Job summary
We are excited to recruit 2 x RCEM Credentialed ACPs to our growing team and are seeking enthusiastic and dynamic individuals for an ACP post within the Emergency Department at Bristol Royal Infirmary and Weston General Hospital. There is 1 x vacancy at each site. We have a mix of RCEM credentialed and trainee ACPs from a diverse background of nursing, paramedicine and pharmacy and are looking to increase and develop our team.
This post is based in the adult ED, with all ACPs expected to work autonomously across all areas of the adult ED (Fast Flow, Majors, Resuscitation, SDEC) The department has an excellent track record of supporting ACPs to successfully credential with RCEM and we have three credentialled adult ACPs on staff currently.
This role is demanding, requiring significant experience, enthusiasm and drive to ensure the care we provide to deteriorating patients is evidence based, safe and effective.
If we are unsuccessful in recruiting a Credentialed ACP at Bristol Royal Infirmary and/or Weston General hospital we will accept applications for a trainee post instead.
Main duties of the job
Demonstrate competency in all areas of the adult ED.
Demonstrate the ability to look after patients with a wide range of pathologies from the life-threatening to the self-limiting
Be able to identify the critically ill and injured, providing safe and effective immediate care
Demonstrate expertise in resuscitation and be skilled in the practical procedures needed
Demonstrate the skills to stablish the diagnosis and differential diagnosis rapidly, and initiate or plan for definitive care
Work with all the in-patient and supporting specialties as well as primary care and prehospital services
Demonstrate the skills to correctly identify who needs admission and who can be safely discharged.
Undertake relevant additional activities across the four pillars of advanced practice (clinical practice, research, leadership & management, and education).
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 with NMC/HCPC/GCP/GPhC Registration
- Evidence of successful credentialing as an EM-ACP by RCEM
- Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
- Succesfully completed Advanced Practice Masters and equivalently mapped to apprenticeship standard
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- IRMER Education
- ALS providor
- ETC providor
- NMP
- Emergency Practitioner qualification or equivalent (eg APICA) (Trainee)
- Willingness to undertake MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (Trainee)
Desirable
- CORE (Level 1) ultrasound
- Leadership or management qualification
- Completed Advanced Practice Masters or equivalent (Trainee)
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience (Trainee)
- ALS providor (Trainee)
- ETC providor (Trainee)
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
- Being a good team player
- Innovative
- Able to articulate personal development needs
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive demonstrable experience in an emergency or acute setting
- Successfully achieved RCEM EM-ACP credentialing
- Proven leadership and management experience in a emergency or acute care setting
- Proven evidence of educational support to others
- Demonstrated 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
- Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
- Familiar with current local and national issues
- 5 years post-registration experience with a minimum of 3 years emergency/acute experience working at an enhanced practice level (Trainee)
- Emergency Practitoner qualification (APICA or eqivilent) (Trainee)
- Experience in managing the critically or acutely unwell patient (Trainee)
- Experience of an extended clinical role (eg. First Contact Practitioner / EP / ECP (Trainee)
Desirable
- Undertaken research as a chief or principle investigator
- Experience of developing advanced practice guidelines, governance and audit (Trainee)
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
- Function autonomously to achieve the strategic developments working without direct supervision. 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
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- Registered Health Care Professional with NMC/HCPC/GCP/GPhC Registration
- Evidence of successful credentialing as an EM-ACP by RCEM
- Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
- Succesfully completed Advanced Practice Masters and equivalently mapped to apprenticeship standard
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience
- IRMER Education
- ALS providor
- ETC providor
- NMP
- Emergency Practitioner qualification or equivalent (eg APICA) (Trainee)
- Willingness to undertake MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (Trainee)
Desirable
- CORE (Level 1) ultrasound
- Leadership or management qualification
- Completed Advanced Practice Masters or equivalent (Trainee)
- Teaching Qualification or equivalent experience (Trainee)
- ALS providor (Trainee)
- ETC providor (Trainee)
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
- Being a good team player
- Innovative
- Able to articulate personal development needs
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Extensive demonstrable experience in an emergency or acute setting
- Successfully achieved RCEM EM-ACP credentialing
- Proven leadership and management experience in a emergency or acute care setting
- Proven evidence of educational support to others
- Demonstrated 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
- Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
- Familiar with current local and national issues
- 5 years post-registration experience with a minimum of 3 years emergency/acute experience working at an enhanced practice level (Trainee)
- Emergency Practitoner qualification (APICA or eqivilent) (Trainee)
- Experience in managing the critically or acutely unwell patient (Trainee)
- Experience of an extended clinical role (eg. First Contact Practitioner / EP / ECP (Trainee)
Desirable
- Undertaken research as a chief or principle investigator
- Experience of developing advanced practice guidelines, governance and audit (Trainee)
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
- Function autonomously to achieve the strategic developments working without direct supervision. 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
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)
