Job summary
Hastings Urgent Care Services have an exciting and new 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner post available. The successful post holder will work clinically across the Urgent Care Pathway in Hastings, whilst providing leadership and line management to junior colleagues within the integrated multi-professional team. The post holder will be an expert nurse with extensive clinical experience in the management of patients in crisis and the ability to clinically lead a team.We welcome dynamic applicants from adult Mental Health Nursing and AHP backgrounds. This is an exciting opportunity to join and help shape the Urgent Care services in line with Community Transformation and Mental health long term plan.
The Urgent Care Pathway provides care to people in their homes and the Acute General hospital. The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team and Mental Health Liaison Team sits within this pathway, and aims to avoid hospital admissions as well as reduce length of inpatient admissions. The overall goal is to enable people to recover quicker in their own homes and live independently for longer. The teams work closely with the Haven (extended assessment clinical area) , Blue light emergency services, primary and secondary mental health services in the local area.
Main duties of the job
Through these teams, older people and adults with complex health needs who urgently need care, can get fast access to a range of health and social care professionals. You will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting patients who present in crisis utilising your advanced clinical assessment skills and non-medical prescribing qualification to reduce unnecessary admissions to hospital and support admission avoidance strategies. You will also work along side our adult social care colleagues in response to mental health act referrals and assist the exploration of least restrictive treatment options and alternatives to hospital admission.
About us
You will join a compassionate, motivated and well established team with a strong and supportive multi -professional leadership. Working here offers continued training and development, flexible working opportunities, free parking and the benefit of living and working in East Sussex.
East Sussex is a beautiful county with great schools, good transport links, vibrant communities, rural areas, and tourist attractions, including the Coast and the South Downs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be required to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process identify gaps within the service and lead with service improvement and development in line with national and local strategies. You will be actively involved in research and responsible for leading implementation of evidence based clinical changes as well as facilitating a positive team culture through effective clinical leadership, providing a clinical resource to colleagues as required and delivering training and education to the team and wider services to improve standards of service delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be required to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process identify gaps within the service and lead with service improvement and development in line with national and local strategies. You will be actively involved in research and responsible for leading implementation of evidence based clinical changes as well as facilitating a positive team culture through effective clinical leadership, providing a clinical resource to colleagues as required and delivering training and education to the team and wider services to improve standards of service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration
- Post Graduate Qualification in specific speciality or equivalent experience
- MSc Level qualification (including achieved through recognised portfolio route)
- Non-Medical Prescribing Course (If applicable to role)
- Teaching & Mentoring qualification or working towards
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience at a senior level in specialty area
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments
- Advanced Clinical Assessment skills
- Evidence of research & audit
- Evidence of leading on improvement
- Knowledge and training in quality Improvement techniques Evidence of dissemination of knowledge in wider healthcare organisations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional Registration
- Post Graduate Qualification in specific speciality or equivalent experience
- MSc Level qualification (including achieved through recognised portfolio route)
- Non-Medical Prescribing Course (If applicable to role)
- Teaching & Mentoring qualification or working towards
Experience/Knowledge
Essential
- Extensive post registration experience at a senior level in specialty area
- Evidence of on-going CPD
- Evidence of teaching in a variety of environments
- Advanced Clinical Assessment skills
- Evidence of research & audit
- Evidence of leading on improvement
- Knowledge and training in quality Improvement techniques Evidence of dissemination of knowledge in wider healthcare organisations
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.
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).
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.
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).
