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Are you interested in becoming an Advanced Clinical Practitioner? Join us at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust!

The Trainee ACP will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients in their area under supervision where appropriate.  They will work towards accountability for independent clinical assessments, diagnosis, and treatment of patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions. In addition to this the Trainees will also be responsible for appropriately referring patients to relevant specialities for any necessary inpatient or outpatient investigations as well as facilitating safe patient discharge.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in our Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care Service within Lincolnshire. We have 2 co-located Urgent Treatment Centre’s; Boston and Lincoln and 4 rural sites; Gainsborough, Louth, Spalding and Skegness. We also have the Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) who are based at Beech House in Lincoln. The Clinical Assessment Centre is a remote telephone/video consultation service covering Lincolnshire.

We currently have a vacancy in the following locations: Skegness, Boston and Spalding;  Please specify your favoured site(s) to work at in your application.

Main duties of the job

What are we offering?

This is an exciting opportunity to complete a fully funded MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice whilst working in a supportive environment. We will provide you with protected time to attend University and enable you to develop the competencies and capabilities required to work as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

Trainee ACP’s will be expected to treat both injury and illness across all age ranges, each trainee ACP will be given a named supervisor on appointment. Supervision and training will be given throughout to achieve competencies. 

On occasion you will be required to support other areas of the Integrated Urgent and Emergency Care Service’s.

Successful candidates will need to demonstrate that they are able to meet the essential criteria in the person specification and can provide evidence of experience in the treatment of minor illness and/or minor injury. 

We are looking for people who can demonstrate the right values and behaviours and have excellent leadership and communications skills.

If you fit this description and have the motivations and flexibility to join this evolving service, this an excellent opportunity to join a highly skilled team to provide quality care.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce. 

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives.  Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments.  Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme.  Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev’