Job summary
The Clinical Night Team (CNT) are a team of established Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP), the Qualified ACPs provide advanced clinical cover 19:30 -07:30 across all adult inpatient areas and the emergency department for patients with a decision to admit and awaiting a ward bed. They will arrange appropriate management and treatment plans for in patients, supporting admission areas with the assessment of patients with a variety of undifferentiated presentations whilst working within the trusts guidelines, policy and procedures. The CNT work alongside the on-call medical and surgical teams supporting the medical staff to remain in the admission areas to clerk new admissions. Provide the AKI service over night. The ACPs are supported by a team of Assistant Practitioners.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work within the Clinical Night team independently reviewing and treating patients across all divisions in the organisation.
You will work alongside both resident and senior doctors actingas an autonomous practitioner delivering a high quality service. Responsibilities will include assessments of patients using a range of assessment methods to determine ongoing plans of care.
You will also be responsible for independent reviews of inpatients who are receiving ongoing ward based care and escalate care where escalation is indicated to the relevant speciality and medical staff.
About us
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You'll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you'd never have done. You'll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You'll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will attend the medical, surgical and orthopaedic handovers at the beginning of a shift receiving tasks from the evening on call teams. You will manage complex and unpredictable events providing leadership, advice and support to the emergency department, in patient ward staff and medical teams, whilst ensuring the safety of patients, families and carers. You will act as a clinical role model / advocate for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements whilst maintaining effective professional and productive communication with patients, relatives, the multi-disciplinary team
Clinical referrals will be received via the Smart page app and organisational bleep system these responsibilities will include but are not limited to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acutely unwell patients, supportive management of chronic conditions as well as general on call ward tasks such as routine prescribing, check bloods and review blood results, interpret 12 lead ECGs. Respond to 2222 calls as core members of the cardiac arrest team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will attend the medical, surgical and orthopaedic handovers at the beginning of a shift receiving tasks from the evening on call teams. You will manage complex and unpredictable events providing leadership, advice and support to the emergency department, in patient ward staff and medical teams, whilst ensuring the safety of patients, families and carers. You will act as a clinical role model / advocate for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements whilst maintaining effective professional and productive communication with patients, relatives, the multi-disciplinary team
Clinical referrals will be received via the Smart page app and organisational bleep system these responsibilities will include but are not limited to the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acutely unwell patients, supportive management of chronic conditions as well as general on call ward tasks such as routine prescribing, check bloods and review blood results, interpret 12 lead ECGs. Respond to 2222 calls as core members of the cardiac arrest team.
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice, Clinical Practice or evidence of appropriate level 7 study in a relevant specialist clinical field.
- Professional clinical qualification.
- Independent/Supplementary Non-medical Prescribing (where legally able to).
- Advanced Life Support qualification.
Desirable
- Leadership/Management qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly motivated and experienced practitioner with substantive range of experience within relevant area eg emergency / general medicine
- Broad & advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
- Sound level of knowledge in relation to invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Experience in managing chronic and acute health issues
- Proven leadership experience including delivering to targets and service improvement.
- Ability to manage conflicting pressures to maintain streamline service delivery
- Demonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical environment.
- Experience of clinical research
- Evidence of leading on clinical audit and translation to service development
- Advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic skills based on interpretation of imaging and pathology results
Desirable
- Knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice - i.e surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, CRCU
- Has the knowledge to support safe clinical decision making in relation to discharge
Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential
- MSc in Advanced Nursing Practice, Clinical Practice or evidence of appropriate level 7 study in a relevant specialist clinical field.
- Professional clinical qualification.
- Independent/Supplementary Non-medical Prescribing (where legally able to).
- Advanced Life Support qualification.
Desirable
- Leadership/Management qualification
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Highly motivated and experienced practitioner with substantive range of experience within relevant area eg emergency / general medicine
- Broad & advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
- Sound level of knowledge in relation to invasive and non-invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Experience in managing chronic and acute health issues
- Proven leadership experience including delivering to targets and service improvement.
- Ability to manage conflicting pressures to maintain streamline service delivery
- Demonstrates current knowledge of professional and NHS issues and the implication for clinical environment.
- Experience of clinical research
- Evidence of leading on clinical audit and translation to service development
- Advanced clinical assessment and diagnostic skills based on interpretation of imaging and pathology results
Desirable
- Knowledge of more than one area of clinical practice - i.e surgery, medicine, orthopaedics, CRCU
- Has the knowledge to support safe clinical decision making in relation to discharge
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).
