Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Have a relevant Masters’ degree in Advanced Practice 
• Have a valid NMC registration or be a Health Care Professional and registered with HCPC with relevant clinical experience.
• Have a highly visible clinical profile in Emergency and urgent care , providing both advisory and direct clinical input into patient care.
• Manage a defined caseload of patients, including transfer and/or discharge from care with distant supervision from the Medical Consultant body.
• Be able to analyse, synthesise and action highly complex clinical information and situations to benefit the patients and families.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership, guidance and judgement in making challenging patient centred decisions, identifying clinical situations that need escalating to the Consultant team.
• Recognise, understand and accept the requirement to act as an advocate for patients, carers/relatives, the service and the organisation.
• Develop and maintain expertise in advanced clinical skills and competencies in line with Trust and NMC or HCPC regulatory frameworks.
• Demonstrates expert interpersonal skills in caring for patients and their families.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to optimise patient care.
• Lead on audit processes in Emergency Medicine that will facilitate and improve patient flow including integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines.
• Identify and implement new developments, treatments and technologies into clinical practice Trust wide.
• Promote the translation of evidence based research findings and best practice guidance into clinical practice to improve the health of the local population.
• Maintains accurate and concise clinical records.

Leadership and Consultancy:

The post holder will be expected to:

• Act as a role model in delivery of patient care that reflects the Trusts strategic vision, values and behaviours.
• To professionally lead the ACP/ENP workforce. This will include supporting their personal development as well as helping guide and develop their roles within their specialities.

• Be influential and innovative in shaping the development of the Emergency and Urgent Care  services, leading and engaging where appropriate with external agencies and commissioners.

• Be an active member of relevant Trust forums and committees to provide expert clinical advice and contribute to the development of multi-professional policy and strategy.
• Work with partner organisations, agencies, forums, voluntary sector and integrated health care to contribute to policy and strategy.
• Adhere to professional standards of care and promote a professional image of health care professionals that inspires confidence in service users, their carers’ and relatives.
• Participate in Trust Wide Divisional reviews, serious untoward incidents, Structured Judgement reviews and HR reviews; producing the written accounts/reports where required.
• Work collaboratively and strategically with other clinical areas in promoting patient satisfaction to provide a seamless pathway of care.
• Interpret, adapts and implements national policy and standards to enhance patient safety and good quality care.
• Lead in the development of documentation that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Lead on change management and the impact of change.
• Maintains awareness of budgetary constraints within the department, ensuring appropriate use of resources in order to meet service/patient needs.

Learning, developing, improving across the system

The post holder will be expected to:

• Act as a coordinating/associate supervisor for trainee and qualified ACP/ENPs in Emergency Medicine.
• Lead on the development of ACP/ENP roles within emergency medicine,  with centre endorsed competency frameworks.
• Act as an expert source of clinical and theoretical knowledge for junior members of the acute medical team.

• Develop methods of peer support and clinical supervision in line with NHSE guidance.

• Works with the MDT to further develop clinical pathways and care approaches. 
• Develop health promotion and education in collaboration with other health care professionals to ensure that care and resources reflect current and best practice.

• Ensure the clinical learning environment is conducive to supporting the education and learning of qualified staff and trainees.

• Work closely with colleagues in local higher education facilities in developing, planning and delivering educational programmes for staff to improve knowledge and skills in caring for patients.
• Take responsibility for their own learning and performance including participation in clinical supervision and annual performance review.

• Maintain professional registration and CPD requirements in line with professional body guidelines.

• Leads or participates in educational events at local, regional and national level to share best practice and collaborative working.