An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to appoint a Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner based in the Emergency Department at Fairfield Hospital and supporting across Urgent Care
The Emergency Department is part of the Emergency & Urgent Care Directorate and works closely with other departments in the hospital to provide the appropriate level of high quality care for our patients. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner role enables us to provide consistent and advanced clinical services within all areas to help steer patient journeys through the appropriate pathway in a timely fashion to reduce length of stay and improve patient experience.
The Senior Advanced Practitioner will work clinical shifts in the Emergency Dept and will support the Nurse Consultant with the day to day management of the Advanced Clinical Practitioners and support the development of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner service within the dept. This will be in conjunction with the Nurse Consultant and Lead Nurse and represent the ACP workforce and strategy across the Division to the Senior Leaders within the Care Organisation
The successful candidate will Support the Nurse Consultant lead and implement an ACP Faculty, deliver pastoral support and work alongside the ACPs in ED and the UTC to provide educational support and development of ACPs.
The job plan will start as am 60/40 split between clinical & managerial responsibilities.
You will be enthusiastic, motivated and committed to wanting to help drive the strategy of a blended workforce with advanced skills within this challenging but exciting environment.
As a professional with extensive knowledge and RCEM accreditation or working towards RCEM accreditation you will also be expected to support junior colleagues and work as a strong team player to ensure the patient gets the best care possible. It goes without saying that you will be fully dedicated to patient-centred care and you will be willing to work closely with colleagues at all levels to ensure this continues across your department.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse or Midwife in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses and Midwives who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
We reserve the right to close the online vacancy when we are in receipt of sufficient applications. Should you wish to apply for this post you are advised to complete and return your application form as soon as possible.
We would welcome the chance to meet with you informally, to introduce you to our fantastic teams and show you around our departments.
Please contact
Kate Dear Nurse Consultant
Kate.dear@nca.nhs.uk
This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024
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