Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner

1 week ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our West Kent Home Treatment Service.

The Consultant Practitioner for Home Treatment Service leads the Home Treatment Service alongside the SAS Doctors West Kent.

We are a community team made up of a variety of staff including Specialist Doctors, Speciality Doctors, Advanced Clinical Practitioners and Health Care Assistants. The Home Treatment Services have excellent links with Primary Care, Community Teams, Hospice, SECAMB Trust and Acute Trust Teams.

Main duties of the job

You will be a clinical expert in Frailty and will fulfil the 4 domains ofAdvanced Clinical Practice:

1. Advanced and expert level clinical practice within the field of frailty ensuring clinicalexcellence2. Leadership and consultancy providing expert professional advice to patients,carers and colleagues3. Development and provision of education and training to other staff and trainees4. Service development, evaluation, research and audit.

As a member of the MDT, you will also be involved with, and where appropriate collaborate in national and international research contributing to relevant networks and forums, with the aim of supporting the development of a centre of excellence in care and treatment for older people.

You will maintain and further develop a local and national profile as a Consultant ACP for Frailty, by being a creative and innovative leader in further developing services for this patient group

Additional Working Pattern: 0900 to 2200 3 shifts a week including weekends

About us

Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn't visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won't involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We'll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

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Job description

Job responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

o\tFirst level Registration with NMC, HPCP or GPHC o\tMinimum of 5 years post registration experience, Experience at band 8a or above o\tEducated to Master's level or higher degree o\tTeaching qualification o\tResearch qualification o\tLeadership o\tNon- medical Prescribing

Desirable

o\tPsychology or counselling experience and training/ education

EXPERIENCE

Essential

o\tExtensive clinical experience in the care and treatment of people with frailty (including long term conditions and dementia care experience) o\tAdvanced skills in history taking and physical assessment of frail people o\tIndependent prescribing experience o\tExperience of advanced specialist interventions in the assessment and management of older patients o\tExperience of teaching and education provision o\tExtensive experience in report writing o\tExperience of planning, implementation and delivery of educational programmes relating to long term conditions o\tExperience of working across organisational boundaries with partners (commissioning, social care and education providers) o\tAdvanced IT skills o\tExperience with evidence of audit, research and innovation applied in practice o\tExperience of strategy development and implementation

Desirable

o\tExtensive experience of presenting report/ education/ information to public forums o\tIR(ME)R training or equivalent

KNOWLEDGE

Essential

o\tAdvanced understanding of long-term conditions and application to older people o\tAdvanced knowledge of clinical governance o\tAdvanced knowledge of change management o\tAdvanced knowledge of managing complex patient information and situations

Desirable

o\tExtensive research knowledge

SKILLS & ABILITIES

Essential

o\tDemonstrate a high level of competence and excellence in practice. o\tHigh level competence in strategic planning o\tAdvanced skills in writing reports o\tHigh level skills in presenting o\tExpert skills in developing and delivering educational material o\tAdvanced skills in clinical practice, including clinical governance o\tHigh level communication skills both verbally and non-verbally o\tCoaching and mentoring skills o\tComputer literacy o\tChairing and facilitation skills Valid driving licence

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

Essential

o\tHighly self-motivated o\tFacilitative approach o\tParticipative style o\tFlexible o\tReflective practitioner o\tApproachable manner o\tInnovative and creative o\tCompassionate leader

ABILITY TO MANAGE

Essential

o\tAble to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure o\tAble to be supportive to others o\tPrevious evidence of managing others o\tWork produced is managed to ensure a high quality standard reflective of the seniority of the post

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