Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Specialist - Retford, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Retford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Nottinghamshire Healthcare are excited to offer an opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Specialist Palliative Care services within Bassetlaw Hospice in Retford.

Bassetlaw Hospice has two ACP roles, this being one of them, working under the direct supervision of Consultants in Palliative Medicine.

The successful applicant will take day to day clinical leadership of our inpatient services across a seven day week, as well as the opportunity to develop and be involved with outpatient clinics, home visiting, research and education.

The successful applicant will have a wide breadth of clinical expertise and able to work autonomously and independently, practicing at the very highest level.

A wide breadth of experience is essential with a strong clinical knowledge of managing patients approaching the end of their lives.

As an advanced specialist you will manage the day to day clinical demands of complex patients as they approach the end of lives.

You will have a high level of clinical expertise enabling you to assess, diagnose and plan for individual care needs to ensure the best outcomes.

You will demonstrate strong clinical leadership taking decision for the admission and discharge of patients on a daily basis, as well as evaluating patient progress and reviewing this with Consultants as required.

You will take lead of ward rounds and MDT and provide clinical handover at weekends to out of hours and on call colleagues.

As an expert in your field you will use contemporary research and understanding to deliver the best evidence based care and make improvements where needed.

You will teach and provide supervision to the wider clinical team including Clinical Nurse Specialists, registered and unregistered nurses and therapists.

You will demonstrate excellent communication skills allowing you to provide empathic and outcome focused care to patients and those important to them.

You will contribute strategically to the development of the specialist palliative care services through your knowledge and experience.

As part of our commitment to you, you will be supported with continuous professional development through supervision, training and education by our Consultant body and internal training opportunities, you will also be encouraged to make professional links both regionally and nationally.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences.

We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join our specialist service as an ACP leader and will give the right person opportunities to shape the services in the future.

We are looking for a dynamic, qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner either from a Nursing or Allied Health Professional background with a wide breadth of recent experience including primary and secondary care and with a sound knowledge of palliative care.

The post holder will need to have excellent organisational skills, be a good communicator, work well within a team, demonstrate a caring, compassionate, and professional approach to patients and colleagues.

Experience in supporting other staff members and team leadership is paramount.
- extensive experience of working at Band 7 or above in a clinical role

Non medical prescribing qualification
Extensive knowledge of palliative and end of life care
Commitment to undertake and complete the MSc in Advanced Practice and associated Study Portfolio within an agreed time frame