Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We are looking for an ACP with an interest in OPAT to join our established ACP team who are responsible for the day to day management of OPAT patients which includes an outpatient and inpatient case load (including ACP led clinics) and will involve assessment of patients in their own place of residence including nursing homes with support from the OPAT specialist nurse team. Given this a full, clean driving license is essential.

The post is full time and will involve daytime working including evenings.

Consideration will be given as a band 7 work-towards post for someone who already has 2 years of the ACP masters including prescribing and who expects to complete the ACP masters within the next 6 months.

Applicants from different base professions will be considered (e.g nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, paramedic) providing they have the appropriate skills for the role.

If you think this is a role for you then we look forward to hearing from you.

The post-holders will exercise advanced clinical skills, levels of judgement, discretion and decision-making in acute medical care, demonstrated through, and supported by, professional portfolio evidence.

You will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary OPAT team and allied specialties to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of accessible, high-quality acute medical care at Warwick Hospital.

Clinical duties will include a combination of shifts in the OPAT outpatient clinic, reviewing potential OPAT patients on the ward and assessing OPAT patients in their place of residence (including nursing homes).

Regular evening work is required and weekend work may be required in the future.

Approximately 20% of the role will be designated to the ongoing development of innovative practice, service improvement and standards of care.

The post-holders will be expected to contribute significantly to clinical governance, audit, research, training and education, providing leadership to the Acute Medicine team in one or more of these areas.

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.

Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, effective and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

Expertise & Excellence in Clinical Practice

Deliver evidence-based personalised and compassionate care which places quality at the heart of specialist practice. Care will be responsive to individual patient needs and reflect current local protocols and national guidelines.

Utilise high levels of autonomy and advocacy, using analytical and judgemental skills in undertaking differential diagnosis to ensure the delivery of an expert level of care, developing their own and others knowledge within the speciality.

Manage their own caseload of patients including comprehensive review of patients, requesting diagnostics, reviewing results and creating and implementing management plans within the speciality and prioritise workload to meet patient and service need.

Independent and supplementary prescribing including discharge of patients, within current legislative and local frameworks.

Support development and implementation of personalised care pathways for the speciality through holistic needs assessment, planning and evaluation of care and all care interventions.

Implement pathways of care, adapting to patients’ emerging needs by ensuring a planned and co-ordinated approach to care, supporting enhanced recovery and reducing inappropriate admissions to improve patient experience and safety.

Refer directly to other health care professionals and specialist departments as necessary, to ensure optimal efficiency and quality of care.

Act as a patient advocate to facilitate the process of shared decision-making in respect to health, choice of treatment and care. Use interpersonal and communication skills where there may be significant barriers in order to build confidence. Ensure that patients’ individual needs are expressed and valued and individual management plans are understood.

Advise on diagnosis and symptom management for patients within the speciality. Evaluate response to interventions and advise on the adaptation of management and discharge pl