Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our urology team. The role will require the successful clinician to work within the four pillars of Advanced Practice which includes:

Clinical management of patients (autonomous assessment/investigation/diagnosis and management to include non-medical independent prescribing)

Leadership – lead on service developments and implementing change processes, provide clinical leadership to MDT members

Education- provide education, mentorship and support to a wide multi-professional audience. Maintain own education needs and a live portfolio of advanced practice

Research- demonstrate use of evidence-based practice and involvement in research projects (QIP/Audit)

The job is open to fully trained ACPs from multi-professional backgrounds.  We are also willing to consider those who require full ACP training, and in this instance, Annex 21 will be applied to the post.

Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom.

Main duties of the job

The ACP will be expected to provide clinical assessment and decision making for patients presenting with a urology problem into acute areas including the emergency department, ward referrals and out-patient settings. The role will include both acute assessment and out-patient clinics/diagnostics, and will cover urology services across the CTM HB.

Maintain a portfolio of AP to demonstrate the four pillars of advanced practice. 

Clinical- will be expected to undertake clinical assessment request relevant investigations, make diagnosis and initiate treatment and management plans according to patient need, including non-medical independent prescribing. They will be required to undertake clinical assessment as an independent clinician. They will be expected to support effective communication between teams, MDT and patient/relatives. Opportunities will be provided to develop urology specific skills

Leadership – clinical leadership of MDT. Development of ACP led urology services. Develop QiPs, attend and be an instrumental part of relevant HB strategy groups or forums e.g, Enhanced, Advanced and Consultant Forum for CTM.

Education- be responsible for own educational needs, striving to enhance and develop own skills, knowledge and competence. Maintain a live portfolio of evidence.

Research- use guidelines to support clinical decisions in practice.

Working for our organisation

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family.  Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.