Job overview

Provide clinical assessment using advanced knowledge and clinical skills, to provide diagnoses both differentiated and 
undifferentiated patients, and develop management plans for optimal care.

• Participate in research related to area of practice provide and education/mentorship to a multi-professional 
audience within the University Health Board and in Higher Education settings.
• On a daily basis the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will provide clinical assessment and management to patients.
• The post holder will support research/use information systems, lead, and participate in relevant research within practice as well as demonstrate an understanding of research methodology,
• Provides specialist education and training to other staff, students, patients and carers

Main duties of the job

•  Assess plans, implements, and evaluates specialist clinical care of patients or clients; gives highly specialist advice to patients, clients or carers.
• Assessment, investigational management, and diagnosis, make decisions to discharge or admit – use of a wide range of work procedures and practices, which require advanced theoretical knowledge and practical experience.
• Developing therapeutic interventions – advanced skills and autonomous judgement to prescribe drug treatments following interpretation of clinical findings (use of independent prescribing where appropriate to role to prescribe drug therapies or initiating non-drug therapies).
• Carry out patient clinical reviews, and feedback complex clinical information to enable decisions in care management to be agreed upon and/or changed.
• Develops and implements specialist programmes of care; gives highly specialist advice to patients, clients or carers.
• Dexterity and accuracy required to carry out procedures relevant to area of practice.
• Supervises work of others; clinical supervision of staff, students; provides training to others/delivers specialist training in area of expertise.
• Implements clinical policies and proposes changes to working practices or procedures in own workspace

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. 

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.