Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a multidisciplinary Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (TACP) at Band 7 to join our Urgent Community Response Services Directorate within the Primary Care, Community, and Therapies Clinical Group (PCCT).
Whether you are beginning your TACP journey or partway through your MSc in Advanced Practice and considering a move into Urgent Community Response services, this role offers supportive and progressive environment to continue your development.
You'll work within a skilled and experienced team contributing to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) 10-Year Health Plan for England, focusing on key NHS priorities and the Three Major Shifts.
You'll collaborate with a multi professional ACP team, trainee ACPs, enhanced practitioners, community matrons and case managers.
Our Trust has a strong understanding of advanced practice. The directorate is supported by our Lead ACP, working closely with the organisation's Director of Advanced Practice to ensure robust supervision, governance, and delivery across all four pillars of advanced practice.
Why Join Us?
Our Trust is proud to have an innovative model, delivered by a multidisciplinary team, embracing a "no wrong door" approach, ensuring patients reach the right service the first time.
If you are an experienced, forward-thinking practitioner with a passion for innovation and integrated care, we'd be delighted to hear from you.
Base location: Primarily Sandwell Council House.
Main duties of the job
You'll be expected to successfully complete the MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (Level 7) programme in line with the Trust's advanced practice framework and your professional regulatory body.
The MSc programme will support your development and mapping against the Virtual Ward and Urgent Community Response Capabilities Framework (2022) as part of the NHS ePortfolio.
The TACP role, forms an 85:15 split between clinical practice and protected study time to support academic learning, skills development, and progression throughout the programme.
As a TACP, you'll build on your existing clinical experience to manage patients within the Urgent Community Response (UCR) setting. Working closely with your clinical mentor, you'll learn to undertake patient-focused assessments, manage a range of medical presentations, and request or perform appropriate investigations within the community environment.
Over time, you will be expected to work autonomously within recognised clinical situations.
With training, you will begin to understand and apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing, working within legal and professional frameworks for advanced practice.
With the support of the MSc programme and following completion of all required Trust competencies, the trainee ACP will progress to a Band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner role at the end of the agreed training period.
About us
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country - one of the country's most culturally diverse areas. It's a friendly and welcoming place - a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.
We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.
Our values - Ambition, Respect and Compassion - are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to "Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population." It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It's what makes us unique.
We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.When we say we're 'with you all the way' we want you to know that we mean it.Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be practising under direct or indirect supervision of a Supervisor within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass training in the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice in defined clinical areas of the group. The trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) will develop specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their specialty through an established ACP training pathway.
The post holder will be required to undertake and complete a programme of education to achieve a Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice via apprentice route as the preferred option. The TACP will follow the co-ordinating educational supervisor supported ACP training program mapped against established national and regional competencies.
The post holder will be required to adhere to all aspects of the ACP Governance standards and procedures document as outlined in the trust ACP framework.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will be practising under direct or indirect supervision of a Supervisor within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass training in the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice in defined clinical areas of the group. The trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) will develop specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their specialty through an established ACP training pathway.
The post holder will be required to undertake and complete a programme of education to achieve a Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice via apprentice route as the preferred option. The TACP will follow the co-ordinating educational supervisor supported ACP training program mapped against established national and regional competencies.
The post holder will be required to adhere to all aspects of the ACP Governance standards and procedures document as outlined in the trust ACP framework.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within speciality
- Evidence of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the workplace.
- Relevant teaching/ supervising/ mentoring experience
- Evidence of lead for or contribution to audit programmes within practice
Desirable
- Experience of change management and participating in quality improvement projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with relevant professional body-NMC/HCPC.
- Degree-level qualification or accredited equivalent of ability to work at academic level 7 (prior level 6 or level 7 study academic piece for assessment).
- Significant progression on Master's Degree in Advanced Practice or PG Diploma in Advanced Practice
- Commitment to complete Master's Degree in Advanced Practice and the trust approved portfolio
- Commitment to undertake non-medical prescribing, or role specific module or programme of education on commencement in post.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience.
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support/Paediatric ALS provider
- Leadership course
other
Essential
- Valid UK driving licence
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working within speciality
- Evidence of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the workplace.
- Relevant teaching/ supervising/ mentoring experience
- Evidence of lead for or contribution to audit programmes within practice
Desirable
- Experience of change management and participating in quality improvement projects
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with relevant professional body-NMC/HCPC.
- Degree-level qualification or accredited equivalent of ability to work at academic level 7 (prior level 6 or level 7 study academic piece for assessment).
- Significant progression on Master's Degree in Advanced Practice or PG Diploma in Advanced Practice
- Commitment to complete Master's Degree in Advanced Practice and the trust approved portfolio
- Commitment to undertake non-medical prescribing, or role specific module or programme of education on commencement in post.
- Highly developed specialist knowledge underpinned by theory and experience.
Desirable
- Advanced Life Support/Paediatric ALS provider
- Leadership course
other
Essential
- Valid UK driving licence
- Access to a vehicle for work purposes
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).
