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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical duties:

1. Provide expert assessment, screening treatment services and health care advice within the preoperative assessment setting.
2. Develop and maintain communication with people/patients about complex issues and/or in difficult situations.
3. Organise investigatory procedures, follow up and interpret results and action accordingly.
4. When appropriate, ensure patients are referred on to other health care specialist within secondary or primary care such as Cardiologists, Haematologists, GPs and support and guide others as required.
5. Liaise with relevant health care professional as appropriate when preoperatively managing patients with complex health care needs, for e.g. haematological conditions that need management plans in place for various blood disorders prior to surgery.
6. Identify and treat iron deficiency anaemias as part of the preoperative assessment process and investigations and action as per trust policy including referral on to Specialist Physician if appropriate. Prescribe appropriate supplement as per trust policy guidelines.
7. Ensure referral to other specialities are documented on the relevant electronic patient records.
8. When appropriate, liaise with relevant members of the MDT prior to the patients admission communicating vital information to prevent cancellations on the day.
9. Provide supervision of the clinical team, assisting and developing the team and individuals clinical skills.
10. Help facilitate training and educational opportunities for the trainee ACPs.
11. Facilitate shadowing sessions for medical students as required.
12. Monitor the teams safe clinical effectiveness.
13. The post holder will be expected to undertake all duties and responsibilities associated with an Advanced Practitioner working within the Preoperative Assessment Unit.
14. Assist in developing and maintaining clinical/nursing policies, procedures and protocols.
15. Service development and research projects applicable to the area of practice.

Other responsibilities as an ACP within the Preoperative Assessment Unit:

1. Continuous development within the 4 pillars; clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
2. Shift leader; when rostered, organise, coordinate and lead the provision of the clinical team for the service.
3. Promote the service and maintain a positive reputation within the trust.
4. Ensure accurate legible notes of all consultations, treatments and attendances are recorded such as within the Onestop Preop Service.
5. Assist in data collection as required.
6. Lead and contribute in staff meetings.
7. Support and develop close working relationships with all clerical and clinical staff within the service.
8. Build and develop good working relationships with other service providers.
9. Be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of increasing autonomy, clinical judgement and decision-making skills and contribute to the development of others.
10. Promote, monitor and maintain best practice in health, safety and security.
11. To provide clinical leadership and work closely when appropriate, with the Consultant Anaesthetists to deliver safe, effective evidence-based practice and maintain clinical excellence to deliver high quality care to patients.
12. To act as an expert practitioner demonstrating and applying advanced skills and knowledge in the area of Preoperative Assessment and provide expert evidence based advice.
13. Support equality and value diversity.
14. Plan, develop and implement approaches to promote health and wellbeing and prevent adverse effects on health and wellbeing.
15. Having a visible presence within the key points of entry across the Trust to prevent non-essential inpatient admissions. Gather, analyse and report a wide range of data and information.
16. Demonstrate a high level of complex decision making in relation to the assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patient care.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification, before applying.