- Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of a patient's condition
- Request and perform diagnostic tests
- Initiate and manage a clinical treatment plan
- Provide accurate and effective clinical handovers
- Undertake invasive interventions within the scope of practice
- Provide professional leadership and support within a multi-professional team
- Work autonomously in recognised situations
- Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across a range of subject areas relevant to the field of critical care
- Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise different sources of information for the purpose of assessing and managing the care of a critically ill patient
- Apply the principles of diagnosis and clinical reasoning that underlie clinical judgement and decision making
- Apply theory to practice through a clinical decision-making model
- Apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing
- Understand the professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice
- Function at an advanced level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team as determined by the competency framework
- Apply the principles of evidence-based practice to the management of the critically ill patient
- Understand and perform clinical audit
- GCSE Maths and English level 4 or equivalent or a functional skills course.
- First level registered Nurse/Allied Health Professional
- Previous study at Degree level
- Recognised advanced specialist qualification in critical care
- Advanced Clinical Skills
- Non-Medical prescribing module
- NMC Approved mentor preparation course/ or equivalent.
- Teaching Qualification
- Management qualification
- Experience in clinical supervision
- ALS Provider/ Instructor
- Transfer Training
- Previous study at MSc level
- Professional registration with NMC/HCPC Professional Body
- Post-registration experience (or equivalent) normally minimum of 5 years
- Senior level experience or equivalent normally minimum of 5 years
- Post-registration experience in a relevant clinical setting.
- Evidence of effective leadership
- Evidence of managing teams
- Detailed knowledge of current best practice in relevant clinical area
- Experience in various acute areas.
- Implementation and sustainability of quality improvement projects
- Working knowledge of the current professional NHS issues contributing to Service Development
- Competent in organising own workload.
- Ability to work autonomously, plan, organise, prioritise and delegate appropriate interventions to support staff
- Commitment to training and development.
- Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Effective written and oral communication/listening skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse professional and ethical issues and apply them to service development.
- Computer literacy
- Ability to cope working in a stressful environment and with emotional/ aggressive patients/carers.
- Undertaken a management programme
- Experience of developing courses and competencies
- Willingness to undertake and get involved with audit processes
- Understanding of principles of quality improvement
- Demonstrates ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians
- Evidence of quality improvement projects
- Able to implement change and think creatively.
- Has a clear vision of the future development of clinical practice.
- Have an understanding of team dynamics and an ability to influence the building of effective working relationships between staff
- Leadership skills/worked at a senior level within a clinical area.
- Possess energy, drive and resilience with a keen desire to develop the role further.
- Demonstrate flexibility within the role.
- Excellent team working skills.
- Flexibility to move between all work environments and rotate around clinical areas.
- Ability to support, encourage and motivate others
Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner - Blackburn, United Kingdom - East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
Job summary
The Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCPs) is a clinical professional who has developed their skills and theoretical knowledge of the critically ill patient to a very high standard. They are highly experienced, and educated members of the critical care team who are able to assess, diagnose and treat your health care needs or refer you to an appropriate specialist if needed. They are empowered to make high-level clinical decisions and be autonomous practitioners on critical care. They will work closely with the medical and nursing teams and provide expert advice on the critical care unit.
The appointee will be part of the team providing daily care to patients on the Critical Care Unit and reviewing critically ill patients on the wards and in ED. There are daily formal handover sessions. The unit is staffed during the day with three Consultant Intensivists and currently at least 6 trainees/JCF/ACCPs. As an ACCP you will form part of the non-consultant medical team.
Out of hours is part of ITU working with resident senior trainee and/or Consultant supervision. There are 2 Consultants during the day and at weekends. Appropriate compensatory rest periods are built into the rota in line with agenda for change conditions. Once qualified, the ACCP appointee will be expected to cover shifts over 24/7 periods regularly.
Main duties of the job
About us
OVERVIEW OF EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST (ELHT)
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute, community and specialist services to the population of East Lancashire and Lancashire/South Cumbria.
Services are provided from two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital. Acute services are housed on the Blackburn site and include the emergency department, the 32 bedded Critical Care Unit and the acute surgical and medical units. The ED is a trauma unit in the Lancashire Trauma network with Preston as the Trauma Centre
The Trust has close links with several Tertiary Centres in Lancashire, Manchester and Liverpool.
ROYAL BLACKBURN TEACHING HOSPITAL
The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital provides acute services in day case beds
The hospital is situated just off junction 5 of the M65 and is our main hospital site receiving all emergency patients dealing with all emergency inpatient care. All blue light ambulances attend this site.
TRUST VISIONS AND VALUES
The Trust vision is to be widely recognised for the delivery of Safe, Personal and Effective Healthcare.
The past three years have seen significant improvements in the care delivered to our patients.
All employees are expected to strive to act in accordance with these values.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
The Advanced Critical Care Practitioners (ACCPs) is a clinical professional who has developed their skills and theoretical knowledge of the critically ill patient to a very high standard. They are highly experienced, and educated members of the critical care team who are able to assess, diagnose and treat your health care needs or refer you to an appropriate specialist if needed. They are empowered to make high-level clinical decisions and be autonomous practitioners on critical care. They will work closely with the medical and nursing teams and provide expert advice on the critical care unit.
The appointee will be part of the team providing daily care to patients on the Critical Care Unit and reviewing critically ill patients on the wards and in ED. There are daily formal handover sessions. The unit is staffed during the day with three Consultant Intensivists and currently at least 6 trainees/JCF/ACCPs. As an ACCP you will form part of the non-consultant medical team.
Out of hours is part of ITU working with resident senior trainee and/or Consultant supervision. There are 2 Consultants during the day and at weekends. Appropriate compensatory rest periods are built into the rota in line with agenda for change conditions. Once qualified, the ACCP appointee will be expected to cover shifts over 24/7 periods regularly.
MAIN DUTIES
Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of a patients condition
Request and perform diagnostic tests
Initiate and manage a clinical treatment plan
Provide accurate and effective clinical handovers
Undertake invasive interventions within the scope of practice
Provide professional leadership and support within a multi-professional team
Work autonomously in recognised situations
Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across a range of subject areas relevant to the field of critical care
Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise different sources of information for the purpose of assessing and managing the care of a critically ill patient
Apply the principles of diagnosis and clinical reasoning that underlie clinical judgement and decision making
Apply theory to practice through a clinical decision-making model
Apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing
Understand the professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice
Function at an advanced level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team as determined by the competency framework
Apply the principles of evidence-based practice to the management of the critically ill patient
Understand and perform clinical audit
Person SpecificationTraining and qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Professional body registration
Essential
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Skills/abilities
Essential
Desirable
Audit and Research
Essential
Desirable
Attributes
Essential