Community Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Qualified)

at  Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

The qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be an independent, autonomous, accountable practitioner working on their own initiative and taking a lead role in clinical decision making, working collaboratively with the wider multi-professional team.
They will fulfil a senior role in the clinical team with the autonomy to initiate action based on their interpretation of policies/guidelines, seeking advice if required.
The post holder will also provide expert advice delivering advanced clinical practice, clinical leadership and supervision, support and mentorship for multidisciplinary professionals including junior ACPs and trainee ACPs, junior medical staff and clinical nursing staff of all grades.
The role will be structured around the four core functions of advanced practice:
Expert advanced level practice (with a minimum clinical focus of 80%)
Professional leadership and consultancy
Education, training and development of self and others
Practice and service development, research, and evaluation
The ACP should have a minimum of 12hrs per month (pro rata) for work relating to the non-clinical pillars and to ensure maintenance of competency in all areas of the role. This will facilitate improvements to patient care through the education of others, and quality/service improvement associated with leadership and research activities.
Band 7 is achieved through completion of a PGdip Advanced Clinical Practice or relevant Masters in Advanced Practice or NHSE Centre for Advancing Practice Digital Badge.
Band 8a is achieved through evidencing competence in all elements of the NHSE Multi-Professional Advanced Clinical Practice Framework (HEE 2017), this is demonstrated using the bespoke ACP annual appraisal process known locally as CASP gateway process.
The successful candidate would be expected to be flexible and provide cover where needed city wide / dependant on service provision, covering hours between 8am – 8pm over a 7 day period.
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
The Combined Community and Acute (CCA) care group is the largest of 12 care groups in the Trust. The Care Group has a workforce of over 2,500 people, and a budget of approximately £120 million. There are 39 discrete services, with over 85 teams, and we have 363 beds (128 in the community) plus virtual wards.
We work in around 38 venues including 5 hospital sites, 16 staff vases in community venues, 4 bedded units in community and multiple venues in the community for delivery of care to patients.
Our community ACP team sits within the Integrated Community Care (ICC) Directorate. ICC is the largest Directorate within CCA and supports people in their own homes and communities by providing high quality health services promoting independence and improving quality of life. The services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams and include primary care out of hours service, integrated community teams (nursing and therapy), podiatry services, Single Point of Access (SPA), admissions avoidance and discharge to assess services.
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Please also note this vacancy is banded dependent upon applicants experience relevant to this post. The banding of the successful applicant/s will start at Band 7 unless applicants meet the necessary threshold of skills and experience required to start on Band 8a

Please refer the Job description for details