Trainee Advanced Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

1. Develop high level skills in assessing, differentially diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual treatment interventions for patients by virtue of growing expert clinical judgement and partnership with members of the MDT.

2. Develop expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.

3. Under direct or indirect supervision initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, life style advice and care.

4. Demonstrate professional judgement to manage risk appropriately, especially where there may be complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of individuals, families and carers.

5. Develop complex decision-making skills to promote high quality care in unpredictable and challenging circumstances.

6. Ensure compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and work within their scope of practice.

7. Works in conjunction with the MDT to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care.

8. Work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods

9. Be able to demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadening level of responsibility and autonomy. This includes being critically aware of their limits of their own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information.

1- Be responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice.

1- Utilise professional judgement and maturity, understanding when to seek help.

1- Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make positive changes, using Health Education Englands framework to promote person-centred approaches in health and care

1- Evidence the underpinning subject-specific competencies i.e. knowledge, skills and behaviours relevant to the role setting and scope, and demonstrate application of the capabilities to these, in an approach that is appropriate to the individual role, setting and scope.

1-If applicable to role and profession, issue fit notes in accordance with local and national guidance.

Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with the legal framework you work under to supply and prescribe medicines (if from professional group legally entitled to prescribe).

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant demonstrable experience within Cardiology and recognition of transferrable skills
• Management ability and leadership demonstrable experience
• Proven evidence of comprehensive clinical and practical skills
• Demonstrable experience of education of others

• Change management skills
• Multi-professional supervision
• Implementing/influencing policy and clinical guidance
• Recent demonstrable experience in clinical audit and quality improvement

Qualifications

• Statutory Professional Registration
• Professional Degree
• Proven evidence of ability to work at academic level 7 (prior level 6 or level 7 study, or if appropriate, willingness to submit academic piece for assessment)

• Education/Mentorship/ Supervision Course
• Leadership course
• Professional Nurse Advocate or equivalent

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Address

Derriford

Derriford Hospital

Plymouth

PL6 8DH

https://www.plymouthhospitals.nhs.uk/