Advanced Clinical Practitioner

JOB OVERVIEW

We are keen for enthusiastic, forward-thinking individuals to consider Stockport as an opportunity to develop both clinically and professionally.

If you have excellent interpersonal and communication skills along with the ability to motivate, influence and inspire new ways of working then we would like to hear from you

The post holder will be practising autonomously as an advanced practitioner within the Crisis Response Team providing patient-centered clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.

The post holder will support new ways of working that focuses on efficient and patient focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.

In order to support a conducive work life balance; flexible working, part time hours, and core hours will be considered.

The Integrated Care Business Group within Stockport Foundation Trust is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)
- (Nursing /AHP/Therapist) to work within the Crisis Response Team.

We also aid early supported discharges with the innovative concept of a virtual ward to allow patients to receive the care and monitoring they need at home safely and conveniently.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

The post holder will deliver an 80% clinical component to their role and 20% related to appraisal, clinical audit, teaching, self-development and research.

Undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of patients to incorporate physiological and pharmacological considerations, making multifaceted complex clinical decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes. This assessment will be carried out within 2 hours of the referral to CRT.

The post holder will be responsible for providing advanced clinical care and expertise in care delivery including judgement, discretion and decision making to patients as per individual scope of practice and through the advanced clinical competency framework provided by the MSc programme.

The post holder will provide a seamless, high quality service from referral through to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review, referring to other specialists as required. Provide guidance to staff, patients and their families and carers on pathway navigation.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £38. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.