Qualified/Trainee ACP

Job summary

Are you a qualified ACP or current registered healthcare practitioner with significant post registration experience?

If so the children's emergency department has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic advanced clinical practitioner /trainee advanced clinical practitioner to join our established team of Paediatric Emergency Medicine ACPs

Working alongside the nursing and medical teams you will be responsible for the assessment, management and discharge of children and young people who present with a wide variety of illness.

Advanced clinical practice is well established at UHDB and is seen as integral to the delivery of high quality and safe patient .

We are looking for a practitioner who demonstrates a suitability for and commitment to advanced clinical practice. You will need to demonstrate that you are a highly motivated, patient focused and exhibit a passion for clinical practice. You will need a mature and professional attitude to work with other people and have the ability to make and maintain good working relationships.

If applying as a trainee ACP, you will need to demonstrate the above characteristics. Your learning needs will be assessed and you will equally be supported through appropriate academic and clinical training pathwaysApplicants who do not hold a first level degree may apply but will need to evidence the ability to study at master's Level through recent successful completion of level 6 credits or equivalent modules

Main duties of the job

• Work independently at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills assessment.
• Provide clinical leadership and support within both the medical and nursing teams and to support the Senior ACP Leadership Team in developing the UHDB ACP service to improve the patient experience.
• Support clinical teams with day-to-day activity,
• Support junior medical staff, to achieve training and development requirements.
• Provide clinical areas with consistent high-quality care.

Closing date of applications: 26 October 2023

Interview date: 08 November 2023

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development

On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.

A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.

We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.

An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.

Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.

Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.

We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.

We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Derby Hospital

Uttoxeter Road

Derby

DE22 3NE

Employer's website

https://www.uhdb.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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