Job summary
The opportunity has arisen to be part of our expanding multi-disciplinary frailty team and to have the opportunity to provide autonomous clinical support to the care of patients undertaking frailty health assessments: diagnoses, treating, and discharging patients within their own competence.

Main duties of the job
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will provide expert care and treatment to patients within agreed protocols and clinical guidelines. However, the ACP also has the ability to make decisions outside these frameworks, where necessary based on best practice. The postholder will also be expected to rotate between our acute site at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, covering front door services across our emergency floor and at our community sites at Amersham and Buckingham Hospitals, supporting with care delivery oversight within the community in-patient ward and undertaking independent outpatient clinics linked to Inter-Neighbourhood Teams providing proactive as well as preventative care for frail patients. The Trust operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and the post holder will be required to work flexibly to accommodate a developing 24hr frailty model of care.

About us
Why colleagues think we are "a great place to work!"

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
As part of our BHT family, you'll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?
Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Person Specification
Education Qualifications & Training

• First-level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) or equivalent in the undergraduate base profession
• NMC or HCPC registration
• Masters in Advanced Practice or equivalent, which maps across the 4 pillars
• Accreditation as an Advanced Practitioner of willingness to work towards (including NHSE digital badge)
• Qualified as a non-medical prescriber (if able under professional registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development. (including further level 7 modules that support practice)

Desirable

• Post-graduate management and/or leadership training
• Qualification in teaching

Special Circumstances

• Ability to travel cross site and to community settings.
• Ability to work internal rotation, involving 24/7 cover.
• Enhanced level DBS

Experience

• Substantial post-registration experience and three years' experience working at band 7 or equivalent.
• Experience in complex case management.
• Experience working with older people and long-term conditions.
• Experience working independently at Advanced Practice level
• Excellent clinical acumen and practical procedural skills (with evidence of competency and capability) as an independent practitioner, as per Job Description for role
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
• Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
• Experience of multi-agency / multi-disciplinary team working across service interfaces.

Desirable

• Evidence of teaching and sharing knowledge with others in the MDT or externally to organisation.
• Demonstration of leadership in clinical practice
• Evidence of involvement of audit/quality improvement/successful change management

Skills, Abilities & Knowledge

• Excellent effective verbal and written communication skills
• Highly motivated and have the ability to motivate others
• Ability to effectively prioritise workload
• Ability to educate and clinical supervise others in the promotion of high standards of patient care
• Commitment to training and continuous development of self and others
• Ability to appraise evidence, using analytical and problem-solving skills to inform decision-making, and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands

Desirable

• Demonstrable evidence of research capability or the application of research evidence to own clinical practice
• Ability to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding
• Ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
• Computer literate - word, excel, PowerPoint

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.