Description
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) is an autonomous practitioner providing high-quality care within the Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) and Emergency Department (ED).
The post holder will assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients presenting with a range of urgent and emergency healthcare needs, including complex and undifferentiated conditions.
Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, the ACP will utilise advanced clinical knowledge and decision-making skills to undertake patient assessment, request and interpret investigations, prescribe where qualified, and develop effective management plans.
The ACP will provide clinical leadership, support service development, and contribute to quality improvement, education, audit and research activities.
Main duties of the job:
- Provide autonomous assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients presenting with urgent and emergency healthcare needs
- Request and interpret diagnostic investigations, including laboratory and radiological tests, and prescribe medications where appropriately qualified
- Provide clinical leadership and specialist advice to multidisciplinary teams
- Lead and support service developments, clinical pathway improvements and quality improvement initiatives
- Support the education and development of nursing, medical and allied health professional colleagues through teaching, supervision and mentorship
- Participate in audit, research, service evaluation, incident investigations and other clinical governance activities
- Maintain accurate and timely clinical records
- Work collaboratively with internal and external partners to deliver integrated, patient-centred care
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
- Wide range of wellbeing initiatives
- Flexible working opportunities
- Career development programmes
Person Specification:
- Essential qualifications: 1st level registered nurse/midwife/AHP, Successful completion of a PGDip in Advanced Practice at Masters/Level 7 programme, APLS provider, ALS provider
- Essential skills: Strong clinical leadership skills, high level of clinical acumen, portfolio of evidence demonstrating advanced across all four pillars
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