Job summary
- Main area
- Neuromuscular
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 271-B-7267604
- Employer
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £61,927 - £68,676 per annum inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Band 8a
Job overview
Are you an experienced healthcare professional looking to take the next step in your career? We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our esteemed neuromuscular team at GOSH.
- As an ACP, you will receive comprehensive support to increase your knowledge base and upskill in all things neuromuscular.
Perform clinical patient reviews and management within your scope of practice. - Run independent clinics and manage patient pathways and care.
- Engage in teaching, non-medical prescribing, and research in relation to neuromuscular conditions.
- Maintain databases and provide both acute and long-term care for complex neuromuscular patients.
- Develop clinical protocols and care pathways.
- Contribute to evidence-based clinical practice through research, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
- Participate in delivering education both internally and externally.
- Engagement in both national and international initiatives.
- Provide advanced clinical care, including health assessments, treatment initiation, and monitoring of care programmes.
- Offer expert clinical leadership, advice, and support to ensure high-quality nursing and medical care.
Main duties of the job
You are a highly skilled clinician with a passion for providing exceptional care to children and young people with neuromuscular conditions. You are committed to continuous learning and development and capable of working autonomously as well as part of a dynamic team.
We offer a collaborative and supportive work environment with opportunities for professional
growth and development. You will work alongside leading experts in neuromuscular care and contribute to improving patient outcomes through innovative practices and research. If you are ready to make a difference and take on this rewarding role, we encourage you to
apply.
Join us at GOSH and be part of a team dedicated to delivering world-class care to our
patients
Working for our organisation
We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as the communities we serve, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including people with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic heritage, people with a disability, and people from LGBTQ+ communities. By growing an ever more diverse workforce, we’ll have a greater range of perspectives and knowledge, meaning that we can provide the children and young people at our hospital with even better care.
Our hospital is committed to creating an environment that is open and inclusive. Our staff are encouraged to engage with colleagues through the following networks: REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) ENABLED (Enhancing Abilities & Leveraging Disabilities Network), PRIDE and Women’s networks; all of which are sponsored by a member of our Executive Management Team.
We want to ensure that all of our people, regardless of their background, are seen and heard. We want to attract applicants that share our commitment to inclusion and that understand diversity is a strength that is embraced and valued.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
GOSH Culture and Values
Essential criteria
- Our Always values
Academic/Professional qualification/Training
Essential criteria
- Registered with the NMC as an RN-Child or with HCPC or with GPhC
- Honours degree
- Master’s Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (or evidence of demonstrable competence across all ACP domains)
- Assessing and mentoring qualification
- Attendance on a clinical leadership programme
- Evidence of ongoing, dynamic, CPD, with demonstrable clinical competencies, relevant to area of clinical practice
- Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake
Desirable criteria
- Teaching Qualification
Experience/Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at a senior level in a relevant children’s healthcare environment
- Experience of taking charge of a department and of leading and managing teams
- Experience of working as an tACP
- Experience of undertaking and utilizing research and audit
- Evidence of working with children / young people and families to improve patient experience
- Experience of leading on developing practice, standards, clinical audit, benchmarking and clinical / quality improvement
- Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints and implementation of subsequent learning
- Thorough knowledge relevant to the specialty/ department / field of practice
- Detailed understanding of change management, audit and research methodologies
- Knowledge of clinical governance and improvement agenda
- Awareness of evidence-based practice and current research
- Competent and aware of professional responsibilities in safeguarding of children and adults
- Ability to articulate a personal philosophy of the healthcare professional & the role of the advanced clinical practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Publishing papers and presenting at conferences. Dissemination of practice
Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates compassion in practice
- Professional credibility, excellent relevant advanced paediatric clinical skills
- Excellent managerial and organisational skills
- Demonstrable interpersonal, leadership negotiation and influencing skills
- Advanced communication and listening skills
- Excellent written and presentation skills
- Able to contribute to the development of and implementation of the trust strategic Vision for Nursing
- Effective team leader, able to motivate and develop a team and maintain constructive working relationships
- Evidence of personal insight and sound judgment
- Able to problem solve and initiate change
- Self-discipline and good time management to support periods of lone working
- Appraisal skills
- Ability to delegate and prioritise
- Excellent teaching, training and preceptorship skills
- Able to utilise audit and research evidence to support changes in practice
- Able to work across professional team and organizational boundaries
- Independent non-medical prescribing
- Computer literate (word processing. PowerPoint presentation)
- Quality improvement, practice development and service improvement skills
- Able to demonstrate embedding of 6Cs and professional standards into clinical practice
- Able to work autonomously, collaboratively and as part of a multi-professional team
- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts, which may include days/weekends, as required dependent on service needs
- Evidence of fulfilling PREP
- Ability to deal with conflict situations
- Ability to initiate, manage and sustain change
Desirable criteria
- Able to contribute to the development of and implementation of the trust clinical strategy
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
- Alison Taberner-Stokes
- Job title
- Associate Chief Nurse for the Brain Directorate
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Victoria Crook, Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Neuromuscular via email:
[email protected] or call 0207 405 9200 ext: 1195
List jobs with Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust in Allied Health Professions or all sectors