Advanced Clinical Practitioner

This post is based in the adult ED, with the possibility of undertaking further training in paediatrics. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate competency in all areas of the adult ED (Urgent Treatment Centre, Majors, Resuscitation, Rapid Assessment) and will have completed the academic aspects of ACP training including an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and non-medical prescribing. They should be preparing to submit their portfolio for credentialling as an Emergency Medicine ACP by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine within 12 months of appointment. The department has an excellent track record of supporting ACPs to successfully credential and we have two credentialed adult ACPs on staff currently.

Demonstrate the ability to look after patients with a wide range of pathologies from the life-threatening to the self-limiting

Be able to identify the critically ill and injured, providing safe and effective immediate care

Demonstrate expertise in resuscitation and be skilled in the practical procedures needed

Demonstrate the skills to stablish the diagnosis and differential diagnosis rapidly, and initiate or plan for definitive care

Work with all the in-patient and supporting specialties as well as primary care and prehospital services

Demonstrate the skills to correctly identify who needs admission and who can be safely discharged.

Undertake relevant additional activities across the four pillars of advanced practice (clinical practice, research, leadership & management, and education).

Whittington Health was launched on 1 April 2011 as a new organisation comprising The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and NHS Islington and NHS Haringey. The Whittington Hospital and the community health services in Islington and Haringey are award wining organisations, delivering acute and community based health services to a population of 443,000 people. The organisation is the biggest employer in the area, with over 4,000 staff. The organisation delivers healthcare not only on the acute hospital site which has 420 beds, but also from a variety of other venues and through visits to people's homes. We want to ensure that all our patients and service users receive treatment and care in the most appropriate environment for their health needs.