Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner Surgery

Job responsibilities

Key elements of this job role include:

Supporting the delivery of teaching and mentoring to ACPs and trainee ACPs

Supporting yearly appraisals for ACPs and trainee ACPs

Leading forthesurgical division on the wider ACP forum and governance group, working alongside other specialities to develop agreed standards of training and competencies for all ACPs.

Developing and maintaining a robust register of training and competencies for staff members working at advanced practice / extended scope of practice level.

Supporting the recruitment and quality assurance processes for new, existing ACPs and trainee ACPs applying to join the organisation.

Develop non-medical research portfolio with ACPs being Primary investigators.

Prepared to commence their Doctorate Study within 12months of being in the job.

Leadership

Lead and develop the ACP service within the division of surgery.

Provide a positive role model to the multi-professional workforce.

Work with the corporate nursing team and other divisions to promote, develop and deliver improvements in the ACP role across the organisation.

Work in partnership with ward/department teams to bring about organisational change

Line manages the Advanced Clinical Practice team within division of surgery, including recruitment, appraisals, performance management and workforce planning.

Provide leadership to the clinical teams and working with the Assistant Director of Nursing and the Deputy Assistant Director of Nursing to develop new roles/ways of working, including service redesign to support the Divisional operating plan.

Delegate and empower staff without abdicating overall, continuing responsibility.

Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrongdoing by following the MYHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes.

Operates within the agreed income and expenditure budget working to ensure financial performance is optimised,

Identifies areas of clinical risk and takes preventive action including incident investigation, complaints, staff and patient feedback and promotion of clinical audit.

Clinical

Act as an expert practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills, knowledge and decision making beyond those associated with nurses and allied health professionals within the division of Surgery.

Maintain and further develop own expert clinical practice skills & abilities & through effective role modelling to ensure that the clinical practice of colleagues is continually developed & enhanced.

Using expert knowledge, practice & critical judgement skills continually seek to identify areas of care where current practices could be changed or modified to improve patient outcomes.

Develop & facilitate others in promoting an evidence-based learning culture & practice.

Establish evidence-based protocols & guidelines in Advanced Clinical Practice in Surgery.

Utilise expert communication skills to support nursing and allied health professional staff working with patients & families when requiring surgical support.

Take the lead for the development of clinical expertise (advanced roles) in patient care, enabling nurses/AHPs to develop advanced assessment & decision-making skills

Offer strategic direction in conjunction with Organisational Learning to agree a training needs analysis and the delivery of annual mandatory training for all ACP and TACPs staff across the division of Surgery.

Lead in empowering Matrons, Senior Sisters/Charge Nurses and AHPs in educating and improving the services in their area and across the organisation.

Actively seek and identify opportunities for new ways of working to improve efficiency

Aim to ensure ACP services are benchmarked against high performing organisations nationally and internationally and demonstrate evidence-based practice.

Act in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery or professions Code of Conduct and/or HCPC standards of conduct performance and ethics.

Ensure clinical and non-clinical incidents are reported in accordance with Trust policy and agree actions in response to these.

Undertake Root Cause Analysis to investigate incidents, make recommendations and share learning.

Be responsible for setting and monitoring standards of care within surgery which will contribute to safe discharge practices.

Prepared to commence their Doctorate Study within 12months of being in the job.

Education

Provide expert specialist advice to patients, carers and staff in the healthcare setting

Act as a mentor and teacher, providing mentorship and support and demonstrate exemplary practice to all members of the healthcare team

Advise on training and education necessary for staff at individual and team level in the specialty, and contribute to the training and education needs of the organisation as required

In collaboration with academic institutes, contributes to the development in the curriculum relating to the specialty and relevant HEI courses

Promote evidence-based practice within wards and departments

Ensure staff maintain mandatory training requirements

Ensure continued personal development of knowledge and expert skills

Promote and contribute to a positive learning environment

Prepared to commence their Doctorate Study within 12months of being in the job.

Research

Develop non-medical research portfolio with ACPs being Primary investigator.

• Lead on defined audit and research studies within the division of surgery and Trust and ensure that results are reviewed, shared and acted upon.
• Lead on defined QI projects within the speciality.
• Ensures that post-registration, undergraduate and post-graduate research projects undertaken by own teams are reflective of the Trust research priorities and strategy.
• Build upon the divisions culture of research by supervising clinicians to encourage research and evaluation.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Healthcare Professional Registered Nurse Level 1 or equivalent /HCPC Registered AHP
• MSc in Advanced Clinical practice.
• Independent Non-medical prescribing qualification.
• Advance Life Support qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development in the last two years.
• Prepared to commence their Doctorate Study within 12months of being in the job.
• Recognised teaching qualification.

Desirable

• Post graduate research training
• Additional qualifications related to a specialist area
• Recognised leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working in an advanced practice
• In-depth knowledge of their specialist area
• Proven and demonstrable evidence of line management and leadership development Evidence of teaching and assessing in clinical practice
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Evidence of participation in research

Desirable

• Demonstrable experience of full budget responsibilities and in line with standing financial instructions

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team setting within and outside the Trust.
• Evidence of advanced communication skills including verbal, non-verbal and written. This will include evidence of breaking bad news.
• Evidence of excellent Patient documentation and record keeping skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with professional credibility
• Time management skills with an ability to act on own initiative and be both self-directed and motivated in the work environment.
• Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions
• Demonstrate evidence of both autonomous and team working
• Evidence of maintaining clinical expertise

Desirable

• Skilled at coaching and contributing to the development of others

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

• Highly specialised advanced clinical skills and knowledge.
• Extensive experience in teaching and training of medical and nursing staff
• Active Involvement in audit and research
• Knowledge of national and local issues relevant to speciality area of work.
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of nursing policy and practice relevant to speciality
• Understanding national and local policy relating to Advanced Practice.

Desirable

• National or regional publications relating to Surgery.
• Evidence of a Quality Improvement project aligned to the Division of Surgery
• Conference presentation or successful abstract submission
• Influences national and local policy working.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team setting within and outside the Trust.
• Evidence of advanced communication skills including verbal, non-verbal and written. This will include evidence of breaking bad news.
• Evidence of excellent Patient documentation and record keeping skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with professional credibility
• Time management skills with an ability to act on own initiative and be both self-directed and motivated in the work environment.
• Ability to make autonomous clinical decisions
• Demonstrate evidence of both autonomous and team working
• Evidence of maintaining clinical expertise

Desirable

• Skilled at coaching and contributing to the development of others.

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Positive attitude to change with a proven ability to assist in the implementation of change and practice development.
• Ability to act as a positive role model
• Excellent communication skills, written and oral including highly effective interpersonal skills
• Able to present information to a wide audience using a variety of methods to suit audience type including conferences.
• Well-developed facilitation and influencing skills, effective negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Able to effectively communicate highly complex, sensitive or contentious information using highly developed interpersonal skills to overcome barriers to acceptance for patients and relatives including delivering unwelcome news.

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

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).