Advanced Clinical Practitioner | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting new post for Ipswich Musculoskeletal services. Working alongside the consultant orthopaedic geriatrician the successful candidate will support with the care and management of patients admitted to the two trauma wards at Ipswich, with a focus on care of patients over 65 admitted with a fragility fracture.

The main responsibility will be to support the orthopaedic geriatric consultant in management of this patient group.

This post is open to all ACPs currently working at Band 8a level but also AHPs working as a Band 6/7 who hold the relevant master's degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or who are currently on the Master's programme.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake specific orthopaedic geriatric competences. For Band 6/7s completion of these competencies will be required before uplift to Band 8a.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work as an autonomous practitioner within the Trauma and Orthopaedic service, providing advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and management for patients with trauma, orthopaedic and ortho-geriatric conditions. The successful candidate will be under the supervision of the consultant ortho-geriatrician who will support with developing their ortho -geriatric skills and knowledge.

The role will focus particularly on the management of frail patients and those presenting with fragility fractures, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care throughout the patient pathway.

The post holder will practise in accordance with the four pillars of Advanced Practice defined by the NHS England Centre for Advancing Practice and must evidence their contribution

towards the four pillars of practice, Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education and Research and Quality Improvement.

The ACP will work collaboratively with the orthopaedic and orthogeriatrician teams to improve patient outcomes, provide clinical leadership and contribute to service development across the trauma pathway.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bringwhat'swidely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you

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