Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical:

Practice in compliance with their respective code of professional conduct, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions, or omissions at this level of advanced practice

Work towards demonstrating a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy, recognising the limits of their own competence and scope of practice, to include when working with complexity, risk or uncertainty

Develops own professional judgment skills identifying when to escalate and seek help/guidance, critically reflecting on practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and their willingness to change or challenge thought processes

Learn to work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. history-taking and physical assessments, holistic assessments, identifying risk factors, mental health assessments, requesting/undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests, and conducting health needs assessments).

Develops effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make positive health changes, promoting person-centred approaches in health and care

Leadership and management:

Initiate and develop effective relationships, fostering clarity of the tAP role within teams, to encourage productive and efficient working

Negotiate an individual scope of practice within legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies, governance frameworks and procedures; with a focus on managing risk, upholding safety and delivering high quality care

Evaluates own practices as a tAP, participating in MDT and team evaluations, recognising the impact of advanced clinical practice on service function, effectiveness and quality (e.g. care outcomes, patient experience and safety)

Will actively engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, working towards formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and making improvements, with support from peers and clinical supervisors.

Actively seeks feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers and colleagues to inform own development and/or service developments in practice

Education

Critically assess and address own learning needs as a tAP, working to a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of professional development across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice, relevant to the trainees own clinical service

Critically reflect to maximise own clinical skills and knowledge development, with evidence demonstrated in own professional portfolio of evidence

Engage with performance reviews and appraisal processes, as required in own clinical service area and in line with OUH requirements: Additionally, participating in Clinical Supervision and tripartite review meetings with both Clinical Supervisors, Academic Supervisors from the HEI and Line Managers, where the manager is not supervising the tAP

Advocate for, and contribute to, a culture of departmental, service, and organisational learning, to inspire future and existing staff

Where appropriate act as an educator within own scope of capability and competence, to develop teaching skills (with supervision or support where required), and seeking to instil confidence in others and share best practices

Research

Develop and support a knowledge rich enquiry culture where research values are fostered, promoted and encouraged

With support as required, engages in research activities, upholding good research practice guidelines, in order to develop evidence-based strategies that can be applied to enhance quality, safety, productivity, value or wellbeing

Evaluate and audit own clinical practice, selecting and applying valid, reliable methods, then acting on the findings as appropriate with support as required

Develop and assist in the implementation of robust local governance systems and systematic documentation processes, keeping the need for modifications under critical review

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Healthcare Professionals
• First level degree (HEI level 5 or 6) in undergraduate base profession
• Demonstrate evidence of ability to study at level 7 ( either previous Level 6 or 7 study), or willingness to submit academic piece for assessment if required
• Specialist Post graduate education/qualifications relevant to recruitment area of clinical practice for trainee advanced role
• Registered independent/non-medical Prescriber (or willing to undertake MSc)
• Supervision, mentoring or facilitating workplace learning qualification

Desirable

• Leadership or Management course or qualification
• Advanced life support course or other relevant to specialty
• Completed MSc relevant to clinical area or specialty

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Significant consolidated experience within specialty of the recruiting area for the tAP role or significant transferable existing knowledge and skills for the service
• Proven evidence of management ability and leadership skills
• Awareness of clinical governance issues and measures of quality
• Experience of clinical governance audit, service evaluation or quality improvement in clinical practice
• Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands

Desirable

• Experience of change management
• Demonstrate evidence of research capability or the application of research evidence to own clinical practice
• Existing technical clinical procedural skills relevant to clinical practice

Bahavioural skills

Essential

• Aligned to Trust values and conducts themselves in a professional manner at all times
• Positive attitude to all tasks and stakeholders
• Demonstrate a clear vision of tAP role in developing the service

Technical IM&T skills

Essential

• Digital proficiency - computer literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office packages
• Advance keyboard skills, to ensure fluent documentation

Personal skills

Essential

• Commitment to studying for and completing a full master's level 7 AP post graduate
• Commitment to evidencing own professional development, capabilities, proficiency development at advanced level via work- based assessments and use of portfolios
• Willingness to engage in clinical supervision
• Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice
• Evidence of effective team working as part of the multidisciplinary professional team
• Flexibility to work a variety of shifts as required to complete the training an dependent on service needs

Desirable

• Ability to undertake clinical audits or service evaluation
• Evidence of delivering educational teaching and associated evaluations internally or externally to the organisation

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Special Airways Service, Old Mcdonald John Radcliffe Hospital

Headleyway

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

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