Job summary
- Main area
- Rapid Response Advanced Practitioner
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 382-FICC111-24
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
- Town
- Fylde Coast
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
Work with our growing Advanced Clinical Practitioner team within the Rapid Response Service to provide assessment and interventions to prevent hospital admissions and facilitate discharges meet 2 hour Urgent Community Response standard guidance, Support patients on the Frailty and Respiratory Virtual ward.
Main duties of the job
The Rapid Response Team is pleased to be recruiting an ACP to deliver NHS England's Community Agenda
We have a well-established integrated service and are now seeking an additional Advanced Practitioner to join us supporting people in their usual place of residence during a crisis.
Crisis may be due to a clinical condition which is a new or acute problem such as infection, an exacerbation of a chronic condition or a social crisis such as breakdown of unpaid carer arrangements causing an immediate health risk.
The Rapid Response Team provides an alternative pathway that will treat people at home where it is safe to do so to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate early safe discharge.
As an Advanced Practitioner you will have experience of working collaboratively within a community or acute setting, have excellent assessment, intervention, and communication skills.
You will be able to carry out comprehensive assessments and make autonomous decisions based on the data obtained. You will be a key decision maker on the patient’s pathway during and post crisis.
You will support staff within the team through remote advanced consultation and clinical advice and supervision.
We will provide interdisciplinary induction, clinical supervision, and links to Primary Care Networks for prescribing and clinical support.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is ideally situated just a forty five minute drive from Manchester. The Trust provides services to the 440,000 residents of Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre and North Lancashire, as well as specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology patients.
As one of the United Kingdom’s largest coastal resort, Blackpool has plenty to offer its residents – it’s not just a good place to work; it’s a great place to live. In addition to its bustling centre and historic seafront, the town is world famous for its many attractions, including the famous Blackpool Tower. Blackpool also offers a number of scenic cycling routes round our local parks and across the surrounding countryside, as well as boasting panoramic views of the coast on its picturesque Promenade. Further afield, Blackpool also benefits from less than three-hour connections via rail to Edinburgh in the north and London in the south.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Assess patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, making an assessment of their health care needs, based on highly-developed nursing or Paramedic knowledge and skills.
Screen patients for disease factors and early signs of illness.
Make differential diagnoses using decision-making and problem solving skills.
Develop with the patient a care plan for health and well-being to be implemented during crisis and post crisis response
Order necessary investigations and provide treatment and care both individually, as part of a team, and through referral to other agencies.
Have a supportive role in helping people to manage health or social crisis and live with illness.
Have the authority to admit or discharge patients from their caseload, and refer patients to other health care providers as appropriate.
Work collaboratively with other health care professionals and disciplines. Provide a leadership and consultancy function as required.
Support patients on the Virtual Ward, supporting the MDT .
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Clinical based professional degree
- Current registration with the NMC or HCPC
- Advanced Practice MSc or NHS England credentialing via the supported e-portfolio route.
- Management / leadership qualification or attendance at equivalent study days (masters qualification or equivalent)
- Non-medical prescriber (V300)
- Evidence of continuous professional development in line with the four pillars of advanced practice.
Desirable criteria
- Postgraduate qualification in specialty
- Teacher/Assessor qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of extensive professional/clinical knowledge managing unwell patients in the community, primary or acute setting.
- Evidence of patient history taking, clinical examination and developing management plans for patients.
- Experience of managing own caseload
- Knowledge and experience of managing chronic disease and long term conditions.
- Effective communicator - able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
- Able to demonstrate experience of leading service development and quality improvement work
- Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
- Experience of teaching staff
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of working at a senior position within an appropriate health care field
- Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of nurse and AHP practice
- Evidence of managing staff
- Involvement in research
- Computer Literacy
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Prioritise work load under pressure
- Work on own initiative
- Identify trends for analysis.
- Deal with confidential information.
- Work as part of the multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrate effective time management and organisational skills.
- Actively manage gaps in rotas due to annual leave, sickness etc.
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills, including the presenting of research and audit findings
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Assertiveness
- Motivational skills
- Negotiation
- Problem solving
- Decision Making
- Delegation
- Conflict resolution
- Enthusiasm
- Flexible and mature approach to working
- Ability to persuade and influence at all levels.
- Maintains a high level of professionalism at all times and role models this to others
- Ensures that own actions support equality, diversity, rights and maintain quality
- Clinical credibility – regarded as a successful clinician by peers
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Richard Lebon
- Job title
- Recruiting Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253 951278
- Additional information
Sarah Marquis
Rapid response Team Leader 01253 951068
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