Advanced Practitioner Lead

4 weeks ago


Basildon, United Kingdom NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board Full time

Job summary

THE POSITION WILL BE OFFERED AS A SECONDMENT IF COMING FROM AN NHS ORGANISATION AND AS A FIXED TERM IF COMING FROM AN OUTSIDE ORGANISATION FOR 1 YEAR AT 15HPW

A fantastic opportunity has arisen in Mid & South Essex for the appointment of an Advanced Practitioner Lead within primary care. Are you passionate about advanced practice? Are you a motivated and creative individual that wants to make a difference for our population's health needs? This may be the role for you.

In Mid & South Essex, we have been developing an advanced practice directorate to be able to drive NHS England's long term workforce plan in expanding our advanced practice workforce. The advanced practice leadership team all have a clear vision on how the advanced practice workforce can support our population health needs with the right support, education, training and clinical supervision.

You will sit within the Mid & South Essex system organisation of the Primary Care Training Hub and will focus on leading, supporting and expanding the advanced practitioner workforce across the primary care workforce. You will work on Mid and South Essex's key priority initiatives in advanced practice such as access to ongoing education, clinical supervision, community of practice and opportunities across the four pillars of advanced level practice.

This post is a part time position with hybrid working, giving the successful candidate the opportunity to continue their advanced clinical practice alongside this leading role.

Main duties of the job

Provide expert advice and leadership relating to advanced practitioners in the formulation of strategic and operational plans and policies, so our highly skilled advanced practitioner workforce continues to develop and work effectively to meet the needs of the population we serve.

Develop the advanced practitioner long term strategy in partnership with stakeholders, including the divisions, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions and the potential impacts on the wider organisation.

Keep an accurate and up-to-date register of advanced practitioners and aspiring advanced practitioners in the organisation.

Lead on embedding of the Advanced Practice Organisation Framework including maintaining performance, training, supervision, annual appraisals and having a robust quality assurance process to monitor this.

Provide coaching and guidance to the advanced practitioner and aspiring advanced practitioner workforce and building meaningful and supportive relationships across the organisation.

The successful candidate will currently be an experienced Advanced Practitioner working within MSE system organisations, they will have a MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent, and have experience in leading, managing, influencing and inspiring staff.

The successful candidate will have experience in leading, managing and delivering significant change projects, be a role model for qualified and aspiring advanced practitioners and be an excellent communicator.

About us

Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Phoenix Court, Basildon, but there is a hybrid model of working, which includes working across Mid and South Essex and home working.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications regardless of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion or belief. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustment for people who have a disability. We would also encourage applicants to raise any personal circumstances they would like us to be aware of so that we can consider possible adjustments.

Unfortunately, the organisation does not have a Sponsorship licence.

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System comprises of the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and brings together key health, care, community and voluntary sector organisations across the area.

The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.

The vision of the Mid & South Essex Integrated Care System is to build a sustainable, caring, integrated health and social care workforce. The aim is to put more of our talented and committed clinical and care professionals forward to be able to influence how our communities are served. Advanced Practitioners are vital for looking at ways in transforming our services to meet the needs of individuals, families, and carers.

MSE are developing an Advanced Practice Directorate, working with Health Education England and along with the MSE Partners to provide a clear vision on advanced level practice, ensuring there are adequate opportunities, support and leadership structures in place for advanced practitioners, organisations, and respective health services.

The Advanced Practitioner Lead will sit within the MSE primary care training hub to focus on leading and expanding the advanced practitioner workforce. They will work within the newly formed Advanced Practice Directorate, and work alongside the Advanced Practice Lead for the ICS, and the other MSE organisation Advanced Practitioner Leads in delivering a clear vision on advanced level of practice and the level of support required.

The post holder will co-ordinate the development and implementation of programmes with the MSE Advanced Practice Directorate, ensuring projects are completed accurately and timely and are fed back to the MSE Advanced Practice Faculty.

The post holder will ensure the advanced practice strategies are aligned to improve both quantity and quality of the advanced practice workforce within the MSE organisation to deliver on health outcomes for the population we serve.

COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES

Provide expert advice and leadership relating to advanced practitioners in the formulation of strategic and operational plans and policies, so our highly skilled advanced practitioner workforce continues to develop and work effectively to meet the needs of the population we serve. To develop the advanced practitioner long term strategy in partnership with stakeholders, including the divisions, identifying interdependencies across projects/functions and the potential impacts on the wider organisation. Keep an accurate and up-to-date register of advanced practitioners and aspiring advanced practitioners in the organisation. Lead on embedding of the Advanced Practice Organisation Framework within the organisation. Responsible for ensuring the advanced practice workforce maintain their performance, training, supervision, annual appraisals and having a robust quality assurance process to monitor this. Ensure all advanced practitioners have a job plan developed with their line managers that include the HEE minimum standards of workplace supervision time. Professional lead for multiple members of staff, with diverse registered professional backgrounds, including to provide support and guidance in relation to revalidation guidance from professional bodies (NMC/HCPC/GPhC etc) around maintaining professional standards. Provide coaching and guidance to the advanced practitioner and aspiring advanced practitioner workforce and building meaningful and supportive relationships across the organisation. Provide expert clinical leadership in the development and delivery of new internal systems and processes which facilitate improved advanced practitioner recruitment, continuous professional development and retention of workforce. Develop and maintain effective relationships with partners and other external bodies (regionally and nationally) and use these relationships to continually improve service deliver across the ICS. Provide updates to the ICS Advanced Practice Faculty and relevant organisation boards, analysing any risks in the delivery of the programmes and proposing corrective actions. Lead on the Advanced Practitioner Forum and Advanced Practice Oversight Group (APOG). Sharing of educational opportunities for all advanced practitioner workforce. Identify and share best practice, including dissemination of research, of advanced practitioners across the organisation. Maintain own portfolio of advanced level practice across the four pillars of advanced practice. Lead on supporting newly qualified Advanced Practitioner groups into practice. Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Registration with NMC, GPhC or HCPC. Possession of 1st degree in a clinical field (, Nursing, physiotherapy) at a minimum 2:2 classification MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent (, registered on Centre of advancing practice directory)

Partnership Working / Leadership

Essential

Provide effective, inclusive and compassionate leadership across own areas of responsibility, ensuring all voices are heard and creating and nurturing a culture where staff feel safe to speak up Ability to work as part of a team or independently Ability to work in a collaborative way across organisational/sector boundaries in order to achieve the highest quality outcomes for patients

Skills

Essential

Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills with staff at all levels using from the full range of methods as appropriate Demonstrable ability to provide and receive highly complex, sensitive and contentious information where there are barriers to understanding Demonstrates ability to use sound judgement in the absence of clear guidelines or precedent, seeking advice as necessary from more senior management when appropriate

Experience

Essential

Substantial experience of working at a senior level in the specialism. Experience of leading, managing and delivering significant change projects involving stakeholders Experience of leading, managing, developing, influencing and inspiring staff

Knowledge /Understanding

Essential

In depth understanding of policies and practices within advanced practice An in-depth understanding of health care provision Awareness of current NHS policies and priorities.
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