Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our well established Frailty/Care of Elderly Team. The role will require the successful clinician to work within the four pillars of Advanced Practice which includes:
Clinical management of patients, lead on service developments and change. Provide education mentorship and support to a wide multi-professional audience and demonstrate understanding and use of evidence based practice and involvement in research (QIP/Audit).

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn't mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn't 'fluency', just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see 'Welsh Language Guidance' in the documents right at the bottom.

Main duties of the job
The ACP will be expected to provide clinical care/management to groups of patients admitted to the Frailty/Care of Elderly service.
Lead on service development. Provide leadership to MDT members.
Education - deliver educational packages to a multi-professional audience. Maintain own level of education
Research - be involved in relevant research/audit/SE/QiP's

About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg (CTM) University Health Board, part of NHS Wales, serves a large population across a diverse and beautiful region, steeped in history and heritage. With nearly 13,500 staff, our health board is one of Wales's largest employers.
Together, we are Team CTM; a workforce dedicated to offering excellent patient care and support to the 450,000 people across our three regions, Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We operate three District General hospitals, several community hospitals, primary and community care facilities.
CTM's location offers the best of South Wales, just 20 minutes from Cardiff's vibrant city life, the natural beauty of the Brecon Beacons, and the serene coastline at Ogmore. Whether you enjoy lively urban amenities, peaceful countryside, or seaside escapes, our location makes an ideal setting for both work and personal life.
Our CTM 2030 Strategy--Our Health, Our Future--focuses on uniting our region around shared health and wellbeing goals. Our values guide us daily:

• We listen, learn, and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We work together as one team

CTM employees enjoy benefits including; a leading pension, generous leave, flexible work, career growth, and access to ongoing learning and development.
At CTM, you'll find a welcoming, team-oriented workplace that values diversity and compassion, where you can take pride in your work and the difference it makes.

Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac

The ACP will be expected to provide clinical care/management to groups of patients admitted in the Frailty/Care of Elderly service. The service currently supports general wards and dementia and delirium wards within the Community Hospital

Clinical:
They will be expected to undertake clinical assessment request relevant investigations, make diagnosis and treat and manage patients according to need. This would include non-medical independent prescribing. They will be required to undertake regular patient ward rounds as an independent clinician and support patients through their hospital journey from admission to discharge. They will be expected to support effective communication between ward teams, MDT and patient/relatives. Complex discharge processes and lead on ACP led discharges. To undertake higher level communication- impart bad news and discuss treatment escalation plans with patients and carers.

Leadership: clinical leadership of MDT. Develop service. Develop projects. Attend and be an instrumental part of relevant HB strategy

Education: be responsible to own education needs. Maintain a live portfolio of AP evidence. Deliver education within the clinical setting and in more formal education settings. Provide mentorship and coaching to multi-professionals undertaking clinical courses such as MSc AP and NMIP.

Research: use guidelines to support clinical decisions in practice. Be involved in audit/research. Lead of QiP projects.

The job is open to fully trained ACPs from multi-professional backgrounds.

Person Specification
Education
Essential

• In receipt of relevant clinical Level 7 (Masters) education
• In receipt of non-medical independent prescribing module

Desirable

• Working toward relevant clinical Level 7 (Masters) education
• Working toward non-medical independent prescribing module

Clinical
Essential

• Able to carry out competent physical assessment, make diagnosis and appropriate management plans
• Able to prescribe a wide range of drug treatments safely and independently

Desirable

• Working toward being carry out competent physical assessment, make diagnosis and appropriate management plans
• Working toward being able to prescribe a wide range of drug treatments safely and independently

Leadership
Essential

• Able to demonstrate ability to lead a clinical team
• Able to demonstrate ability to identify and action change in practice

Desirable

• Able to understand how to lead a clinical team
• Able to demonstrate involvement in change processes

Research
Essential

• Able to demonstrate use or involvement in research in practice
• Able to demonstrate leading or being involved in research based projects e.g. QiP

Desirable

• Able to demonstrate understanding of research and research based projects

Skills
Desirable

• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B1) are Desirable for this Role.

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).