Job overview

1 x Fixed Term contract/secondment opportunity for up to 12 months

*Internal applicants who wish to be considered for a secondment opportunity should discuss with their line manager the suitability of a possible secondment*

This new post is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Practitioner to join our Directorate.  We have an increasing number of Qualified and in Training Advanced Practitioners in both our inpatient beds and our urgent care service (Rapid Response) and we now seek an operationally focused leader to work with the Service Director and Medical Leadership team to ensure we continue to develop our model of care with assurance and good governance. 

The successful post holder will need to be experienced and creative; agile in thought and organised in their planning.  You will need to help create the environment for growth of these colleagues, ensure they are anchored into well supervised development pathways.  Wider than that you will be working with Trust and system partners to develop the advanced practice agenda and ensure that service delivery is optimised by the  recent inclusion of these roles.

This role brings the post holder an opportunity to work with service redesign and  transformation as well as ensuring the day to day provision of excellent care.  You will be required to work clinically for a proportion of the hours and retain all pillars of your practice as a core component of the role. 

Main duties of the job

Carry out clinical functions innate to the role, including clerking, medical planning, medicines reconciliation, prescribing/deprescribing, regular reviews, supporting rehabilitation, discharge planning and care in the last days of life. 
 Working with the learning and development team, devise and deliver education programmes for tAPs and APs within the organisation
 Work with advanced practitioners within the system and regionally to develop best practice
 Act as a clinical role model for developing and delivering care that is responsive to changing requirements.
 To constructively challenge others and demonstrate receptiveness to challenge to promote a culture of psychological safety, learning and reflection.
 Lead and participate actively in research and development initiatives to advance the provision of services for patients. Supervise and co-ordinate the work of other APs and TAPs in this space. 
 Facilitate the dissemination of research findings to influence change
 To lead/supervise Advanced Practice activities related to audit and quality improvement (QI), participating in updating and implementing policies, protocols and guidelines, in line with national guidance and contemporary evidence.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey  gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.