Advanced Clinical Practitioner – in Autism

Job responsibilities

Clinical PracticeWorking autonomously deliver, manage, and evaluate clinical care for patients/service users within the service.

Take responsibility for the delivery of an evidence based clinical model ensuring that specialist assessment and intervention is in line with current guidance and practice.

Provide specialist advanced practice level contribution to risk assessment, risk management and the development of multi-disciplinary treatment plans.

Provide specialist advice and expertise in assessing, management and intervention for people who are autistic. This may involve engagement with complex and emotive situations and sensitiveinformation.

Working in partnership with individuals, families and others to utilise and evidence advanced knowledge and skills to appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose, and manage patientsthrough a complete episode of care.

Demonstrate effective communication skills supporting people in making decisions that promote person centred care.

Utilise knowledge and expertise in making clinical reasoned decisions for patients with differentiated and undifferentiated presentations and complexity.

Synthesise information from multiple sources to make appropriate evidence-based judgements in line with professional boundaries.

Exercise professional judgement to manage risk, including in situations where there is complexity and unpredictability.

Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients including safeguarding, and issues pertaining to child protection & vulnerable adults.

Deliver care that is underpinned by evidence-based knowledge, skills and demonstrated competence.

Act as a clinical role model in the delivery of clinical care that meets the needs of people who access the service.

Be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken to practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within Trustpolicies and the Nursing and MidwiferyCode of Conduct (2008) or the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Leadership and Management

Provide compassionate clinical leadership and support high quality and safe practice.

Identify and intervene proactively where circumstances contribute to an unsafe environment for patients, staff or relatives and escalate these to the health and safety team/safeguarding team.

Actively participate in development activities including appraisal, and clinical supervision of own practice and others.

Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients.

Working collaboratively lead and actively contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitate patient experiences and outcomes.

Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients including issues pertaining to child protection & vulnerable adults.

Ability to adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care.

To provide advice on patient care to the wider MDT considering all aspects of clinical Governance and act as a specialist resource within the working area.

Develop robust governance systems by contributing to the implementation of evidence base protocols, documentation, synthesising and presenting information from a variety of sourcesin line with Divisional and Service governance requirements.

Lead and actively contribute to the review and development of clinical patient pathways and the development of the service, ensuring our services are safe and reduction of unwarranted variation, promoting and sharing the adoption of best practice.

Continually develop practice to respond to future need and identify future development needs, prioritising workload, and clinical interventions as appropriate

Work to an individual scope of practice within the ethical, legal, professional and Trust policy, governance, and process.

Engage stakeholders and use high level negotiating and influencing skills to develop and improve practice within and across clinical practice.

Contribute to the development of practices and roles that are appropriate to the individual and service need taking into account the implications of epidemiological, demographic, social, political and professional trends and developments.

Identify the need for change and proactively generate practice innovations and lead the development of new practice to better meet the needs of patients and the service.

Promote collaborative working and positive, effective communication within the team and when working in partnership with external agencies.EducationIdentify own learning needs and development plan.

Adhere to CPD requirements of the Trust in relation to maintaining evidence of on-going competence.

Share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others across the organisation as appropriate.

Actively engage in peer review to develop own and others practice.

Contribute to a culture of lifelong learning for all staff.

Support the development of others learning, including team members and Trainee ACPs in the development of care.

Act as a role model, educator, and supervisors to others providing guidance and coaching to the team.

Promoting a culture of reflective practice, by role modelling and supporting an open culture of enquiry.

Promoting ACP role within the trust, regionally and nationally.

ResearchCritically engage in research activity, adhering to good practice research practice guidance, to promote evidence-based practice.

Evaluate own and service evaluation, demonstrating the impact of the Advanced Clinical Practice on service effectiveness and quality of care.

Evaluate service effectiveness by critically engaging in service evaluation using clinician rated outcome measures, patient rated outcome measures and carer / staff experience feedback.

Lead on clinical audits, auditing own and others practice, acting upon findings.

Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research, evaluation, and audit

Lead on the review and implementation of appropriate NICE guidance.

Identify gaps in evidence and application of research into practice, working with others to identify how the gaps are addressed.

Disseminate best practice.

Facilitate collaborative links between clinical practice and research through pro-active networking with academic and clinical staff.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with relevant clinical body (NMC/HCPC)
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent such as accreditation NHSE

Desirable

• Independent and supplementary prescribing qualification
• Post graduate qualification in Autism
• Specialist ASC diagnostic training

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

• Experience of working effectively at a senior level in a community multi- disciplinary led environment
• Proven compassionate leadership skills
• Engagement with research and audit process
• Engaging in Service Change to improve patient outcomes and experiences
• Experience of supervising and supporting teams
• Advanced knowledge in the needs of autistic people and clinical approaches to assessment and intervention
• Advanced knowledge of relevant legislation and legal frameworks applicable to the service user population
• Advanced skills in formulation and risk assessment
• Experience of working with people experiencing mental health problems

Desirable

• Formal training in forensic risk assessment
• Post graduate training in Research and methodology
• Post graduate training in leadership

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Change management
• Able to work across boundaries
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• IT literate

Values

Essential

• Continuous Improvement
• Accountability
• Respectfulness
• Enthusiasm
• Support
• High professional standards
• Responsive to service users
• Engaging leadership style
• Strong customer service belief
• Transparency and honesty
• Discreet
• Change oriented

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).