Job summary
UHBW are delighted to offer the opportunity of a fixed term/secondment for a qualified Advanced Practitioner (AP) to work within Acute Medicine. You will be based in the Acute Medicine Department providing high quality clinical care for Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC), Acute Medicine Clinic (AMC) and the Acute Medical Unit (AMU). You will join a small team of Acute Medicine APs and tAPs and work collaborately alongside the medical team. We are looking for someone who is enthusiatic, hard working and who can work well across the Multi Disiplinary Team (MDT). Ideally, you will have significant experience in Advanced Practice.
Main duties of the job
Duties will involve delivering ambulatory type care to patients under the care of the medical team. The Medical SDEC unit acts as an extension of the Medical Take, with its own designated nursing team and Acute Medicine consultant. Some flexibility will be required during times of peak patient activity in covering other areas of Acute Medicine, e.g. AMU. Clinical supervision will be provided by the Acute Medicine consultants.
You will be required to provide senior decision making in acute medical settings, e.g. SDEC. This will inlcude history taking, examination skills, diagnostic testing and interpretation, onward referrals and discharging patients home. You will be expected to work autonomously, within a clear scope of practice, and with Acute Medical Consultant oversight. You will be confident in assessing, resuscitating and stabilising acutely sick patients. Ideally, you will be competent in a range of clinical skills such as, but not limited to; cannulation (with ultrasound if needed), catheterisation, arterial blood gases, lumbar punctures, ascitic taps, ascitic drains, pleural taps and pleural drains.
About us
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full detailed job description, please refer to the Job Description document attached to this vacancy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For full detailed job description, please refer to the Job Description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Health Care Professional
- NMC/HCPC/GCP/GPhC Registration
- Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
- Succesfully completed Advanced Practice Masters and equivalently mapped to apprenticeship standard
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- IRMER Education
- Independent Prescriber
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Resilience
- Assertiveness
- Demonstrated ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
- Good communication
- Enthusiastic and motivated, pro-active
- Personal insight and awareness
- Being fair, dynamic, and flexible
- Personal insight and awareness
- Being a good team player
- Innovative
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent significant experience working autonomously as an AP in an acute clinical setting
- Proven leadership and management experience in the acute setting
- Proven evidence of educational support to others
- Demonstrate the ability to support colleagues
- Experience or sound knowledge of change management as part of a leadership role
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
- Clinical expert in care of the acutely unwell patient
- Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
- Familiar with current local and national issues
- Demonstrates evidence of working across the four pillars of advanced practice
Desirable
- Undertaken research as a chief or principle investigator
- Experience of developing advanced practice guidelines, governance and audit
Aptitudes
Essential
- Possess the skills and wide range of clinical knowledge to work as an autonomous practitioner and undertake independent, direct consultation and provision of care
- Able to identify and critically appraise contemporary evidence, develop and promote best practice, ensuring strong clinical leadership
- Participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols, policies and integrated care pathways in line with current best evidence
- Evidence of enthusiasm for education and training
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Health Care Professional
- NMC/HCPC/GCP/GPhC Registration
- Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
- Succesfully completed Advanced Practice Masters and equivalently mapped to apprenticeship standard
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- IRMER Education
- Independent Prescriber
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Resilience
- Assertiveness
- Demonstrated ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
- Good communication
- Enthusiastic and motivated, pro-active
- Personal insight and awareness
- Being fair, dynamic, and flexible
- Personal insight and awareness
- Being a good team player
- Innovative
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent significant experience working autonomously as an AP in an acute clinical setting
- Proven leadership and management experience in the acute setting
- Proven evidence of educational support to others
- Demonstrate the ability to support colleagues
- Experience or sound knowledge of change management as part of a leadership role
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
- Clinical expert in care of the acutely unwell patient
- Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
- Familiar with current local and national issues
- Demonstrates evidence of working across the four pillars of advanced practice
Desirable
- Undertaken research as a chief or principle investigator
- Experience of developing advanced practice guidelines, governance and audit
Aptitudes
Essential
- Possess the skills and wide range of clinical knowledge to work as an autonomous practitioner and undertake independent, direct consultation and provision of care
- Able to identify and critically appraise contemporary evidence, develop and promote best practice, ensuring strong clinical leadership
- Participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols, policies and integrated care pathways in line with current best evidence
- Evidence of enthusiasm for education and training
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).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Upper Maudlin St
Bristol
BS2 8HW
Employer's website
https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
