Critical Care Outreach Trainee/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (B7/8A)

Job summary

Please note this position is not due to start until June 2025.

About the Department:

Critical Care Outreach Teams (CCOT) sit within the ULTH Intensive Care Units of Pilgrim Hospital, Boston and Lincoln County Hospital. They are both modern, combined ICU and HDU's and since its inception in 2001, the Critical Care Outreach Teams have evolved in response to the needs of the deteriorating patient, providing a robust 24/7 service.

The Role:

In 2021, ULTH's Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) obtained Advanced Clinical Practitioner status, a role that employs all elements of the HEE Multi-professional Framework and the four pillars of advanced practice. The advertised CCOT trainee ACP posts require individuals who have excelled within their area of practice and who have evidenced recent experience within an acute setting. They must be enthusiastic, degree level registrants with recent extensive experience of managing the care of the deteriorating patient.

We are excited to offer twosubstantive Critical Care OutreachtraineeACP posts (37.5 hours), working within these experienced teams who are committed to delivering high quality patient care. One position is for Pilgrim Hospital CCOT, the second is for Lincoln Hospital CCOT however there is an expectation to undertake cross site working dependant on the needs of the overall service. Hospital sites within Lincolnshire include Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, Lincoln County Hospital and Grantham and District Hospital.

Main duties of the job

Management of deteriorating patient is a challenging and demanding role. It is an expectation that the appointed individuals will eventually work to an advanced level of clinical practice, exercising autonomy, complex decision making, undertaken with varying levels of risk, all of which hold professional accountability for decisions made.

The ideal candidates must have a passion for the deteriorating patient. With experience of multidisciplinary working and demonstrating excellent communication skills, they will be willing to develop their clinical and professional practice to meet the challenges of this exciting role.

We welcome applications from other Allied Health Professionals however the ability to train as an independent prescriber is an essential attribute. Recent critical care experience / critical care qualification is desirable but not essential.

If employed as a trainee practitioner, there is an expectation that the ACP MSc is undertaken within a full time position to facilitate workplace learning.

If you already hold qualifications and experience as per the Band 8a Job Specification (attached), you will be considered to commence as a AfC Band 8a CCO-ACP subject to portfolio evidence and interview.

Please specify at application if you have a preference to which site you'd wish to be based and this will be considered during the recruitment process.

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.