Central London Community Health Trust

Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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Job summary

Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) passionate about working in a diverse rewarding unscheduled care environment?

We are wishing to recruit a Senior ACP for our standalone Walk In Centre at Parsons Green which delivers high quality care for both adults and paediatrics. We provide an educationally focused environment in which to grow and develop staff skills and knowledge, through work-based education, training, and mentorship. As a highly valued member of our team, the quality of care we provide starts with you.

This is an exciting time to join our Nurse Practitioner/ Advanced Clinical Practitioner led services.

Working in a clinical leadership role as part of a multi-disciplinary team, you will ensure that our patients receive an exceptional level of care. You will be part ACP leadership team, which consists of ACP Clinical Leads, Clinical Operational Manager and Practice Educator.

The successful candidate will be an autonomous, experienced practitioner who enjoys teaching and working with practitioners to advance their skills in the assessment and treatment of minor illnesses and injuries for both adults and children

Job Title - Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner Clinical Lead

Operational hours: 7 days per week, including bank holidays.

Job base: St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing

Main duties of the job

The role is a clinical leadership role with the main duties of the job will include:

Ensure the services are delivering high quality evidence-based care to patients attending with injuries and undifferentiated health problems. The post holder will be expected to work autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner delivering care to our patients.
Utilising expert diagnostic skills and clinical reasoning to provide autonomous, unscheduled care for patients presenting with acute undifferentiated conditions (most commonly minor injuries and ailments although some patients attending may present with complex health needs and / or acute on chronic conditions).
The post holder will deliver care in collaboration with emergency services, other health care professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies.
To work in association with colleagues in defining standards of care and practice aimed at maintaining, developing, or improving quality.
To work with the senior staff in the operational management and the organisational development of the service.
Act as the Shift Leader on a rotational basis assuming responsibility for day-to-day management of the service.
Take designated responsibility for discrete areas of operational management/clinical practice.
Communicate highly complex and sensitive information to patients, carers, and other staff.
Deliver care within a culturally sensitive framework.
Implement, carry out disseminate and evaluate service audit

About us

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

Just as we care about our patients' wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
Single occupancy accommodation in Central London - (we can help you find accommodation in London, support you with your deposit)
Support with gaining your driving license *T&C's apply
Car lease scheme *T&C's apply
Flexible working options
Annual travel card loan
Training, support and development in your career

To have a full look at our benefits and what it's like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks.

Date posted

02 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£58,698 to £65,095 a year Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

824-INNER-10535

Job locations

St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing

London

W10 6DZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients presenting to the area of practice

To provide a level of advanced and comprehensive assessment based on area of expertise

To be directly responsible for the management of patients within own case load and supervision/development of junior members of the service

To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations

To contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitates patient flow

To maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies

To improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients presenting to the area of practice

To provide a level of advanced and comprehensive assessment based on area of expertise

To be directly responsible for the management of patients within own case load and supervision/development of junior members of the service

To contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitates patient flow

To maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies

To improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full roles and responsibilities

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Registered Nurse with current NMC registered or Paramedic/Physiotherapy with HCPC registration
BSc (Hons) / MSc Nurse / Paramedic/ Physiotherapy Practitioner Primary Health Care/ Advanced Practice /holder of advanced qualification in acute medicine / orthopaedic medicine A/B/C course/
Qualification in Community and/ or Accident and Emergency / postgraduate specialist musculo-skeletal training at Masters level or above
Independent Non-Medical Prescriber.
Evidence of Management/ Leadership training.
Evidence of teaching demonstrated by a suitable qualification or accredited experience Evidence of experience with Paediatric patient group within the context of same day emergency care

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's level.
Further desirable qualifications in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
Recognised dual qualification in Paediatrics / orthopaedics or mental health.
Recognised qualification in Minor Injuries.
IMER or equivalent radiation protection certificate.

Person Specification

Education/Qualification

Essential

Registered Nurse with current NMC registered or Paramedic/Physiotherapy with HCPC registration
BSc (Hons) / MSc Nurse / Paramedic/ Physiotherapy Practitioner Primary Health Care/ Advanced Practice /holder of advanced qualification in acute medicine / orthopaedic medicine A/B/C course/
Qualification in Community and/ or Accident and Emergency / postgraduate specialist musculo-skeletal training at Masters level or above
Independent Non-Medical Prescriber.
Evidence of Management/ Leadership training.
Evidence of teaching demonstrated by a suitable qualification or accredited experience Evidence of experience with Paediatric patient group within the context of same day emergency care

Desirable

Evidence of continuing professional education and training at master's level.
Further desirable qualifications in Primary Care/ Accident & Emergency.
Recognised dual qualification in Paediatrics / orthopaedics or mental health.
Recognised qualification in Minor Injuries.
IMER or equivalent radiation protection certificate.

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.

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

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

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing

London

W10 6DZ

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central London Community Health Trust

Address

St Charles Centre for Health and Wellbeing

London

W10 6DZ

Employer's website

https://clch.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)