Advanced Clinical Practitioner

at  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Frailty / Acute & Community role,
Band 8a - 37.5 hours per week
Previous applicants need not apply
NMC & AHP professional registrants can apply.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Division of Intermediate Tier Services, rated OUTSTANDING by the CQC, we are seeking an advanced clinical Practitioners to join the Extensive Care service, predominately to work within our Acute frailty service this is a blend of Community and Acute hospital work, within our new acute frailty unit.
Extensive Care is an Umbrella term as the service has a number of sub services within it.
These are, an intermediate bed base within the Stamford Unit, this is a 96 bedded Unit over 3 floors. This is a blended approach to care with Therapy GP and an ACP workforce. We are also very proud to have are new Urgent Crisis response team that work across our Neighbourhoods and support our Award-winning Digital Health Service, Virtual wards, along with having very strong ties to our intermediate urgent care team, this is a truly integrated team consisting of Nursing, Therapy and Adult social care. The Extensivist service is well established over 5 years, and sees patient in the community who have multiple hospital attendances, along with long term conditions and complex health needs. We are really excited to be developing our acute frailty service and Community frailty service
The service main focus is to reduce unnecessary hospital attendances, treating patient at home where clinically safe to do so, whilst providing exceptional standards of care
We have a strong team of ACPs within the service that are supported By a Team of band 7 Enhanced Nurses & Paramedics.
We are fortunate to have a team of Band 4 Assistant practitioners that are very experienced and support the team greatly.
We have Trainee ACPs that are at various stages of there education
We are supported greatly by our GP Consultant who works within our service and is leading on our Community frailty service, he works closely with Professor Martin Vernon, who is our frailty consultant and lead for the service.
Our is Hugely supported by our two Nurse Consultants that provide training and development within the team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a visionary Advanced Clinical Practitioner, to lead systems towards inclusive compassionate care for all, delivering improved outcomes for Tameside and Glossop’s diverse communities. Whilst developing and supporting new initiatives across the service & the wider Intermediate Tier services.
If you are looking to be part of an exceptional team, and keen for a new challenge we would love to hear from you.
We can offer you great peer support from a very friendly supportive team, Rotation through the different aspect of Extensive care, education & development.
In an environment where care and kindness are part of our daily life
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
Safety
Care
Respect
Communication
Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Main duties of the job
Registered Nurse / paramedic / Therapist with a current registration
working at an Advanced Practitioner level
Independent non-medical prescriber
MSc in Advanced Practice or Equivalent
Car and driving licence essential
NMC Approved mentor preparation course or equivalent
The successful candidate will provide highly specialised care within the community and Care setting, to those patients with chronic and acute conditions using advanced clinical knowledge that is evidence based
The Advanced Practitioner will function as part of an integrated Care organisation and will demonstrate competence in advanced assessment, management and treatment.
Provide expert advice and to ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging and changing practice within the community.
Work collaboratively with other health care professionals in primary and secondary care to ensure a high quality easily accessible service.
Provide a community wide lead in the development of the role of the advanced practitioner and the service provided
To accept new and follow-up referrals
To pro-actively support and maintain patients within the community and care home setting
To facilitate discharge of patients back to their place of residence as appropriate
To undertake clinical audit and researc

Please refer the Job description for details