Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Peterborough

We have the opportunity for successful applicant(s) to join our amazing team of trainee and qualified Enhanced and Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) within the Urgent and Emergency Care (UEC) Directorate at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust (NWAFT).

We are looking for enthusiastic, self-motivated NMC/HCPC Registered Nurse’s, Paramedics or Physiotherapists with the right attributes and an interest in Emergency Care to work alongside our multidisciplinary team.

Modelled on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) ACP curriculum and Health Education England (HEE) ACP framework (links below). We are able to support successful candidate(s) with academic study, clinical assessment, development of differential diagnosis, ordering and interpretation of appropriate investigations, developing technical skills and undertaking practical procedures. Therefore, we look for the candidate(s) with the right attributes and characteristics for our team. We will assess people not only on their academic and technical achievements but on their non-technical and communication skills.

On successful completion of a fully funded Master’s Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice, a Minor Injuries module and some internal competencies (e.g. ECG’s) and Work Place Based Assessments (WPBA’s) the post holder will then be promoted to Band 8a, with the expectation of commencing further academic study (inc. Paediatric module) and other training courses within 12 months of promotion.

Working a minimum of 30 hours per week the post holder will be developing their clinical practise under the supervision of an experienced multidisciplinary team as a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) within the Consultant led ED and iUTC or Practitioner led MIU. The post holder will develop through academic study and under supervision of a senior clinicians, their knowledge and skills in the safe assessment, treatment, referral and discharge of patients within an agreed scope of practice to provide patient-centred quality care within their designated area of work.

Our teams work hard to be flexible and promote a health work/home life balance and so, agile working options are automatically considered for all roles within the Trust.

We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and candidates from our local communities.

Your package with us includes a lot more than just your pay and here are a few of the additional benefits that are available to you as an employee:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Relocation allowance in line with the Trust policy
• Generous Holiday Entitlement, starting at 27 days a year (for full time workers) plus bank/public holidays
• Free staff car parking on all our hospital sites during this financial year
• In-house Physiotherapy Services
• Career development and training opportunities
• Emotional Wellbeing Service covering a range of online support, access to mobile apps and 24/7 counselling services
• Subsidised meals at our hospital restaurants
• Access to exclusive discounts, cashback and vouchers via NHS Discounts and Blue Light Card

If you share our values and vision and are passionate about working with people on what matters to them, you could be a real asset to Team North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust.

Working towards delivery of advanced standards of practice within the following key areas of practice and in line with the National Standards;

1. Clinical –demonstrate critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and their own limits of competence and Scope of Practice.
2. Management and Leadership –able to role model effective leadership behaviours, show resilience and manage effective governance strategies, which support the agenda for change within the Trust.
3. Education and Training –able to identify, support and develop learning interventions for both self and team members.
4. Audit and Research– to look at areas for quality improvements to care, use audit processes and both formal and informal research methodsto improve service delivery

5. Additional areas:

• Financial – ensure considered cost appraisal when requesting or referring for investigations, ordering stores or equipment, booking training/courses or when involved in service development and recruitment activities.
• Resource Management – ensures appropriate use and distribution or clinical and non-clinical resources. Support the development of junior staff across a multidisciplinary team.
• Health and Safety – plays their part in maintaining a safe working environment, undertake mandatory training and actioning/reporting any concerns.
• Risk Management – ensure dynamic risk assessments a carried out and if required report, mitigate, minimise risk to staff and service users.
• Patient contact – in line with the Trust values and Standards of Care of professional body.
• Prescribing responsibility – must ensure Prescribing within the Professional, legal and clinical boundaries whilst ensuring adherence to the Trusts Non-Medical Prescribing policy.
• Scope of Practice – must maintain a professional registration with one of the recognised professions for role and ensure they are working within their professional and Trust guidelines and Standards