Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 083-6737321-MP
- Employer
- Sirona care & health CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Withywood Centre
- Town
- Bristol
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Practitioner - SPA
Band 8a
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Job overview
A unique opportunity to be Innovative, Flexible and Visionary within Urgent Care.
Sirona Single Point of Access (SPA) is looking for an Advanced Practitioner who shares its vision to drive equitable "Patient Centred" health care to adults within the BNSSG community by providing knowledgeable, efficient, compassionate and respectful remote advice and support."
SPA work closely with system partners to deliver new ways of working such as Frailty ACE and pathways from SWAST to Urgent Community Response. We are looking for a partner to support us, continuing to change the way we work. The role will clinically lead and champion remote clinical decision making, promoting positive risk taking. Within the role there will be opportunities to develop your leadership skills, share your knowledge and passion for advanced practice, whilst also having opportunity to help shape and develop the service and your role within.
SPA is a fast paced and dynamic environment operating between 0730 and 2000, 7 days a week. The service is comprised of a Clinical Team with a diverse multidisciplinary background working alongside a large group of Heath Navigators who provide frontline advice and routing of service users accessing SPA. As a service we embrace hybrid working coupled with flexible working patterns and the use of digital innovation to deliver and improve the service.
If you would like to discuss the role further, then please do give us a call.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a candidate who is able to demonstrate and apply advanced skills in all four pillars of advanced practice.
Clinical Practice
- Confident non-medical prescriber, working autonomously in the management of a range of clinical presentations alongside experience of delivering these remotely.
- Remote assessment of patients with urgent care needs using an array of digital tools
- Work as a point of escalation to support more junior staff to manage a range of patient presentations
Leadership and Management
- Leadership and management of Sirona's part in delivering the BNSSG system collaborative service Frailty – ACE (Assessment and Coordination of Urgent/Emergency Care).
- Leadership and management of SPA SWAST pathway
Education
- Lead on workforce development with supporting education and training across SPA.
- Lead and oversee the development of competency frameworks.
Research
- Leading clinical excellence through application of audit and research to demonstrate evidence-based practice.
- Actively identify potential need for further research to strengthen evidence for best practice. This may involve acting as an educator, leader, innovator, and contributor to research activity and/or seeking out and applying research funding.
Working for our organisation
Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas.
We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits you’ll receive.
We welcome and encourage all applicants. We are committed to having a workforce that reflects the communities we support and are proactively seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce. We know diversity fosters creativity and innovation.
We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We aim to draw upon the widest possible range of views and experiences to meet the changing needs of our colleagues, partners and communities we serve.
Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.
Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find attached to this vacancy.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information about the role, please see attached the full job description and person specification.
Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Health Care professional NMC/HCPC
- Masters level 7 Advanced Practice/completed Advanced Practice Pathway
- Independent Prescribing Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
Desirable criteria
- Recognised post graduate management / leadership qualification, working towards one or willingness to undertake.
- Experience of developing advance practice guidelines, governance and audit
Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills with MDT members, patients and their families
- Demonstrable experience of working at Advanced Practice level within your clinical area
- Clinical experience in primary care and secondary care referral processes
- Management of frail and elderly patients and the associated medical complications
- Development in professional and management procedures within own area and across several related disciplines relevant to service area.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working at Advanced Practitioner level within a health care setting
- Operational management experience including experience of managing and developing multi-disciplinary or integrated pathway teams in a variety of locations.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rob Cooper
- Job title
- SPA Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07971 997056
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