Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner

at  Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our team in Liverpool Orthopaedic and Trauma Service (LOTS). Our service includes the Regional Major Trauma service, Orthopaedic wards as well as a Fracture Clinic. We have a great team and the ACP roles are a new addition to our structure, so there is great opportunity to grow and shape the service.
The successful candidate will have a passion for the speciality and be an experienced Nurse. They will be supported throughout the training programme and their Masters course by Consultant lead.
The Masters degree place is secured with Liverpool John Moore University and the candidate/s will commence in September 2024. This will be a training post subject to Annex 21 terms and conditions until achievement of Masters degree has been obtained.
Utilising skills, experience and knowledge to improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed.
To provide a consistent and personalised service by ensuring that the
patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team.
To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from
referral and throughout their treatment.
To deliver expert specialist evidence based care including: development,
assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating programmes of evidence
based care for a defined caseload.
To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.
To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and
develop strategies to address identified issues.
To support the training and development of others, especially junior nursing workforce.
To be highly motivated to work with supervision, be committed to learning as well as taking opportunity to work autonomously within scope of practice and competency.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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To maintain personal accountability for professional and ethical actions and
ensure compliance with the standards of professional conduct issued by the relevant regulatory body
To maintain and develop a specialist service for patients within the caseload, ensuring that the treatment and follow up of this group of patients is delivered in a timely manner.
Ensure clinician-led clinics provide for both diagnoses and reporting of subsequent results for identified patients.
To provide teaching as an in-house measure to all medical and clinical staff, not only within the Care Group but also from other services.
To provide a clinician-led clinic service to patients.
To be part of the senior nursing team within the care group and actively advocate and support effective governance processes.
To plan and administer treatment to patients as appropriate and ensure handover of this treatment to community services as necessary.
To provide expert care, advice and support for patients and their relatives/carers and ensure that advice and point of contact is available throughout the patient’s journey.
To refer on to other agencies as appropriate.
To operate as clinical specialist and expert practitioner in issues relating to the identified area of care. To direct and delegate care based on accurate assessment and evaluation.
To take consent for investigative procedures, manipulate equipment and perform advanced clinical skills.
The post holder will be expected to work clinical shifts in a ward environment if necessary
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