Job summary
We are looking for a Consultant ACP to join our Trust supporting site across East and West Kent.
The Consultant Practitioner for Community Hospitals co-leads the medical provision forCommunity Hospitals, alongside the Consultant Clinical Lead.This includes medical management of community hospital services across east and west Kent; development of the current and futuremedical model; and participation in service redesign.It would be particularly suitable for a forward thinking, innovative individual seeking an exciting opportunity to help plan and delivermodern dynamic Inpatient Frailty services.
Main duties of the job
You will be a clinical expert in Frailty and will fulfil the 4 domains of Advanced Clinical Practice:
- Advanced and expert level clinical practice within the field of frailty ensuring clinical excellence
- Leadership and consultancy providing expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues
- Development and provision of education and training to other staff and trainees
- Service development, evaluation, research and audit.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is 19th May 2025 although this may be subject to change.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
It is important to us that all our staff are aligned to our Values and in particular the behaviours we expect from KCHFT managers. With this in mind as part of the selection process for this position you will be asked to complete two other activities in addition to the competency-based interview that you will invited to. This extended selection process is designed to assess your management style and the specific details of the exercises will be given if you are successfully shortlisted. The provisional date of the selection event is 19th May 2025 although this may be subject to change.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We cant wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registration with NMC, HPCP or GPHC
- Significant post registration experience, and experience as an ACP at band 8a or above
- Educated to Master's level or higher degree
- Research qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Leadership
- Non- medical Prescribing
Desirable
- Psychology or counselling experience and training/ education
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience in the care and treatment of people with frailty (including long term conditions and dementia care experience)
- Advanced skills in history taking and physical assessment of frail people
- Independent prescribing experience
- Experience of strategy development and implementation
- Experience of advanced specialist interventions in the assessment and management of older patients
- Experience with evidence of audit, research and innovation applied in practice
- Experience of teaching and education provision
- Extensive experience in report writing
- Experience of planning, implementation and delivery of educational programmes relating to long term conditions
- Advanced IT skills
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries with partners (commissioning, social care and education providers)
Desirable
- Psychology or counselling experience and training/ education
- Extensive experience of presenting report/ education/ information to public forums
- IR(ME)R training or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced understanding of long-term conditions and application to older people
- Advanced knowledge of clinical governance
- Advanced knowledge of managing complex patient information and situations
- Advanced knowledge of change management
Desirable
- Extensive research knowledge
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate a high level of competence and excellence in practice.
- High level competence in strategic planning
- Advanced skills in writing reports
- High level skills in presenting
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Chairing and facilitation skills
- Expert skills in developing and delivering educational material
- High level communication skills both verbally and non-verbally
- Advanced skills in clinical practice, including clinical governance
Desirable
- Peer review of research or publications skills
- Risk management skills at a high level
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Facilitative approach
- Valid UK Driving Licence
- Participative style
Ability to manage
Essential
- Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
- Able to be supportive to others
- Previous evidence of managing others Work produced is managed to ensure a high quality standard reflective of the seniority of the post
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level Registration with NMC, HPCP or GPHC
- Significant post registration experience, and experience as an ACP at band 8a or above
- Educated to Master's level or higher degree
- Research qualification
- Teaching qualification
- Leadership
- Non- medical Prescribing
Desirable
- Psychology or counselling experience and training/ education
Experience
Essential
- Extensive clinical experience in the care and treatment of people with frailty (including long term conditions and dementia care experience)
- Advanced skills in history taking and physical assessment of frail people
- Independent prescribing experience
- Experience of strategy development and implementation
- Experience of advanced specialist interventions in the assessment and management of older patients
- Experience with evidence of audit, research and innovation applied in practice
- Experience of teaching and education provision
- Extensive experience in report writing
- Experience of planning, implementation and delivery of educational programmes relating to long term conditions
- Advanced IT skills
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries with partners (commissioning, social care and education providers)
Desirable
- Psychology or counselling experience and training/ education
- Extensive experience of presenting report/ education/ information to public forums
- IR(ME)R training or equivalent
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced understanding of long-term conditions and application to older people
- Advanced knowledge of clinical governance
- Advanced knowledge of managing complex patient information and situations
- Advanced knowledge of change management
Desirable
- Extensive research knowledge
Skills and abilities
Essential
- Demonstrate a high level of competence and excellence in practice.
- High level competence in strategic planning
- Advanced skills in writing reports
- High level skills in presenting
- Coaching and mentoring skills
- Chairing and facilitation skills
- Expert skills in developing and delivering educational material
- High level communication skills both verbally and non-verbally
- Advanced skills in clinical practice, including clinical governance
Desirable
- Peer review of research or publications skills
- Risk management skills at a high level
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Facilitative approach
- Valid UK Driving Licence
- Participative style
Ability to manage
Essential
- Able to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure
- Able to be supportive to others
- Previous evidence of managing others Work produced is managed to ensure a high quality standard reflective of the seniority of the post
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).
