Lead Frailty Advanced Care Practitioner

Job summary

The opportunity has arisen to be part of our expanding multi-disciplinary frailty team and to have the opportunity to lead the Advance Clinical Practitioner team whilst also providing autonomous clinical support to the care of patients undertaking frailty health assessments: diagnoses, treating, and discharging patients within their own competence.

Our Frailty Strategy forms part of the Trust strategy. In line with national evidence, we aim to take care closer to patients' homes, to enable and empower our frail older patients to live independently with the confidence that we are there to support them.

Main duties of the job The post holder will lead the expanding Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team, support ACP team supervision and associated development requirements, service reviews and planning, driving innovation through the four pillars of advanced practice, clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.

They will co-ordinate ACP cover for multiple services across 24/7 services. Dedicated leadership/management & education time will be allocated to allow for undertaking the leadership role alongside clinical duties.

As a clinician, the post holder will act as an independent practitioner, providing expert care and treatment to patients within agreed protocols and clinical guidelines. However, the ACP also has the ability to make decisions outside these frameworks, where necessary based on best practice.

The postholder will also be expected to rotate between our acute site at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, covering front door services across our emergency floor and at our community sites at Amersham and Buckingham Hospitals, supporting with care delivery oversight within the community in-patient ward and undertaking independent outpatient clinics linked to Inter-Neighbourhood Teams providing proactive as well as preventative care for frail patients.

The Trust operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the post holder will be required to work flexibly to accommodate a developing 24hr frailty model of care.

About us

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Job description

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responsibilities

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Person Specification

Education, Qualifications & Training Essential First-level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) or equivalent in the undergraduate base profession NMC or HCPC registration Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent, which maps across the 4 pillars Accreditation as an Advanced Practitioner Qualified as a non-medical prescriber (if able under professional registration) Evidence of continuing professional development.

(including further level 7 modules that support practice) Post-graduate management and/or leadership training Qualification in teaching Special Circumstances Essential Ability to travel cross site and to community settings. Ability to work internal rotation, involving 24/7 cover.

Experience Essential Substantial post-registration experience and working at Band 8a or equivalent. Experience in complex case management. Experience working with older people and long-term conditions.

Experience working independently at Advanced Practice level Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner, as per Job Description for role Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner, as per Job Description for role Experience of multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team working across service interfaces.

Evidence of teaching and sharing knowledge with others in the MDT or externally to organisation. Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice Evidence of involvement of audit/quality improvement/successful change management Experience in formulating protocols and standards.

Coordinating cross-functional teams and driving organisational change. Evidence of managing budgets. Skills, Abilities & Knowledge Essential Strong stakeholder management and communication skills at all organisational levels.

Team leadership and supervising junior colleagues and other MDT members Ability to analyse and report performance and financial data Ability to effectively prioritise workload Ability to educate and clinical supervise others in the promotion of high standards of patient care Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands Ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.

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.

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