Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Medicine
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 188-SNM371024
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Southampton
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £53,755.00 - £60,504.00 Per Annum (PA) Pro Rata
- Closing
- 07/11/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 25/11/2024
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) - AMU & SDEC
Band 8a
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for detailed job description of the role.
Main duties of the job
A rare and highly sought after opportunity is available for a qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) working within the Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC).
If you relish a challenge, are passionate about service development and providing a high standard of patient care, then the Emergency Care ACP team is the place for you.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Specific to this role we are open to discussing flexibility in the hours that you work. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need, and we will explore what’s possible for the role and service
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an experienced ACP who is enthusiastic and willing to develop this service whilst working clinically. You will be expected to work autonomously but within a wider medical team, assessing, ordering and interpreting investigations, diagnosis and creating an appropriate management plan. This involves complex diagnostic decision making, prescribing, treatment planning and the ability to manage high risk situations effectively, safety and decisively. The ACP will be part of the driving force of developing and improving our SDEC pathways and the care delivered to the acutely unwell patients within AMU. You will need to be adaptable, have high standards and show initiative within this role.
The AMU/SDEC ACP role is part of the foundation to front door medicine. The ACP augments the consultant and registrar role and is expected to recognise and ease high pressure dynamics within the unit. The ACP holds referral bleeps for internal and external referrals for acute medicine. The ACP is expected to perform clinical procedures such as lumber punctures, ascitic drains and ultrasound.
The ACP will need to be able to demonstrate working across the 4 pillars of advanced clinical practice. Distribution of working hours is negotiable and after the initial period will be a 80:20 split between clinical and management time. AMU is committed to the growth and development of the AMU ACP role and are keen to support education and of evolution of its team members.
The successful candidate will form part of the Emergency Care ACP team, who work in AMU and SDEC.
Person specification
Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Registered Healthcare Professional on relevant part of NMC / HCPC register
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice –full master (180 credits) Or equivalency pathway –the portfolio route –recognition by HEE centre of Advanced practice, via the supported portfolio route. Including NMP where professional registration permits. Or have formally credentialed on a nationally recognised specialty specific Advanced Clinical Practice programme for example FICM or RCEM EM ACP
- Speciality specific post registration qualification or training
- Provide evidence of Leading learning in practice
- Provide evidence of supporting colleagues to promote learning in practice providing an excellent learning environment for all
- Provide evidence of Supporting /managing and supervision a range of learnings in practice
- Leadership and Management qualification
- Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
- Completion of IR(ME)R Training
- Extensive post registration experience in a relevant speciality
- Experience of Service Development
Desirable criteria
- Act in the role of Practice Assessor or supporting the progression of learners / supporting challenges as needed
- ALS instructor
- EPLS/PALS provider
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
- Communication
- Influencing
- Interpersonal skills
- Keyboard skills
- Leadership
- Microsoft Office skills
- Negotiation skills
- Presentation skills
- Prioritisation
- Research skills
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
- Will Sage
- Job title
- ACP AMU
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Contact name: Claire Smith
Contact job title: Lead matron - AMU, SDEC & Pathways
Contact email address: [email protected]
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