Advanced Clinical Practitioner -Gynaecology - #140916

Job Overview

We are seeking an enthusiastic Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to come and join our Gynaecology ACP team, as part of our managed clinical service. MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice essential, and experience in women's health is desirable.

The vacant role is to work within our Gynaecology division. You will work closely with our medical and nursing teams to provide a person centred approach to care.

Main duties of the job

The ACP role is a cutting-edge role in the field of advanced clinical practice which crosses professional boundaries, undertaking traditional medical roles and leading inter-professional practice. It is a role model of excellence in the delivery of holistic care to patients.

The ACP will be able to assess and treat the many varied clinical cases; both acute and chronic. The post holder will provide clinical expertise for developing and enhancing the service, demonstrate advanced skills and competencies and ensure that evidence-based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment.

The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the safe clinical decision-making process and is required to deliver an advanced level of clinical practice within the field of speciality care. Working within local and nationally agreed protocols and guidelines, the ACP demonstrates the knowledge and skills across the Four Pillars of Advanced Practice.

The ACP exercises independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of patients. The ACP will support service delivery and leadership working alongside colleagues in support of the education and development of both nursing, midwifery, allied health professional (AHP) and medical colleagues.

Working for our organisation

There’s never been a more exciting time to build your career at Frimley Health, one of the country’s largest and most respected trusts

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other.

If you have a passion for clinical excellence, patient care and your own career development, you’ll feel at home at Frimley Health.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients attending the Trust.
• Prioritises health needs and intervenes appropriately.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To practice at an advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability that is within the Trust’s policies and that of their professional regulatory body.
• Provide a level of advanced and comprehensive clinical skills, assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge and advanced clinical reasoning skills evidenced at academic level 7.
• To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe and appropriate management of patients with undifferentiated, differentiated and complex presentations.
• Ensure patients are informed and consent is gained prior to treatment, investigation and management, as appropriate.
• Take responsibility for the management of patients within own caseload and supervision/development of junior members of the multi-professional team.
  
  

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Current unrestricted registration as a Nurse, Midwife or AHP
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent qualification
• Teaching and assessing/mentorship qualification
• Registered Independent Prescriber (if relevant to role)
• Resuscitation/Life Support course (if appropriate to area and role)
• GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above (or equivalent qualifications)
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Leadership qualification/course
• ALS/ATLS/ETC/APLS/EPA LS (as relevant to role)
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience within the speciality
• Evidence of ability to work & lead autonomously at advanced practice level
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Evidence of delivery of training
• Clinical Supervision experience
• Contribution to audit  Ability to initiate, sustain and evaluate change within a variety of clinical situations
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Management & Leadership experience
  
  

Skills

Essential criteria

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Advanced Clinical Practice skills
• Clinical Examination skills
• In-depth knowledge of current practice issues
• Skills in critical analysis & application of research to practice
• Ability to work across professional and organisational boundaries, to negotiate effectively and resolve complex problems
• Evidence of good written and oral communication skills including presentations
• Able to recognise and analyse complex situations and take appropriate solutions
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Ability and initiative to develop specialist areas of interest
  
  

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.

We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.

We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.

Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

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