Job summary
- Main area
- Critical Care
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Employees are required to spend 2 years at band 7 before qualifying. Qualified ACCPs will be paid at an 8a providing all necessary criteria are met.
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The role encompasses 11.5 hour long days and includes night and weekend working towards the end of training and on qualifying as an ACCP.)
- Job ref
- 213-CAX-6991045-A
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King's College Hospital
- Town
- LONDON
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum including HCA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
Band 7
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
This advanced role will provide expert clinical care to patients requiring level 1-3 care both in Intensive care and Trust wide. The role involves extensive training to perform advanced clinical skills as per the Faculty of Intensive Care’s ‘ACCP Curriculum: Training for Advanced Critical Care Practitioners' 2023 document. This opportunity is open to professionals from nursing and AHP backgrounds.
Please note, if you have recently interviewed for this role and been unsuccessful your application will not be considered at this time
Main duties of the job
The employee will undertake and successfully complete an approved PGDip including clinical assessment and independent non-medical prescribing modules during the first 2 years of this employment. Employees will be expected to successfully complete an MSc in the third year of employment after qualifying as an ACCP.
Extension to the training period for up to 1 year will be made if the ACCP requires further training due to mitigating circumstances; such extension will be entirely at the discretion of the Trust and the University.
If the trainee is removed from any of the required courses by the university then they will cease to be employed as a trainee ACCP and their employment will be terminated with appropriate legal notice
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Advanced Critical Care Practitioners work as part of a consultant lead multi-professional critical care service at King’s. They are responsible on a day-to-day basis to the on call consultant intensivist responsible for the patient.
Advanced Critical Care Practitioners perform certain clinical activities, some of which were previously in the domain of doctors. To function at this level requires the authorisation of the employer, the successful completion of a course of theoretical study and the acquisition of clinical competences outlined within this Framework, during a defined period of training.
Person specification
Suitability for role
Essential criteria
- Professional registration with either NMC or HCPC
- UK recognised degree giving eligibility for MSc application
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant experience with mentorship/supervision of junior staff
- Significant Critical Care experience
Desirable criteria
- Recent experience of working in a Critical Care environment
Skillset
Essential criteria
- Able to analyse and interpret a variety of forms of information and plan appropriate action
Desirable criteria
- Leadership training
- Experience of managing teams/individuals
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
- Kevin Latchem
- Job title
- Lead Advanced Critical Care Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
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