Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner | North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust

Working a minimum of 30 hours per week the post holder will be developing their clinical practise under the supervision of an experienced multidisciplinary team as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) within the Consultant and GP supported UTC.

The post holder will develop through academic study and under supervision of a senior clinicians, their knowledge and skills in the safe assessment, treatment, referral and discharge of patients within an agreed scope of practice to provide patient-centred quality care within their designated area of work.

Core Competencies
1. Functions at an advanced level within healthcare organisation and management systems in line with their scope of practice and sphere of influence
2. Able to deal with complex ethical and legal issues relating to patient care.
3. Selects and uses advanced communication skills to articulate and shares their decision making, while maintaining appropriate situational awareness, displaying professional behaviour and exercising professional judgement
4. Initiates, leads and delivers effective quality improvements in patient care, focused on maintaining patient safety.
5. Able to critically appraise and undertake research, including managing data appropriately
6. Developing within the context of advanced level practice as a learner, teaching and supervisor.

Generic Clinical Competencies
1. Undertakes an advanced clinical assessment in the face of uncertainty, and utilises critical thinking to inform diagnosis and decision making
2. Leads acute intervention for patients, recognising the acutely deteriorating patient and delivering resuscitation
3. Manages the assessment, diagnosis and plans future management of patients in an outpatient clinic, ambulatory, or community setting, including the management of long-term conditions, in the context of complexity and uncertainty
4. Manages problems in patients in special cases and other specialities
5. Manages a multi-professional team, including the planning and management of discharge planning in complex, dynamic situations.

We are committed to ensure a work-life balance to all our staff by offering full time and part time roles, flexible working hours on a shift pattern to fit around your family life.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates form our local communities.

Benefits to you:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 29 days after five years of service and 33 days after 10 years of service, plus 8 Bank Holidays (pro-rata for part time staff);


• NHS Pension Scheme:


• Flexible working opportunities;


• Increased hourly rates for unsociable hours e.g. night shifts, weekends, bank holidays;


• Career development and training;


• Wellbeing support and activities;


• In-house physiotherapy Service;


• On-site canteens with subsidised meals;


• Subsidised staff parking (currently free).


• Free Stagecoach Bus Travel to and from work within Cambridgeshire and Peterborough


Working towards delivery of advanced standards of practice within the following key areas of practice and in line with the National Standards;
1. Clinical - demonstrate critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and their own limits of competence and Scope of Practice.
2. Management and Leadership - able to role model effective leadership behaviours, show resilience and manage effective governance strategies, which support the agenda for change within the Trust.
3. Education and Training - able to identify, support and develop learning interventions for both self and team members.
4. Audit and Research - to look at areas for quality improvements to care, use audit processes and both formal and informal research methods to improve service delivery
5. Additional areas:

• Financial - ensure considered cost appraisal when requesting or referring for investigations, ordering stores or equipment, booking training/courses or when involved in service development and recruitment activities


• Resource Management - ensures appropriate use and distribution or clinical and non-clinical resources. Support the development of junior staff across a multidisciplinary team


• Health and Safety - plays their part in maintaining a safe working environment, undertake mandatory training and actioning/reporting any concerns


• Risk Management - ensure dynamic risk assessments a carried out and if required report, mitigate, minimise risk to staff and service users.


• Patient contact - in line with the Trust values and Standards of Care of professional body


• Prescribing responsibility - must ensure Prescribing within the Professional, legal and clinical boundaries whilst ensuring adherence to the Trusts Non-Medical Prescribing policy


• Scope of Practice - must maintain a professional registration with one of the recognised professions for role and ensure they are working within their professional and Trust guidelines and Standards.