Job overview

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Senior Nurse for Hepatology/Alcohol works as a key member of the GI Unit, working with a high degree of independence and autonomy to provide care and treatment to patients within a specific area of expertise or to a defined caseload of patients. The nurse practitioner utilises advanced clinical judgment and decision making to manage complex clinical situations, leading the Hepatology/Alcohol CNS and multidisciplinary team and the delivery of the departmental and trust service targets and meeting the four pillars of advanced practice.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) role has been developed in response to changing healthcare provision, with the emphasis on developing expert clinical skills including advanced assessment and diagnostic skills.  The ACP role challenges the traditional workforce boundaries; the ANP will frequently undertake tasks and decisions which have traditionally be within the remit of medicine, therefore the ACP is a highly skilled clinical expert nurse working within a defined specialty or clinical area. The post holder will provide clinical leadership, line management, and contribute to the education, development, and supervision of the Hepatology/Alcohol team.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will:

• Undertake a clinical caseload to an advanced professional standard using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.
• Develop an extended scope of practice beyond their primary profession.
• Independently Triage Referrals
• Provide outpatient clinics both on Hospital site and one fixed base community.
• The post holder will clinically manage a virtual cohort of patients with Haemochromatosis.
• Offer clinical leadership and managerial support to the Hepatobiliary and Alcohol Care Teams.
• Provide a day case elective large volume paracentesis service (This may be an option to work with radiology and increase service provision).
• Undertake clinical audit and be involved in research opportunities.

Working for our organisation

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service.  We think working here is pretty rewarding.  You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. 

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything.  With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.  Don’t just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk