Job summary
Within STW, the ICB, SaTH & SCHT are committed to integrating to provide improved seamless pathways of care for patients. This is an exciting time to join Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust as we work in partnership with The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust - our Acute Partners.
This is your opportunity to join us and be part of the next step in this journey with the introduction of our community sub-acute wards.
We are recruiting to a variety of roles working as part of an innovative MDT. You will be working for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust with your base at either the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or The Princess Royal Hospital.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference to the care of patients enabling them to step down to their normal place of residence faster
As a registered Advanced Clinical Practitioner you will be experienced in working in a multi disciplinary / multi-agency health / social care environment with knowledge of IT basic administration systems including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel etc).
You will be patient focussed and have the ability to carry out comprehensive assessments and be able to prioritise and make sound decisions, sometimes under pressure.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to deliver an advanced level of clinical practice autonomously in the field of geriatric medicine, Frailty, Subacute care and End of Life for patients on our Subacute orthopaedic, frailty and stroke pathways.
The role will ensure that consistent, high quality, person-centered care is provided daily through applying advanced level clinical judgments and critical thinking to assess, investigate, diagnose, prescribe, plan, implement and evaluate clinical care in line with the National Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice. Embracing the four pillars of clinical practice; leadership and management, education and research.
The post holder will support patients who's care is being managed in the community on the STW Virtual Ward, by completing enhanced assessments and treatment planning in line with advanced competencies.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for Job Description and Person Specification for band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached documents for Job Description and Person Specification for band 8a Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- MSc qualification in Advanced Practice
- Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
- Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with current NMC / HCPC registration
- Relevant qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience in speciality (Frailty, Care of the elderly/Geriatric's, End of Life, ALS, minor injuries/illness)
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Teaching and Mentoring qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of expert professional/clinical knowledge and experience within an acute and/or community setting
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner as an ACP, managing patients with undiagnosed clinical conditions, requiring investigations, interpretation of diagnostics, formulation and adjustment of management plans
- Evidence in involvement in supporting the development of programmes if care, protocols and clinical audit
- Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting the Trust clinical governance objectiveComputer literate and experience of working with clinical systems
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- ACP underpinned by theory and experience.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence-based research/guidelines into the development of pathways of care.
- Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes, with the use of negotiation skills
- Computer literate and experience of working with clinical systems
- Excellent clinical reasoning/clinical decision- making
- Knowledge of NHS Community Services
Person Specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential
- MSc qualification in Advanced Practice
- Non-Medical Prescriber (V300)
- Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional with current NMC / HCPC registration
- Relevant qualifications or demonstrable equivalent experience in speciality (Frailty, Care of the elderly/Geriatric's, End of Life, ALS, minor injuries/illness)
- Evidence of recent CPD
- Teaching and Mentoring qualification or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of expert professional/clinical knowledge and experience within an acute and/or community setting
- Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner as an ACP, managing patients with undiagnosed clinical conditions, requiring investigations, interpretation of diagnostics, formulation and adjustment of management plans
- Evidence in involvement in supporting the development of programmes if care, protocols and clinical audit
- Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting the Trust clinical governance objectiveComputer literate and experience of working with clinical systems
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- ACP underpinned by theory and experience.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Ability to translate and integrate evidence-based research/guidelines into the development of pathways of care.
- Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes, with the use of negotiation skills
- Computer literate and experience of working with clinical systems
- Excellent clinical reasoning/clinical decision- making
- Knowledge of NHS Community Services
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).
