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Job summary

Main area
Cardiology
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
218-NM-B8A-6640525
Employer
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
UHCW
Town
Coventry
Salary
£53,755 - £60,504 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/09/2024 23:59

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Arrhythmia Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Job overview

Job Summary

A high profile, accessible and responsive leader with managerial and clinical responsibility for the delivery of Advanced Clinical Practice across the Arrhythmia Service within

Cardiology. Able to make informed decisions within their own speciality and scope of professional practice, involving patients and public to ensure agreed standards, targets and objectives are met.

The post holder is an experienced professional qualified to Masters Level, who will act as a clinical leader within the Arrhythmia Service to provide a five day service working

alongside the Electrophysiologist Consultants and nursing team. They will autonomously clinically assess and manage patients referred to the Arrhythmia Service in conjunction with the consultant to support the faster diagnosis including face to face and virtual clinics.

The post holder will be instrumental in providing relevant education for patients and lifestyle advice for their condition. The post holder will be required to ensure evidence-based care is delivered to patients and will be involved in the audit of practice, including leading on the Trusts contribution to service improvement to achieve the National standards in collaboration with consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

·       Co-ordinate the care the Community Atrial Fibrillation patients throughout their pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this group of patients.

·       Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

·       Lead and deliver clinical care, across a variety of settings, according to national and local guidelines ensuring delivery of evidence-based care and working towards the Trust vision of providing a World Class Service. 

·       Undertake an initial assessment to determine differential diagnosis, utilising advanced critical thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior clinical colleagues.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

·        Act autonomously to assess, prioritise and provide expert clinical care which contributes to the patients’ treatment plan to ensure that optimum physical, psychological, and social care needs are met and ensures quality care.

·        Request and interpret relevant investigations to facilitate the development of the patient’s management plan.

·        Proactively refer to other clinicians (own or other services) depending upon patients’ needs to deliver care beyond your limitations and scope of practice.

·        Proactively initiate treatment plans for patients requiring intervention and treatment ensuring ethically based considerations.

·        Proactively identify, diagnose, and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long term conditions.

·        Undertake relevant clinical procedures to facilitate patient care within the service, supported by the appropriate training and supervision.

·        Assess, diagnose, prescribe (as per scope of practice and professional regulatory requirements), and review medications for therapeutic effectiveness in the context of acute/emergency illness/ chronic illness, considering any current treatment given including pre-existing medical conditions.

·        Providing information and advice to patients on prescribed medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions ensuring compliance with evidence- based practice and national and practice protocols and within their scope of practice and professional regulatory body requirements.

·        Integrates both pharmacological (as per scope of practice and professional regulatory requirements) and non-pharmacological treatments as appropriate into patient management plans.

·        Document clearly all aspects of assessment, diagnosis, and management plan and present the findings, using the approved documentation framework.

·        Facilitate shared decision making by discussing assessment outcomes with patients, carers, and other health care professionals, to enable patients to make informed decisions regarding treatment.

·        Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high-quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities.

·        Support patients, families, and carers to adopt health healthy lifestyles strategies and apply principles of self- care, alongside clinical management plans.

·       Understand and apply safeguarding measures that support the identification of vulnerable adults and children and be aware of statutory child/ vulnerable patient’s health procedures and local guidance.

·        Contribute to informed patient consent and act as patient advocate.

·        Report clinical incidents via Trust Datix reporting system.

For further details please see the attached job description.

Person specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

No smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderImproving working livesArmed Forces Covenant (Silver Award)Pathway to excellenceCare quality commission - GoodPregnancy Loss PledgeHeart Charter

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lisa Fereday
Job title
Modern Matron Cardiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02476965810
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