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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to appoint 3 Senior Advanced Practitioners  based in the Emergency Department at Fairfield Hospital and supporting across Urgent Care.

Are you a very experienced ACP with a minimum of 5 years working as a qualified ACP in the Emergency Department. You will be expected to work with minimal supervision and to support junior clinicians in the department across the range of clinical areas including Resuscitation, majors, minors and the Paediatric ED. This is a clinical role with an 80/20 split for clinical/non clinical activity and an expectation to work across the 24 hour period. In return we will invest in you and  develop you to meet your full potential.

The Emergency Department is part of the Emergency & Urgent Care Directorate and works closely with other departments in the hospital to provide the appropriate level of high quality care for our patients. The Senior Advanced Practitioner role enables us to provide consistent and advanced clinical services within all areas to help steer patient journeys through the appropriate pathway in a timely fashion to reduce length of stay and improve patient experience. This role will form part of a multidisciplinary team approach to providing Emergency Care at Fairfield, complimenting the medical and nursing teams.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Advanced Practitioner will work clinical shifts in the Emergency Dept and  will support the Nurse Consultant and the Senior Acp Development Lead with the day to day management of the Advanced Clinical Practitioners and support the development with the delivery of Emergency care within the dept. This will be in conjunction with the Nurse Consultant and Lead Nurse and represent the ACP workforce and strategy across the Division to the Senior Leaders within the Care Organisation

The successful candidates will be clinical with a job plan 80/20 split between clinical & CPD  activities

You will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to wanting to help drive the strategy of a blended workforce with advanced skills within this challenging but exciting environment.

As a professional with extensive knowledge and RCEM accreditation or working towards RCEM accreditation you will also be expected to support junior colleagues and work as a strong team player to ensure the patient gets the best care possible. It goes without saying that you will be fully dedicated to patient-centred care and you will be willing to work closely with colleagues at all levels to ensure this continues across your department.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.