challenging clinical environments with high levels of
physical and mental effort
Assess
individuals, families and populations holistically using a range of different
assessment methods.
Have
a health promotion and prevention orientation and comprehensively assess
patients for risk factors and early signs of illness.
Interpret
and analyse highly complex clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate
diagnoses, prognoses for a wide range of conditions, to recommend / deliver
the best course of intervention including the development of comprehensive
packages of care.
Initiate
pharmacological intervention, using non-medical prescribing or patient group
directives and administer medications as prescribed by others in accordance
with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals policies
Accurately
request radiological and pathology investigations and make clinical decisions
based upon the results.
Provide
specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other
healthcare professionals following assessment, diagnosis and through
treatment.
Plan,
manage and complete episodes of care, working in partnership with others and
delegating and referring as appropriate to optimise health outcomes and
resource use, as well as providing direct support to patients and clients.
Use
professional judgement in managing complex and unpredictable care events and
capture the learning from these experiences to improve patient care and
service delivery.
Organise
complex activities or programmes for patients, drawing on an appropriate
range of multi-disciplinary and inter-professional resources in practice.
Supervise
and where necessary, work in collaboration with nursing, medical and AHP team
members, demonstrating expert clinical practice to the ward team.
To
be included on medical rotas as required by clinical role
Maintain
a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with Leeds Teaching
Hospitals Trust guidelines and policies.
Actively
involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the
current service and suggestions for improvements.
Appropriately
define the boundaries of own practice.
Leadership
and Collaborative Practice
Identify
and implement systems to promote their contribution and demonstrate the
impact of advanced level practice to the healthcare team and the wider health
and social care sector.
Provide
consultancy services to own area and to other professions on therapeutic
interventions, practice and service development.
Be
resilient and determined and demonstrate leadership in contexts that are
unfamiliar, complex and unpredictable.
Engage
stakeholders and use high-level negotiating and influencing skills to develop
and improve practice.
Work
across professional, organisational and system boundaries and proactively
develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve
health, outcomes and healthcare delivery systems.
Develop
practice and roles that are appropriate to patient and service need through
understanding the implications of epidemiological, demographic, social,
political and professional trends and developments.
Contribute
positively to the leadership within the care group acting as an effective
role model.
Improving
Quality and Developing Practice
Work
within the NMC/HPC Code of Professional Conduct and Guidelines, the Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and guidelines, COSHH, the Mental
Health Act and other instruments of statutory legislation to ensure safe and
effective professional working practices for self and others.
Be
involved proactively in developing strategies and undertaking activities that
monitor and improve the quality of healthcare and the effectiveness of their
own and others practice.
Strive
constantly to improve practice and health outcomes so that they are
consistent with or better than national and international standards through
initiating, facilitating and leading change at individual team,
organisational and system levels.
Continually
evaluate and audit own practice and that of others at individual and systems
levels, selecting and applying valid and reliable approaches and methods
which are appropriate to needs and context, and acting on the findings.
