Job summary
West London Children's Healthcare is offering an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and innovative paediatric service as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in Respiratory Care (Band 8a), based at St Mary's Hospital.

This senior clinical leadership role sits within an integrated system across two major NHS trusts, delivering specialist respiratory services across multiple sites and working closely with community, primary care and wider system partners to improve outcomes for children and young people.

The ACP Respiratory role provides an exceptional opportunity to lead and influence the delivery of specialist respiratory services, including asthma, complex respiratory conditions and long-term ventilation pathways. Working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and management, while driving improvements across acute, community and integrated care pathways.

There is a particular focus on improving outcomes for children and young people with complex respiratory needs and those from underserved communities.

This is an exciting opportunity within a developing organisation to shape the future of paediatric respiratory services, influence strategic service development, improve patient and family experience, and lead innovative approaches to respiratory care across the region.

Main duties of the job
This post is Advance Clinical Practitioner in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Asthma, with 60% clinical practice, and 40% academic time funded by the Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

• The ACP role will be 60% clinical, working collaboratively with the clinical team caring for children and young people undergoing treatment
• This role is aimed at developing ways of working for all Respiratory nurses and the medical team with the inpatient, outpatient and paediatric day unit, enabling them to take on roles and responsibilities that would complement the current services delivered.
• The ACP will play a pivotal role in proving essential continuity of competent, comprehensive and co-ordinated care for children and their families.
• The ACP will integrate into the existing Respiratory team to carry out extended roles which will include routine management of children and young people undergoing treatment.
• Using advanced clinical decision making and assessment skills, the ACP will assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of children and people undergoing treatment

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Education & Qualifications
Essential

• RN Child/RSCN
• Post registration qualification in specialty
• Non-medical prescriber V300
• Educated to postgraduate MSc/PGDip in Advanced Clinical Practitioner
• Management certificate or equivalent experience

Desirable

• Leadership or Management qualification (or working towards)
• IRMER Qualification
• Apheresis Competence

Experience & Knowledge
Essential

• Sound knowledge and understanding of specialty
• Experience and knowledge of quality, standard setting and audit
• Experience in managing complaints and quality assurance
• Budget management

Desirable

• Evidence in Quality Improvement/Project Management
• Has introduced a Change in Practice
• Evidence of Research/ Publications

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Organisation and management skills, i.e. Negotiating skills, Team building skills and Appraisal skills
• Ability to manage change
• Articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively under pressure.

Desirable

• Ability to undertake: Incident Investigation
• Ability to undertake: Capable of working strategically (business planning, service improvements, strategies for infection control)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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).