Leadership -Responsibility for the clinical and professional performance of Advancing Practitioners will be held as part of the lead role and so the post holder will be responsible for assuring the Executive team within DCHS around governance and assurance processes in place to support and protect Advancing Practitioners and patients. You will undertake leadership of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) within the Multi-Professional Practice Development Team (MPDT) which will include line management of the members of this team. Through this SLT, the post-holder will gain insight into the work of Advancing Practitioners across DCHS and primary care, understand their development needs and challenges and keep an overview of standards, roles and challenges across the organisation and wider system. This will enable support to clinical practitioners to be directed to where it is most needed, inter-professional learning opportunities maximised, and risks/difficulties escalated within and beyond the organisation.
Patient Care -Direct provision of care is not needed but clinical and therapeutic knowledge and experience is needed of autonomous advanced level clinical practice in a community or primary care setting. Additionally, underlying theory underpinning advanced level practice and working knowledge of healthcare legislation and codes of practice is essential to role. Strategy - Developing and amending policy, identifying gaps and proposing changes and solutions will be a key element to the role. The post-holder will act as the owner of key clinical policy documents as directed by the needs of the organisation, ensuring that these are updated and reflect the needs of the patient and Advancing Practitioner populations.
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