Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

This role will be at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills assessment within the same day emergency setting. Working effectively across all four pillars of advanced clinical practice as set out by Health Education England (2017).
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and support within the nursing/AHP teams in developing the service to improve the patient experience.
Providing in-patient, same day emergency care with consistent high quality clinical care, supporting trust management teams with on-going clinical care provision and assist with effective patient flow through the trust.
You will be/have:
+ Registered healthcare practitioner
+ Independent non-medical prescribing (where legally permitted)
+ Portfolio demonstrating continued professional development and ongoing assessments
+ ILS provider.

Working for our organisation
Same day emergency care is a transformational change in care delivery and is vital in changing the way patient's access our services. Patients attending the unit are referred by Emergency Departments, GP & UTC practices, and other clinical specialities with suspected Surgical, Urological or Gastroenterology conditions. The unit also hosts a range of review clinics and treatments for patients. The underlying principle behind this unit is managing patients outside of the hospital bed base as much as possible. You will be expected to work as part of a team in delivering care to patients who are referred into the department.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust welcomes innovation and is an organisation committed to supporting the growth and development of its employees., South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
· Your Leadership Impact
· Leading your Team to Success
· Leading Into the Future
· Service Improvement for Beginners
· Developing your Service Improvement Skills
· Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
+ Explore leadership within the NHS
+ Promote Trust values and behaviours
+ Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
+ Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT - Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form. Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.

Are you a clinical expert who puts the clinical and holistic needs of our patients first to ensure safe, high quality and effective care? Are you a passionate practitioner who would like to work in advancing services within surgical SDEC?
We are looking for experienced and highly skilled clinicians to develop and work within the advancing services of SDEC. The post holder will be aiming to work autonomously as a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
Please note consideration will be made for applicants who do not meet the full criteria of the role, who have considerable experience, who already hold level 7 Non-Medical Prescribing and level 7 Advanced Physical Assessment Skills Qualification.
This would be a band 7 clinical practitioner post with the transfer to band 8a ACP role on completion of the full qualification (please view both job descriptions and person specifications)
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.