clinical pharmacist Nottingham, England
Job description
Band 8a
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated, knowledgeable and enthusiastic qualified or trainee ACP partway through training, to join our Respiratory ACP team. The team was formed 8 years ago & currently consists of 8 qualified and 3 trainee ACPs working predominantly within our Admissions Unit and Same Day Emergency Care Unit. We also offer an inreach service to the Emergency Department and inpatient wards. The team is made up of a mix of Nurses and Physiotherapists
The successful candidate would join the ACP rota on the Admissions Unit working a weekday pattern as standard, whilst becoming fully embedded within the specialty ACP team and the wider medical and multi-disciplinary team. There will be opportunities to join the ACP team in shared training and education activities.
Once established within the team the successful candidate will move on to the full ACP rota, contributing to the inreach and SDEC service, providing specialty advice to inpatients at the QMC site and weekend working. There will also be the opportunity to undertake extended skills such as Level 1 thoracic ultrasound and pleural interventions such as aspirations and chest drain insertion.
Main duties of the job
If you are an ACP or an existing trainee in another clinical area with the relevant qualifications but are looking to change your area of practice, we will be able to offer a supervised practice/training role to enable you to develop your skills, competencies and a portfolio within a new specialty. If appointed, we will support you with a period of supervision and assessment tailored specifically to individual needs and requirements.
Additionally, your clinical development will be supported and include access to a well-developed post graduate education plan. As an ACP at NUH, your development would follow a Trust-wide five year ACP plan encompassing the four pillars of advanced practice. During this period it is expected that the individual will be actively involved in developing their specialty within local, regional and national forums and networks.
Alongside clinical practice within the specialty, the successful applicant will have weekly rostered time to undertake their own continued professional development alongside service development work. They will be given the opportunity to follow personal interests and pursuits whether that is in education, teaching, research or management.
Come and develop your passion for patient care in an established ACP team in a challenging but supported and caring environment.
Working for our organisation
Nottingham University Hospitals is one of busiest teaching hospitals in Europe and is nationally recognised as having an established Advanced Clinical Practitioner service. With more than 160 qualified and trainee ACPs across 16 specialties to date, we are now seeking committed, enthusiastic and compassionate individuals to join our team of ACPs within Respiratory Medicine at NUH to deliver the highest quality care to our patients.
NUH has an excellent national and international reputation for the quality of their patient care and for their research, education and innovation. They have strong links to the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Loughborough University.
For information about the Trust, including business plans, annual reports, and services, visit their website.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust have various staff benefits. Some of the benefits of working for NUH include;
Details of benefits can be found on our intranet pages which you will have access when you commence with Team NUH.
In addition to the brief list above you must familiarise yourself with the full job description and person specification attached to this advert prior to applying.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This post is open to all Nurses and AHPs that have completed, or are partway through an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, which includes Non-Medical Prescribing. You must also be able to present a portfolio demonstrating evidence of your ACP clinical competence.
You will undergo a period of supervision and assessment to ensure you are embedded correctly into our workforce and to develop their skills/portfolio within Respiratory Medicine. You will have an allocated Respiratory Consultant supervisor that has dedicated time within their job plan.
As a Respiratory ACP you will work closely alongside both Medical and Nursing teams, all working towards providing high quality research based care to patients admitted acutely. You will provide continuity in the care and treatment for our patient group. The day to day role will include ward rounds, clerking and assessing patients clinical needs, ordering investigations and implementing treatments accordingly.
Please refer to job description for more details
Person specification
Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current registration with professional body (eg NMC, HCPC)
- MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent MSc
- Registered independent non-medical prescriber
- Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
Desirable criteria
- Mentor/assessor and/or teaching qualification
- Level 1 pleural ultrasound
- ALS provider/instructor
Experience
Essential criteria
- Currently working as a qualified ACP
- Completed portfolio of supervised practice
- Evidence of continued professional development following MSc completion
Desirable criteria
- Management and leadership experience
- Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
- Clinical work in autonomous role
Communication skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work within a multi-professional team, often presenting and receiving complex information
- Demonstrates negotiating and influencing skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Assertiveness skills and the ability to deal with interpersonal conflict
- Ability to adapt communication methods to a wide variety of patient abilities/needs
- Communication skills that facilitate building honest and trusting partnerships with patients, families and carers
- Accepts constructive feedback and teaching from a variety of sources
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of multidisciplinary teaching
- Experience of communicating sensitive information with patients and carers eg around end of life care
Analytical & Judgment Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse complex health conditions and ensure effective interventions are actioned in a timely manner
- Deals effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines
- Ability to work with undifferentiated and undiagnosed healthcare problems
- Participation in research or audit projects
- Active involvement in departmental operational development
Desirable criteria
- Lead in audit or research
- Involvement in the investigation of serious clinical incidents
Planning & Organisation Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates adaptability to departmental and patient need. Self-motivated with evidence of efficient time and deadline management
- Self-motivated with evidence of efficient time and deadline management
- Ability to schedule academic workload and work commitments
- Able to identify learning opportunities and able to organise own learning and development
- Ability to provide education, complete research and audit
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- 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
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates flexibility in working patterns and practices
- Ability to support, colleagues, patients and relatives in sometimes distressing circumstances
Desirable criteria
- Demonstrates commitment to clinical governance and quality improvement
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.
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- Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts. I also consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
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