Job summary
- Main area
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner OPS SDEC
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-ME04648
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner OPS SDEC
Band 8a
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We are looking for a motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Multi-Disciplinary team of qualified and trainee ACP's working in Older Persons Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) at UHD. SDEC is a fast paced and dynamic environment that aims to avoid admissions in line with the National Strategy for SDEC and has close working links with our hospital at home team and our Older Persons Admissions unit.
If you are a good communicator with a passion for improving the care of Older People living with Frailty and complex co-morbidities, then we would like to hear from you. You will need to be able to work autonomously as an ACP and have a keen interest in working in Older Persons Services and be a role model to our trainee ACP's and support staff.
The successful post holder will hold an accredited MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or have completed the e-portfolio route with digital badge and be willing to complete our local competency booklet evidencing proficiency in the care of Older People.
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information regarding this post.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues. UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further information regarding this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Professional registration with relevant professional body
- Non-medical prescriber
- Recognised teaching or mentoring qualification
- Full MSc Advanced Clinical Practice
Desirable criteria
- Leadership Course/Qualification
- Older Persons Specific Courses/CPD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable theoretical and practical knowledge of OPS specialty common presentations
- Participation in research and experience of critical appraisal of the evidence base to inform best practice
- Service Development Experience
- Legal, Ethical and Governance related to Advanced Practice
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Experience
- Radiology Requesting Experience
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
- Nikki DaCosta
- Job title
- Lead ACP Bournemouth Site
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 5360
- Additional information
Sophie Denton OPS ACP
0300 019 5360
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