Advanced Care Practitioner

2 months ago


Salford, United Kingdom Northern Care Alliance NHS Group Full time

**Job overview**:
Undertake a significant clinical caseload to an advanced professional standard using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.
- Develop an extended scope of practice in the speciality
- Triage referrals either independently or with medical colleagues and make onward referrals.
- Support redesign of the flow of patient referrals from Primary care to secondary care.

This is an exciting time to join our growing team of advanced practitioners and Trainee Advanced practitioners, as we transition into the purpose-built Surgical Triage Unit in the Greater Manchester Trauma Hospital (GMMTH) based on and part of the Salford Care Organisation site due to open in January 2024, housing acute and high risk emergency general surgery, and Major Trauma.

**Main duties of the job**:
The role is an advanced clinical practitioner in emergency general and urological surgery based on STU working across ambulatory area, General Wards and the Emergency Department to review and assess patients as required. The post holder will take a lead role in the advanced clinical assessment and treatment of a diverse and undetermined caseload of patients, who may have highly complex acute and/or chronic presentation. They will determine clinical diagnosis and treatments indicated, and maintain records as an autonomous practitioner. The post holder will provide clinical expertise for developing and enhancing the service. This will be done in collaboration with healthcare colleagues. 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, Trust and externally as appropriate.

**Working for our organisation**:
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to **make a difference** and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - **care**, **appreciate** and **inspire** - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- NMC/HCPC Registration required

**Desirable criteria**:

- Post qualifying experience in Advanced practice

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Graduate in health or social care with a first degree at 2:2 or above or successful APL*

**Essential**:
**Essential criteria**:

- NMC/HCPC Registration required
- Graduate in health or social care with a first degree at 2:2 or above or successful APL*
- Master’s Degree in advanced clinical practice.
- Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge within specialty supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD
- Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
- Evidence of effective people management and leadership skills
- Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting the Trust clinical governance objectives
- Non-Medical Prescriber
- Excellent clinical reasoning / clinical decision making
- Evidence of involvement and leadership in teaching and mentoring learners
- Keyboard skills and use of IT equipment

**Desirable criteria**:

- Post qualifying experience in Advanced practice
- Experience in General surgery
- Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
- We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans st



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