Trainee ACP

Job summary

Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust are looking for experienced and motivated clinicians to start their journey as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) within Cardiology, Rheumatology and Dermatology.

Trainees will join the dynamic and innovative multidisciplinary team working closely with the MDT. The services at Mid Yorkshire span across both Pinderfields, Dewsbury and Pontefract Hospital which will provide candidates with exposure and experience in both acute and non-acute medicine.

The advanced practitioner education will be both in house and through participation in a Masters course in Advanced Practice within one of the local academic institutes. You are joining the Trust at an exciting time as we have recently been awarded Teaching Hospital status and we are looking for candidates who have a passion for providing the best care for our patients.

Our ambition is to deliver an ACP service built on Health Education England definition four pillars (Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education and Research). These skills are essential and underpin the autonomy and critical decision making required to work within these services

You will be expected to apply for The Advanced Practice Masters Pathway and to start in September 2024.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be practicing under supervision as a trainee within clinical placement areas to provide advanced care across the speciality. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the clinical placements.

The post holder will, under supervision, work across nursing and medical boundaries demonstrating leadership in providing expert care, contributing to education, research, audit and practise development.

On completion the practitioner will have demonstrated clinical expertise, competence, confidence and be able to work within an autonomous and defined sphere of practice, maintaining records and in collaboration with the Medical, Nursing and Allied Health Professional teams

About us

We provide care and support to over a million people inWakefield and Kirklees in their homes, community settings and across ourthree hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Always striving for excellence, we are at the forefront ofinnovation and research, and we invest in teaching and the development of ourworkforce.

We live by our values of caring, improving, being respectfuland maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim to make MidYorkshire the best place to work and receive care.

We value diversity and welcome talent and enthusiasmirrespective of age, disability, neurodivergence, sex, gender identity andgender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation,or other personal circumstances including providing unpaid carers support tosomeone with a health and care need. As ethnic minority groups, members of theLGBTQ+ community, and people with a disability/neurodivergence are currentlyunder-represented across the organisation, we encourage applications frommembers of these groups. We have policies and procedures to ensure allapplicants are treated fairly and consistently.

We are proud of our staff networks - who offer valuableguidance and feedback from those with lived experience.

We have a clear vision and you could be part of this Ifyou share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of ourpatients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

To deliver and participate in clinical care, within the clinical placement area. Under supervision, provide a level of advanced and comprehensive health assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge. To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in safe management and appropriate clinical management, referral or discharge within the specified boundaries of the role as a trainee. Under supervision, using an extended scope of practice beyond own profession, review all information available, including interpretation of laboratory and radiological results. Utilising a systematic process of assessment and critical reasoning make a differential diagnosis, and record and initiate an appropriate patient management plan prioritising the most probable diagnosis. Recognise the patient with changing health status and take appropriate actions. Initiate pharmacological intervention, as an independent or supplementary prescriber or patient group directive and administer medications as prescribed by others in accordance with current legislation and the Mid Yorkshire Trust policies. Communicate highly complex and highly sensitive information with patients and families and within the healthcare team. Under supervision, plan and organise complex activities, including liaison with other hospital services and external agencies, and detailed planning for patient management, referral and discharge. Have responsibility for the safe use of highly complex monitoring and support equipment within the work area. Under supervision, undertake advanced clinical skills according to agreed protocols and to service need. Maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies. Rigorously review with a supervisor all aspects of the patients plan of care and identify and address issues that may result in a sub-standard service. Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach to care. Under supervision, practice with confidence and competence within Professional Guidelines. Ensure that accurate documentation and records are maintained in line with professional standards. Assist and contribute to the development of patient management systems, processes and tools within the work area and adjacent clinical areas. Improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of the patient and their families. Provide support to the multidisciplinary team to enable patient to have better outcomes for their health and that of their families, undertaking health promotion and contributing to the prevention of adverse effects to health and wellbeing. Demonstrate ability to adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings, and influence service delivery. Actively implement effective systems and processes for infection control management and relevant audit within their clinical placement area. The trainee complies with legislation, policies and procedures related to biomedical investigations and interventions. The trainee takes appropriate action to comply with response to biomedical reporting and escalation of extraneous results. Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Essential criteria Evidence of continuous professional development and the practical application of new skills to the work place, demonstrating specialist expertise underpinned by theory Evidence of depth and breadth of senior level practice appropriate to advanced level Evidence of practical contributions to the development of service programmes of care and protocols Evidence of contribution to audit programmes within practice Evidence of involvement in direct supervision and leadership in teaching and mentoring of junior staff and students Relevant teaching/supervising/mentoring experience Managerial responsibilities, including supervision and appraisal of junior staff, in all professional groups Evidence of relevant involvement in meeting the Trust clinical governance objectives

Knowledge and Awareness

Essential

Comprehensive knowledge of professional and NHS issues and policy and the ability to interpret policy at a local level. Understanding of Information Governance and Confidentiality Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of application of relevant National Guidance eg. National Service Frameworks, NICE etc Comprehensive knowledge of the NHS national targets and priorities Understanding of the Trusts objectives and priorities and the ability to work across operational boundaries Evidence of current CPD Recruitment and Selection, Appraisal and other HR/People Management related training Understanding of healthcare structure with regard to excellent communication skills in collaborating with other Health and Community Partners. Ability to understand aspects of legal and role boundaries and of Advanced Clinical Practitioner scope of practice

Desirable

Management Development Training

Qualifications

Essential

RGN, RSCN or RM or other allied professional with evidence of graduate level education Level 2 Maths and English or be willing to complete functional skills Maths and English prior to completion of apprenticeship Relevant teaching qualification Evidence of current CPD Evidence of further study of a relevant Honours Degree, minimum of a 2:2 award or equivalent Advanced Life Support Qualification. Working towards MSc (Apprenticeship) in Advanced Clinical Practice

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