Surgical Advanced Practitioner - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom - West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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We are looking to recruit a motivated, proactive, passionate individual to join our team as either a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or a qualified ACP to work within the emergency surgical wards and surgical Same Day Emergency Care Unit (sSDEC).


The role is within the surgical division, a busy environment which has two 33 bedded surgical wads; F5 and F6.

The main duties include working with medical team to provide a high standard of care in the initial admission, ongoing assessment, and management of a variety of surgical conditions to supporting discharge.

The successful applicant will work on a rota which spans across 7 days.


The role entails providing high quality patient care through assessment, investigation, evaluation, diagnosis, decision making and establishing treatment plans in the surgical setting.

Excellent communication skills are essential as you will be working alongside surgeons and members of the multidisciplinary team to plan care and optimise patient outcomes.


STAFF CAR PARKING


Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 - 18:30.


For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital.

Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.

BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community


We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk.

We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.


The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward).

It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.


Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.


We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.


With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work.

Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?

Please see job description for full details.

As part of the AP programme the post holder will be working towards the following and on successful completion will be able to:

  • Work in accordance with the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017).
  • Utilise advanced clinical skills within an interdepartmental and/or multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients within General surgery receive holistic, timely and highquality clinical care.
  • Exercise autonomous clinical expertise, high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in clinical care, in accordance with their scope of practice.
  • Draw on expertise on the four pillars of advanced practice to lead and influence improvements to standards of care.
  • Develop a culture of organisational learning to inspire future and existing staff.
  • Influence or lead on the improvement of clinical care though clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and research in collaboration with clinical and academic colleagues.
  • Demonstrate compassionate leadership in daily working.
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