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Job summary

Main area
Frailty Same Day Emergency Care
Grade
Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Hours worked over a month (long shifts, weekends, bank holidays included))
Job ref
205-7347949
Employer
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
County Hospital
Town
Stafford
Salary
£55,690 - £62,682 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
02/10/2025 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band 8a

Job overview

Job Title:  Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Band: 8a

Location: Frailty Assessment Unit (FAU) at County Hospital

Hours of Duty:  37.5 hours per week (hours worked over a month, includes long shifts, weekends and bank holidays)

FAU is a bespoke 6 bedded frailty assessment unit and you will work in an MDT setting. The MDT comprises of consultants, ACPs, nursing staff, dedicated therapists and IDH support.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner Team in FAU  is at the forefront of Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC); with this in mind, an opportunity has arisen for a motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to become part of a highly skilled established team.

The successful candidate will be based in the Frailty Assessment Unit at County Hospital with close integration into Emergency Medicine and front-door services.

You will support admission avoidance and holistic patient management for patients presenting with frailty syndromes enabling safe, person-centred and efficient care pathways from the Emergency Department (ED) into either early supported discharge or further inpatient care.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people, and we’re highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.

The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. Our 13,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are a specialist Major Trauma Centre for the North Midlands and North Wales. Happy staff make for happy patients, and with the help of both we have put together a wide range of development and support packages aimed at ensuring that everyone at the Trust can fulfil their potential and meet their aspirations as well as the tools to provide great care.

Our mission to provide the very best health care includes recruiting the best people. Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

The Trust also has a vibrant charity arm, UHNM Charity, which provides funds to enable University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust to purchase state-of-the-art medical equipment and to enhance and improve patient experience and comfort.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification or contact the Hiring Manager.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current registration with professional body such as NMC or HCPC
  • MSc degree in advanced clinical practice or equivalent MSc
  • Registered independent non-medical prescriber
  • ALS provider or intermediate life support provider (dependent on area of practice)
  • Mentor/assessor or formal teaching qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Accreditation with the Centre for Advancing Practice

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential criteria
  • Currently working as a qualified ACP
  • Evidence of continued professional development in all four pillars of advanced practice (clinical, leadership & management, education and research)
  • Formal leadership and management experience
  • Excellent written and communication skills
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of delivering training programmes and presentations to various levels of staff

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria
  • Positive mindset in respect of organisational change; learning and continuous improvement
  • Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
  • Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self-regulation

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Allison Horne
Job title
Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01782 715444
Additional information

Please contact by email if possible or alternatively please contact the Hospital Switchboard and ask for extension 2776