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Job summary

Main area
cardiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Cross site)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
391-RFL-7806932
Employer
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Free Hampstead
Town
London
Salary
£64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
Today at 23:59

Employer heading

NHS

Band 8a Advanced Clinical practitioner

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community.  This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.

Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.

Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

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Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Cardiology  Team at Royal Free London Trust in managing the cardiology virtual wards. Our ambition is to develop a virtual ward model that is both ‘step up’ from primary and community care to safely avoid hospital admission* and ‘step down’ from the hospital. This role would lead on the management of patients using this platform and the governance supporting their care. The post-holder will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment for the patients on virtual wards

 The post-holder will be expected to work within the four clinical pillars of advanced practice, clinical practice, facilitating learning, leadership and evidence, research and development. This will be demonstrated within their portfolio 

The post-holder will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment for the patients on virtual ward. The role will be structured around four functions, delivering expert practice, professional leadership/consultancy, education, training and development, service development, research and evaluation. .

The post is working cross site at Barnet and Hampstead site. 

Main duties of the job

·         To act as a high-level autonomous practitioner and role model, delivering advanced practice and promoting clinical effectiveness and patient centered care.

·         The post-holder will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment for the patients on virtual ward.

·         The post holder will demonstrate a high level of advanced expertise, specialist knowledge, demonstrate high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in the delivery of clinical care.

·         The post holder will also provide expert advice delivering advanced clinical practice, clinical leadership and supervision, support and mentorship for multidisciplinary professionals including other ACPs, junior medical staff and clinical nursing staff of all grades. They will also be responsible for enhancing the quality of the service by providing education and support to all practitioners and acting as a role model. 

Working for our organisation

The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated team of staff care for over 1.6 million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.
 
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
 
For more information please visit
 
https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and details on the role and responsibilities please see attached Job description.

Person specification

Education & professional Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent qualification
  • Evidence of post registration qualification relevant to specialty
  • Mentorship/ teaching and assessing qualification
  • Independent and supplementary prescribing
  • Registration as a Nurse/Midwife/AHP
  • First level healthcare degree
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience at senior nursing level Band 7 or above
  • Evidence of ability to work & lead autonomously at advanced practice level
  • Evidence in challenging clinical practice and leading in the development of new pathways of care and delivering best practice
  • Evidence of successfully resolving complex problems.
  • Experience in carrying out clinical audit and risk assessment
  • Proven skills in leading, managing and developing teams
  • Evidence of successful resource management
  • Management of patients with complex needs
  • Evidence of teaching junior members of staff & assessing students in practice
  • Proven evidence of improving the patient experience
  • Proven experience of monitoring & acting on quality data & developing appropriate action plans
  • Leadership and management experience
  • Experience as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Desirable criteria
  • Strong IT Skills – including excel and power-point
  • Knowledge of national NHS drivers and initiatives

Skills and aptitudes

Essential criteria
  • Expert specialist skills for the post
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
  • Skilled in use of computer/keyboard
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues e.g. handling complaints, clinical risk management
  • Ability to problem-solve, priorities and to work to deadlines
  • Ability to motivate staff and improve individuals and team performance
  • Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
  • Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met
  • Able to lead, manage and motivate others in complex problem solving and assessment skills
  • Able to recruit staff to world class values
  • High level of clinical acumen
  • Able to prioritise
  • Understand team nursing and team working
  • Able to adapt to changing situations
  • Ability to think logically, to make decisions, copes with stress, and work with all levels of staff
  • Evidence of commitment to developing the ACP service
  • Evidence of service improvement and change
  • Strong clinical leadership skills and an effective role model
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues e.g. handling complaints, clinical risk management
  • Presentation skills and be able to communicate effectively with a variety of stakeholder groups
  • Ability to plan and manage resources within allocated budget effectively
  • Knowledge of national and local NHS healthcare agenda, standards, research and its implications.

Personal Qualities & attributes

Essential criteria
  • Be a positive role model with the ability to demonstrate a credible and professional approach
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Ability to work as a team and form professional relationships with colleagues
  • Diplomatic and calm
  • To be flexible and approachable
  • Flexibility in shift and working patterns to meet the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to travel to different sites within and external to the Trust (dependent on role)

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleDisability confident employerTimewise PartnerCare Quality Commission - Requires improvementEnei MemberArmed Forces Covenant

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
karen Kilbride
Job title
senior Matron
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07764938976
Additional information

Ranjini Shanthakumar 

[email protected]

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