Senior Advanced Practitioner

NHS Lanarkshire is looking to recruit a full time, permanent Senior Advanced Practitioner based in Hamilton Locality within the Primary Care with Support to brain injury unit.

This post is based in primary care. The post holder will provide general medical cover for the brain injury rehabilitaion unit as part of their role. No experience in brain injury is required.

The post holder will work as a senior advanced practitioner responsible for providing advanced clinical care and management of both the stable and acutely unwell patients and his/her family, making complex, autonomous decisions using advanced skills and knowledge. You will have overall responsibility for the assessment of care needs and the delivery of advanced care. You will be an experienced clinician, who acting within their professional boundaries will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. The senior advanced practitioner must demonstrate competence within all four pillars of advanced practice and make professional, autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable.

The post holder will provide the assessment, examination, diagnosis, management and treatment initiation to a range of adults and /or children. As a senior clinician within the department the senior advanced practitioner will also play an important part in leadership and teaching for both AHP, nursing and medical staff. The post holder will provide leadership, clinical support and advice to AHP, nursing and junior medical staff, making appropriate referrals to, and co-ordinating the contribution of other members of the multi-professional team as well as providing specialist education, training to nurses, AHP’s, students and junior medical staff. You will commit to demonstrating critical thinking whilst providing safe, competent clinical decision-making skills. In order to work at this level, HCPC/NMC / GPHC requirements for advanced practice must be met. The senior advanced practitioner will provide direct patient management in collaboration and consultation with departmental consultants / General Practitioners.

**Knowledge, Training and/or Experience required to do the job**
- Registered Nurse /AHP or Pharmacist with a valid NMC/ HCPC / GPhC registration.
- Completion of Post Graduate Diploma (Masters) in Advanced Practice with evidence of finalising Masters Degree i.e post holder is undertaking the last module of a Masters Degree which is the research dissertation.
- Independent prescriber.
- Be able to demonstrate knowledge of NHS Scotland leadership qualities framework or equivalent framework
- Management knowledge gained through experience and continuous professional development
- Evidence of facilitating learning and teaching
- Professional, leadership and managerial experience within speciality / area of practice that demonstrates the required breadth of knowledge required to lead safety, effectively and efficiently.
- Extensive knowledge of clinical guidelines and standards within areas of expertise.
- Experience of assessing training needs.
- Experience of resource management (Financial, Human and Capital)
- Knowledge and experience of needs assessment and analysis/interpretation of related data.
- Evidence of sound and effective leadership. Ability to think strategically, and lead a team.
- Evidence of developing innovative solutions in meeting organisational requirements and motivating staff to affect change.
- Evidence of developing teams/services and integrated solutions to complex and challenging problems.
- Experience of appropriate advanced practitioner programme and evidence of completion of advanced practice competency.
- Knowledge and experience of information technology.

**Pease note**:The post holder must be able to work Rotational 12 hour shift pattern involving weekends and nights

‘In NHS Lanarkshire we are committed to recruiting a workforce that fully reflects the diverse make-up of our society. A place where every individual can thrive, develop and succeed based on skill, knowledge and talent, regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, care experienced* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
- Care experienced applicants are people who live/have lived with foster parents/kinship carers or who live/have lived in a residential children’s setting/secure unit.’

Whilst this advertisement may be for a specific post(s) in a particular location, applicants who are shortlisted for interview may be considered for similar vacancies in alternative locations.

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