Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Urgent Community Response team working across North Warwickshire Out of Hospital division.

North Base - Hartshill Health Centre, Sidhu Close, Hartshill, Nuneaton CV10 0LT

We will accept applications from trainee ACPs in the final stages of their course or those awaiting final confirmation of the qualification.

The Urgent Community Response team provide urgent care to deteriorating patients within their own home/care homes. The role will be an opportunity to work in a well-established dynamic team.

This is an exciting time to join our team as we continue to develop responsive services to assess, diagnose and treat unwell frail patients at home with the support of the Consultant ACP. The post would suit those from a range of backgrounds with experience in acute / emergency care, care of the elderly or community / primary care services. An understanding of Frailty and the need for admission avoidance is key.

Main duties of the job

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

They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and allied specialties to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of accessible, high-quality clinical care at Warwick Hospital. Clinical duties may include a combination of shifts with regular evening, weekend and bank holiday working.

Cross site working for example at stratford, leamington or community sites may be required.

During winter months and at other times of high demand, the post-holder will provide care to and expedite the discharge of patients autonomously and by facilitating the nurse-led discharge process.

The post includes 20% of contracted hours dedicated to the 3 non-clinical pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice, leadership, education and research.

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

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University 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. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

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, inclusive, 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.

As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion we encourage all applicants to complete a short survey. This can be accessed via the link below:

https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2