Job summary
Previous applicants need not apply

Due to the career progression of the current post-holder, we are excited to offer an opportunity for either a Trainee or Qualified ACP to join our dynamic and expanding stroke ACP team.

The successful candidate will work autonomously to complete initial assessments, select appropriate investigations and interpret the results of these to plan treatments for patients presenting with suspected stroke, contributing to the delivery of high quality, evidence based care across the stroke pathway.

We are an active research site, offering opportunities to participate in a range of stroke research studies, including supporting participant recruitment.

The team has a strong focus on innovation and quality improvement, with recent collaboration with NHS Elect to explore new ways of increasing reperfusion rates for eligible stroke patients, as well as several other active quality improvement projects working across emergency care pathways.

Applications are welcomed from both Qualified and Trainee ACPs who wish to develop their career within the Stroke speciality. Trainee ACPs will be fully supported to achieve the MSc in Advanced Clinical practice. Progression to 8a will be awarded upon successful completion of this.

Informal visits are welcome.

Main duties of the job

• Effectively triage all stroke and TIA referrals
• Autonomously perform initial assessments of patients presenting with suspected stroke
• Appropriately select and request investigations, interpreting the results to formulate treatment plans in line with current clinical guidelines.
• Identify patients eligible for reperfusion therapies and facilitate the patients' access to these treatments/interventions, contributing to timely decision making.
• Perform specialist stroke assessments such as a National Institute of Health Stroke Scale [NIHSS] and dysphagia assessments.
• Work in line with SSNAP standards to ensure high quality evidence based care
• Actively contribute to the MDT working environment
• Provide specialist stroke education and training to members of the stroke MDT and across other clinical specialities.

About us
Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated in beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

Person Specification
Previous Experience
Essential

• Substantial post registration relevant experience

Desirable

• Management and leadership experience
• Completed portfolio of supervised practice in stroke

Knowledge/skills/aptitudes
Essential

• Awareness and Knowledge of the dignity in care agenda
• Ability to evidence/demonstrate key values and behaviours in line with the Trust framework

Qualifications
Essential

• Current Professional registration within area of practice
• NIHSS qualification
• Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality [Degree]
• MSc in advanced clinical practice
• Registered Independent Non-Medical Prescriber
• Dysphagia Assessment Skills
• Evidence of teaching, supervision & assessment skills
• ALS Provider
• First degree ie BSc in appropriate field of healthcare to carry out job role such as Nursing, Paramedic, Physio etc. Exclusion OT and Social Work

Desirable

• Mentor/assessor qualification
• Instructor on ALS

Specific Requirements
Essential

• Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner.
• Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines
• Able to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems.
• Participation in research or audit projects
• Active involvement in departmental operational development
• Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments
• Able to identify learning opportunities
• Able to organise own learning and development
• Ability to provide education, complete research and audit
• Able to undertake required clinical duties/procedures
• Ability to manoeuvre patients and perform clinical examinations as required
• Ability to undertake computer and other equipment skills

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).

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