Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Warwick, United Kingdom - South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust

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Warwick, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Cardiology Team as Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

The post-holders will exercise advanced clinical skills, levels of judgement, discretion and decision-making in cardiology care, demonstrated through, and supported by, professional portfolio evidence.

You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary cardiology team and allied specialties to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of accessible, high-quality cardiology care at Warwick Hospital.

Clinical duties will include a combination of shifts across the Cardiology Unit, including ward rounds and working alongside the cardiology on-call team, including participation in the on call cardiology team rota.

Duties will include, but not limited to, clerking and review of patients in the Emergency department (ED), review of patients on non-cardiology wards, independent general cardiology and subspecialty clinics, providing support and advice across the MDT and contributing to the multidisciplinary teaching agenda.

Regular evening work and weekend working is required.

During winter months and at other times of high demand, the post-holder will provide medical care to and expedite discharge of patients in our 'flex-capacity' beds.

Approximately 20% of the role will be designated to the ongoing development of innovative practice, service improvement and standards of care.

You will have a critical role in ongoing development of cardiology services and new processes to improve patient flow and rapid streaming of cardiology referrals to the most appropriate assessment or treatment area.

The post-holders will be expected to contribute significantly to clinical governance, audit, research, training and education, providing leadership to the cardiology team in one or more of these areas.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC.

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county.

We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care'.

Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work.

It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Expertise & Excellence in Clinical Practice

Deliver evidence-based personalised and compassionate care which places quality at the heart of specialist practice. Care will be responsive to individual patient needs and reflect current local protocols and national guidelines.

Utilise high levels of autonomy and advocacy, using analytical and judgemental skills in undertaking differential diagnosis to ensure the delivery of an expert level of care, developing their own and others knowledge within the speciality.

Manage their own caseload of patients including comprehensive review of patients, requesting diagnostics, reviewing results and creating and implementing management plans within the speciality and prioritise workload to meet patient and service need.

Independent and supplementary prescribing including discharge of patients, within current legislative and local frameworks.

Support development and implementation of personalised care pathways for the speciality through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of care and all care interventions.

Implement pathways of care, adapting to patients' emerging needs by ensuring a planned and co-ordinated approach to care, supporting enhanced recovery and reducing inappropriate admissions to improve patient experience and safety.

Refer directly to other health care professionals and specialist departments as necessary, to ensure optimal efficiency and quality of care.

Act as a patient advocate to facilitate the process of shared decision-making in respect to health, choice of treatment and care.

Use interpersonal and communication skills where there may be significant barriers in order to build confidence. Ensure that patients' individual needs are expressed and valued and individual management plans are understood.

Advise on diagnosis and symptom management for patients within the speciality. Evaluate response to interventions and advise on the adaptation of management and discharge plans.

Empower patients to self-manage their condition, undertaking risk stratification to determine those who can self-manage following education, those who will need guided support to self-