Job summary
- Main area
- Emergency Department
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-ME03643
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Bournemouth
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/10/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner- Paeds
Band 7
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
It is an exciting time at University Hospitals Dorset with the recent merging of two Trusts, resulting in the upcoming new Emergency Department in the BEACH building on the Royal Bournemouth Hospital site planned for 2025.
Due to this expansion, we are looking to increase the size of our Majors ACP team following recent investment. We have an exciting opportunity to join our team of 3 RCEM credentialed Emergency Care Advanced Clinical Practitioners and 4 existing trainees. This post will be the first Paediatric Emergency Care ACP at UHD.
We are in search of individuals who have a minimum of 3 years’ experience working within the Emergency Department setting/Acute front door setting, in an existing Practitioner role/ Physical examination course obtained and working a minimum of 30hours/week.
As a University Hospital, there are many opportunities to develop your career as an ACP. Ongoing training and education is an important aspect of the role with many teaching activities including ACP supervision, junior doctor teaching and a bespoke RCEM trainee development pathway.
Base Location: Bournemouth Hospital
Interview Date: TBC
Main duties of the job
Successful applicants must be willing and able to successfully undertake a MSc in ACP (if not already obtained) as well as programme of work-placed based education, culminating in credentialing as an ACP with the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM)- Paediatric credentialed.
Successful candidates will be enrolled on an MSc Advanced Clinical Practitioner course at a local HEI, undertaking a range of clinically-focused modules in line with the requirements for the role, including independent prescribing (if not already held).
You will also attend study days, life support courses such as ALS and ETC, and regular teaching sessions within the department.
This trainee role is at Agenda for Change Band 7 with uplift to Band 8a on successful credentialing with RCEM. Therefore, the length of the training period may vary, dependent on previous experience and achievement of academic modules and RCEM competencies.
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.
There is a planned move for this service, when this role and base of work will relocate to Bournemouth site. Upon relocation of the role/service, excess mileage allowance / reimbursement will not apply, and any travel between the postholder’s home and work base will be classified as a commute. Any other changes unrelated to this, will be handled in line with Trust/National terms and conditions.
Following final BEACH move- base site will be RBH.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NMC 1st Level Registered Nurse or HCPC Registered Paramedic/ Physiotherapist
- Completed or working towards-Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice or PGDip as a minimum must include: 1. History taking and physical assessment 2. Pharmacology 3. Clinical decision making and diagnostics
- IRMER Regulation trained
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Desirable criteria
- EPALS
Experience
Essential criteria
- ED experience at Band 6/7
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams within an acute health care setting.
- Evidence of involvement in direct supervision and leadership in teaching and mentoring of junior staff and students
- Evidence of ability to look after patients with a wide range of pathologies.
- Currently working is a practitioner role
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of implementing change in clinical practice
- Relevant teaching/supervising/mentoring experience
Technical Skills Competencies
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable clinical competence in a range of clinical skills and competences associated with the role requirements of the speciality
- Highly developed communication, influencing and negotiating skills
- Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines
- Demonstrable effective time management and work organisation skills within autonomous practice to prioritise tasks and duties required to undertake the role consistently
Desirable criteria
- Ability to coordinated services and liaise with multidisciplinary services at a senior level using excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to use appropriate assertiveness when required
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Sound understanding of evidence-based practice and its application
- Understanding of the Trust’s objectives and priorities and the ability to work across operational boundaries
- Knowledge of research/audit processes and application
- Good knowledge of professional priorities
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the national and local NHS healthcare agenda and its implications
Interpersonal skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team using excellent interpersonal skills
- Evidence of ability to critique own practice
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
- Elizabeth Hurdidge
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 03000194913
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