Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Advanced Clinical Practitioner, up to 37.5 hours per week available working nightshift. Full time and part time will be considered

Hospital at night is a multidisciplinary approach to delivering care at night with the aim of improving patient safety. It involves medical and nursing staff working together to provide a team that delivers patient care over many disciplines in the hospital.

We are looking to appoint dynamic and forward-thinking Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) to lead our already established team of band 7 tACPs. This is an opportunity to join an organisation in which clinicians are at the forefront of management.

**The Hospital at Night ACP will**:
lead the team of trainee ACPs

be an experienced healthcare practitioner with proven strong and visible leadership skills who will support the Hospital at Night service, assisting in coordinating and reviewing the service with management and appropriate personnel.

work as a competent advanced clinical practitioner supporting the medical teams whilst further developing their own advanced clinical assessment skills, including assessment of patients, diagnostic skills and enhanced understanding of investigations.

demonstrate safe, critical decision-making in the clinical decision-making process and will work collaboratively with multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedure.

work to ensure wherever possible that junior medical staff are enabled to meet their training and development requirements. Local requirements for advanced clinical practice must be met or worked towards.

contribute positively towards the delivery of a cost effective service, adjusting staffing levels to meet demand, and assisting Matron to keep within agreed resources

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
Being a clinically led organisation

Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust

A positive patient experience every time

A great place to work

Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.

A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.

27 day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years

Flexible working Scheme

Excellent opportunities for development

Competitive NHS Pension scheme

Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies

EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems