Bank Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Emergency

Are you currently a ACP looking to develop your skills and experience further? Or perhaps you're looking for a fresh, exciting challenge within our Integrated and Urgent care emergency department?

We are seeking an ACP who can demonstrate experience of fulfilling all four pillars - 80% being in clinical practice, whilst also facilitating learning, leadership and evidence, and research and development. We are looking for an experienced ACP on a bank basis. This means both flexibility and adaptability in your role allowing you to work round you. Working with us on bank allows both the freedom of picking when you work and allowing you to develop your career at the same time.

Should you be interested and fulfil the criteria but not hold the necessary ACP qualifications we would be keen to support your study to achieve this whilst working within the post at a Band 7 level...

Main duties of the job
- Communicate very complex clinical information both written and verbal, in an easily understood form, to patients, carers, and all members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Impart / explain the prognosis / outcome of the patient’s condition to them and, at times, their carer in a sensitive and supportive manner
- Develop a close professional working relationship with all members of the multidisciplinary team, through respect for, and understanding of, their different roles and training. Working closely with stakeholders and clinicians to continue to improve care and service, in line with the NHS Plan.
- Acting as a role model and highly competent practitioner whilst facilitating development of all staff within the team
- Promoting an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through research, evidence based practice and teaching.
- Facilitating and delivering education, training and clinical leadership for the advancement of clinical practice

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone’s throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a master’s level award or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.

Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance people’s experience and improve outcomes.

This definition therefore requires that health and care professionals working at the level of advanced clinical practice will exercise autonomy and decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions made’ (Health Education England, 2017)

The post holder will be a skilled, autonomous practitioner working as a core member of the multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality care to patients. They will possess the skills, competence, expertise and clinical decision making abilities required to plan, co-ordinate and prescribe treatment for our patients.