Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job summary

The Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the Emergency Department provides expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management for patients presenting with undifferentiated illness or injury.

They function as an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, bridging medical and nursing roles to enhance continuity, safety, and efficiency across the emergency care pathway.

Main duties of the job

Expert assessment, diagnostics, procedural skills, acute management.

Service improvement, supervision, MDT coordination.

Teaching, competency development, clinical coaching.

Audit, evidence-based practice, data interpretation.

About us

Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).

We have four primary goals:

• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence

And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.

Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:

• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team

This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:

https://www.uhleicester.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be an integral member of the team working collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied healthcare professionals undertaking advanced roles and responsibilities under the direction of the Consultant in charge of the patients care and reporting to the Head of Nursing.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work within agreed protocols and guidelines exercising independent judgement in history taking, examination, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a specific or diverse and undetermined caseload of critically or acutely or chronically ill or injured patients who may have highly complex acute presentations or more minor common illnesses and injuries.

The ACP will act as a professional resource for the multi-professional teams, patients and carers. They will ensure that evidence-based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment; and ensure this knowledge is disseminated throughout the clinical area, across the Trust and externally as appropriate.

Job description
Job responsibilities

The post holder will be an integral member of the team working collaboratively with medical, nursing, and allied healthcare professionals undertaking advanced roles and responsibilities under the direction of the Consultant in charge of the patients care and reporting to the Head of Nursing.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work within agreed protocols and guidelines exercising independent judgement in history taking, examination, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of a specific or diverse and undetermined caseload of critically or acutely or chronically ill or injured patients who may have highly complex acute presentations or more minor common illnesses and injuries.

The ACP will act as a professional resource for the multi-professional teams, patients and carers. They will ensure that evidence-based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment; and ensure this knowledge is disseminated throughout the clinical area, across the Trust and externally as appropriate.

Person Specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registration on relevant part of the register with the NMC or HCPC with no restrictions on practice
• Masters level education meeting the requirements of the national framework for Advanced Level Practice
• study/knowledge relevant to speciality
• Independent non-medical prescribing (V300)

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• IT qualification
• Coaching qualification
• Research qualification
• Minor Injury/Minor Illness qualification

Advanced Clinical Skills

Essential

• Evidence of developing advanced skills in history taking and physical examination skills within speciality area
• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to assess, diagnose and action under pressurised environments
• Demonstrates expertise in complex decision making.
• Autonomous management of own patient load (ward based or clinic environment)

Desirable

• Evidence of extensive application of learning in practice
• Ability to assess, diagnose and action under pressurised environments

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed specialist experience across a wide range of emergency care procedures that is underpinned by theory and continued knowledge and skills through CPD
• Experience of prescribing practice in the last 12 months
• Evidence of involvement in policy and protocol development and implementation and ability to influence service changes
• Experience managing own caseload of patients and autonomous practice
• Experience of teaching, assessing and mentoring of learners
• Experience in audit, research and development
• Proven line manager experience able to manage a team of healthcare professionals

Desirable

• Lead in Audit or Research projects
• Evidence of developing nurse or therapy led services and clinics in collaboration or independently of medical consultants
• Evidence of autonomous practice
• Experience of service development

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• Organisational and negotiation skills
• Effective communicator in complex situations
• Self motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Able to facilitate change.
• Able to lead and work within a team

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Autonomous management of own patient load (ward based or clinic environment)
• Evidence of working under supervision and developing ability to autonomously assess, diagnose and develop management plans for urgently referred patients
• Evidence of Faculty Governance Reviews, Multisource and patient feedback

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Able to articulate advanced practice and professional accountability
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Vision to develop the service and the role of the AP.
• Awareness of the national Framework
• Able to articulate advanced practice and professional accountability

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Skills

Essential

• Ability to or working towards -sign ECGs independently
• NG insertion
• Inject LA into skin
• Perform Fascia Iliaca Block
• insertion of Basic Airway Adjuncts (NP/OP/iGel)
• Set up/start Vapotherm
• Splint application in trauma /Venepuncture/cannulation/ catheterisation

Person Specification
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• Registration on relevant part of the register with the NMC or HCPC with no restrictions on practice
• Masters level education meeting the requirements of the national framework for Advanced Level Practice
• study/knowledge relevant to speciality
• Independent non-medical prescribing (V300)

Desirable

• Leadership qualification
• IT qualification
• Coaching qualification
• Research qualification
• Minor Injury/Minor Illness qualification

Advanced Clinical Skills

Essential

• Evidence of developing advanced skills in history taking and physical examination skills within speciality area
• Highly developed communication skills
• Ability to assess, diagnose and action under pressurised environments
• Demonstrates expertise in complex decision making.
• Autonomous management of own patient load (ward based or clinic environment)

Desirable

• Evidence of extensive application of learning in practice
• Ability to assess, diagnose and action under pressurised environments

Experience

Essential

• Highly developed specialist experience across a wide range of emergency care procedures that is underpinned by theory and continued knowledge and skills through CPD
• Experience of prescribing practice in the last 12 months
• Evidence of involvement in policy and protocol development and implementation and ability to influence service changes
• Experience managing own caseload of patients and autonomous practice
• Experience of teaching, assessing and mentoring of learners
• Experience in audit, research and development
• Proven line manager experience able to manage a team of healthcare professionals

Desirable

• Lead in Audit or Research projects
• Evidence of developing nurse or therapy led services and clinics in collaboration or independently of medical consultants
• Evidence of autonomous practice
• Experience of service development

Communication and Relationship Skills

Essential

• Organisational and negotiation skills
• Effective communicator in complex situations
• Self motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Able to facilitate change.
• Able to lead and work within a team

Analytical and Judgement Skills

Essential

• Autonomous management of own patient load (ward based or clinic environment)
• Evidence of working under supervision and developing ability to autonomously assess, diagnose and develop management plans for urgently referred patients
• Evidence of Faculty Governance Reviews, Multisource and patient feedback

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Able to articulate advanced practice and professional accountability
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Vision to develop the service and the role of the AP.
• Awareness of the national Framework
• Able to articulate advanced practice and professional accountability

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Skills

Essential

• Ability to or working towards -sign ECGs independently
• NG insertion
• Inject LA into skin
• Perform Fascia Iliaca Block
• insertion of Basic Airway Adjuncts (NP/OP/iGel)
• Set up/start Vapotherm
• Splint application in trauma /Venepuncture/cannulation/ catheterisation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Address

Leicester Royal Infirmary

Infirmary Square

Leicester

LE1 5WW

United Kingdom

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