Advanced Care Practitioner - Lincoln, United Kingdom - United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
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Lincoln, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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ULHT's Respiratory Department have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Care Practitioner (ACP) / trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) with an interest in Pleural based at Lincoln County Hospital with trust wide working responsibilities.

We are looking for a highly motivated and proactive practitioner to contribute to this service.

The post holder will have a responsibility to promote clinical excellence in the care of patients presenting with pleural effusions and pleural disease by providing clinical advice and intervention, with support to nursing staff and medical teams.

They will provide expert professional and independent clinical care which enables the coordination of a multi professional seamless service for acute medical patients.


The ACP / tACP will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients within their sphere of practice.

The ACP / tACP is accountable for independent clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions.

The post will include pleural fluid sampling and insertion of chest drains following a period of education, support and supervision.

In addition to this the ACP / tACP is also responsible for appropriately referring patients to relevant specialities for any necessary inpatient or outpatient investigations.

In addition as work load permits the ACP will help with the management of all respiratory conditions in line with other ACPs within respiratory medicine.


Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people.

We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.


Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.


We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.


This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.


We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.

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