Job summary
- Main area
- Urgent & Emergency Care
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6343714
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £50,952 - £57,349 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Urgent Treatment Centre
Band 8a
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
The post holder will be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the Urgent Treatment Centre to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice in the Urgent Treatment Centre.
The post holder will support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral, and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is an experienced clinician who, acting within their professional boundaries, will work flexibly to provide care for the presenting-patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment to evaluation of care
• Assist patients / service users / carers / relatives during incidental contacts.
• Work autonomously as an advanced practitioner within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care.
• Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation and diagnosis of patients within their area of work.
• Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
• Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment / advice as per speciality and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines.
• Within scope of practice and clinical competence request and / or undertake diagnostic procedures and clinical investigations related to plans of care.
• Utilise scope of practice to undertake Non-Medical Prescribing role and advice on medicine management issues associated with the patient specialty group. Work within Trust policy for Medicines Management.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
o NHS pension scheme membership
o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
o NHS Staff discounts
o Cycle to work scheme
o Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder is an experienced clinician who, acting within their professional boundaries, will work flexibly to provide care for the presenting-patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment to evaluation of care
• Assist patients / service users / carers / relatives during incidental contacts.
• Work autonomously as an advanced practitioner within the specialty, managing a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care.
• Direct responsibility for assessment, examination, investigation and diagnosis of patients within their area of work.
• Appropriately treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.
• Undertake a variety of clinical skills and provide treatment / advice as per speciality and scope of practice. Using agreed protocols of clinical practice and professional guidelines.
• Within scope of practice and clinical competence request and / or undertake diagnostic procedures and clinical investigations related to plans of care.
• Utilise scope of practice to undertake Non-Medical Prescribing role and advice on medicine management issues associated with the patient specialty group. Work within Trust policy for Medicines Management.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- MSc in Clinical Practise
- Professional Registration
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Advanced clinical practice skills
- Evidence of research and audit
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum of 2 years’ experience in primary/unscheduled care
- Minor illness/ailments experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Sound clinical judgment in identifying and ordering diagnostic tests / interventions
- Management of a range of illness including acute and primary care/community
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
- Dr Mahu Reddy
- Job title
- Clinical Director - Emergency Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Note, Dr Reddy undertakes Clinical work, if you have not received an answer in 2 working days, please contact:
Zak Warburton, Operational Manager (Urgent & Emergency Care Services)
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Aspen House
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
- Telephone
- 01614194720 ext.117081
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