Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our growing Virtual Ward ACP team, delivering a high-quality hospital-at-home service across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
You will work within a dynamic and innovative service delivering pathways in:
General Medicine
Acute Respiratory Infection
Heart Failure
Frailty
Surgery
This fixed term contract / secondment offers a fantastic chance to further develop advanced practice skills within a supportive multidisciplinary environment supported by consultant physicians
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to deliver an advanced level of clinical practice autonomously in the fields of general medicine, Frailty, Respiratory, and Cardiology for patients who are supported by the team as an alternative to hospital admission.
The role will ensure that consistent, high quality, person-centred care is provided daily through the application of advanced 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.
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 the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
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 objective
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
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post - travel across Shropshire
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 objective
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
Other
Essential
- Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post - travel across Shropshire
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).
