Advanced Practitioner

1 month ago


Plymouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Full time

To fulfil the expectations and core capabilities of an Advanced Practitioner (AP) as set out in the Trust AP job description
- To work autonomously at an advanced level providing high quality patient care
- Utilise the four pillars of advanced practice to support delivery of the Trust objectives in keeping with the Trust value.
- Expection to take a lead role in the clinical assessment and treatment of complex multi-system major trauma patients.
- Provide clinical expertise and take an active role in developing and enhancing the Major Trauma service.

**The post holder will**:

- Work in accordance with the Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (HEE, 2017) and University Hospitals Plymouth (UHP) Trust Framework for Advanced Practice
- Utilise advanced clinical skills within an interdepartmental and/or multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients who have undergone a Major Trauma receive holistic, timely and high-quality care
- Exercise autonomous clinical expertise, high levels of judgement, discretion, and decision
- making in care, in accordance with their scope of practice
- Draw on expertise utilising the four pillars of advanced practice to lead and influence improvements to standards of care
- Develop a culture of organisational learning to inspire future and existing staff
- Influence and lead on the improvement of care of major trauma patients through clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and research in collaboration with clinical and academic colleagues.
- Demonstrate compassionate leadership in daily working

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust provides the full range of acute and general hospital services to 460,000 people in Plymouth, east Cornwall and southwest Devon.

We are proud to be able to offer flexible working to improve an individual's work life balance and help ensure we have the excellent, skilled staff within the service line.

The successful applicant will form part of a professional and multi-skilled Major Trauma team whose role it is to provide excellent care and safe discharges for all patients admitted. You will need to be an enthusiastic, dynamic, excellent communicator with effective influencing and negotiating skills and will be required to work with multi-disciplinary teams across the organisation. A variable shift pattern will be required over a seven day period. You must have recent clinical experience working with Major Trauma patients and good organisational skills. If you are a motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills looking for a career augmenting opportunity these could be the post for you.

Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as 'Priority' and 'At Risk' status including NHS at Risk staff throughout Devon who is able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.

Clinical Practice
1. Assess, differentially diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate individual treatment interventions for major trauma patients by virtue of expert clinical judgement and close liaison with members of the MD and the major trauma coordination service
2. Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
3. Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, lifestyle advice and care.
4. Exercise professional judgement to manage risk appropriately, especially where there may be complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of individuals, families and carers.
5. Utilise complex decision-making skills to promote high quality care in unpredictable and challenging circumstances.
6. Ensure compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and work within their scope of practice.
7. Works in conjunction with the MDT to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon trauma care.
8. Work alongside the major trauma coordination and rehabilitation teams to provide exemplary care to patients have sustained traumatic injuries.
9. Work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate
10. Be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy. This includes being critically aware of their limits of their own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty, and incomplete information.
11. Be responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.
12. Utilise professional judgement and maturity, understanding when to seek help.
13. Demonstrate critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and opennes



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