Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Spinal

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Utilise advanced knowledge and skills relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team based on patient assessment. Provide guidance to staff, patients and their families and carers on pathway navigation. Lead in the development and updating of referral guidelines and policies for the service. Use professional judgement to act as an advocate for patients to ensure a patient focused approach to the delivery of care.
Support and enable patients and carers to make informed decisions relating to their treatment, consent, and management. Escalate any concerns via the nursing / professional structures as required. Work towards safe and timely discharge and/ or transfer of care of patients from or between hospitals and services and healthcare professionals, ensuring barriers to discharge / transfer are identified and acted upon appropriately. Report and raise concerns related to Safeguarding, accessing advice and support as required.
Be conversant with Trust policies for safeguarding including the assessment of Mental Capacity, and consideration of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS) and the application of the principles of Prevent (counter terrorism awareness). Monitor the quality and standard of care provided by all members of the team and all staff in clinical areas. Identifying any skills or training gaps and escalating to the appropriate ACP Consultant Community, Senior Nurse / Matron / Clinician. Undertake training and learning to develop further advanced clinical practice skills required by the service to provide a high standard of patient care.
Practice within the scope of relevant professional registration (i.e., NMC, HCPC) Use highly developed communication skills to effectively communicate with colleagues, patients, and their relatives/carers, making reports and liaising as required with medical staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team both verbally and in writing. Ensure effective and accurate verbal / written / electronic consultations and handover of patients between healthcare professionals. Ensure that high standards of all documentation are maintained, with accurate, complete, and up-to-date information regarding patient care are kept in accordance with Trust record keeping standards. Utilise the highest level of interpersonal and communication skills when dealing with complex, sensitive, or emergency situations.
Organise and plan own day to day workload or activities to meet the demands of the service. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13

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