Job summary
ULHT's Frailty Service have an exciting opportunity for a Frailty Advanced Care Practitioner (ACP) to become part of our team at Pilgrim Hospital.
Main duties of the job
Successful candidates must be; a qualified ACP, be flexible, innovative, highly motivated and above all be committed to improving the care and assessment of frail older people in Lincolnshire.
Location: Pilgrim Hospital. The post holder will be identified a base site, but will be expected to work across all sites within ULHT to meet the needs of the service. There may also be a requirement to work as needed across partner organisations as part of the vision for an Integrated Frailty Workforce for Lincolnshire.
- Permanent position
- The service currently runs Monday to Friday with a plan to extend to 7 days a week in the near future .
- Hours 8.00 - 18.30
About us
Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.
Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.
We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.
Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.
This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
What should you do next?
Have a look at the job description, and if you like what you see, then apply today. Dont miss this fantastic opportunity to work with a great team in a supportive environment within a great institution. Your NHS needs you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional registration within area of practice.
- Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality.
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Registered Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
- Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
Desirable
- MSc in Frailty
- Older Adults Fellowship (HEE)
- Mentor/assessor qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration relevant experience
Desirable
- Management and leadership experience
- Completed portfolio of supervised practice in Frailty
Skills
Essential
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Able to present and receive complex information to multi-professional team.
- Demonstrate negotiating and influencing skills.
- Able to work independently and within a team.
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict.
- Ability to adapt communication to a wide variety of patient abilities/needs.
- Accept constructive feedback and teaching from a variety of sources.
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
- Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines.
- Able to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems.
- Participation in research and audit projects.
- Active involvement in departmental operational development
- Willingness to adapt to departmental and patient need.
- Self-motivated.
- Efficient time and deadline management.
- Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments.
- Able to identify learning opportunities.
- Able to organise own learning and development.
- Ability to provide education, complete research and audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching
- Active change initiator
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate flexibility in working patterns and practices, with the ability to work across sites as required
- Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relative in sometimes distressing circumstances
- Ability to work across sites as required
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional registration within area of practice.
- Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality.
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice
- Registered Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
- Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
Desirable
- MSc in Frailty
- Older Adults Fellowship (HEE)
- Mentor/assessor qualification
Previous Experience
Essential
- Substantial post registration relevant experience
Desirable
- Management and leadership experience
- Completed portfolio of supervised practice in Frailty
Skills
Essential
- Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda.
- Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework
- Able to present and receive complex information to multi-professional team.
- Demonstrate negotiating and influencing skills.
- Able to work independently and within a team.
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict.
- Ability to adapt communication to a wide variety of patient abilities/needs.
- Accept constructive feedback and teaching from a variety of sources.
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
- Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines.
- Able to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems.
- Participation in research and audit projects.
- Active involvement in departmental operational development
- Willingness to adapt to departmental and patient need.
- Self-motivated.
- Efficient time and deadline management.
- Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments.
- Able to identify learning opportunities.
- Able to organise own learning and development.
- Ability to provide education, complete research and audit.
Desirable
- Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching
- Active change initiator
Specific Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate flexibility in working patterns and practices, with the ability to work across sites as required
- Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relative in sometimes distressing circumstances
- Ability to work across sites as required
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).
