Nurse Consultant Medicine

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the team in the Medicine and Emergency Care Collaborative. The successful candidate will support the medical teams in delivering a quality service to medical outliers.
You will be joining an established team of affable, dynamic consultants, junior doctors and nurses who strive to provide the highest level of clinical care in the friendly atmosphere of the acute footprint.
The post holder will be working autonomously as an Nurse Consultant (Senior ACP), under direct or indirect supervision of senior medical colleagues, at an advanced clinical level in the direct delivery of high-quality care making critical clinical decisions based on advanced clinical skills assessment 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, supporting Consultants with day-to-day clinical activity (to be determined according to need of specialist area).
The post holder will be providing in-patient/ambulatory and outpatient areas 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.
We would consider a Band 8a ACP development post for the right candidate., Function's clinically at Tier 2 level and takes part in the Tier 2 rota across all areas of Medicine including medical outliers not residing in base wards working a standard shift pattern.
Day to day clinical functions will include but is not limited to:
+ Leading ward round rounds for medical outliers on other base wards
+ Supporting acute admission units, short stay units, acute medical wards, and SDEC
+ Reviewing medical patients in ED who are awaiting a medical bed, to mitigate risk and optimise acute medical car
+ Applies complex reasoning and critical thinking to a range of acute medical situations in order to make considered clinical judgements about diagnosis, care, treatment and escalation to other colleagues and services.
+ Demonstrates leadership and innovation in a clinical context that can be unfamiliar, complex and volatile which require solutions involving many interacting factors.
Has a pivotal role in the training and development of ACP's, Enhanced Nurse Practitioners and junior nursing and medical colleagues across Medicine
Provide and assure evidence-based care to individual patient/service users and groups.
Continually review and develop own, service, and organisational effectiveness, lead service improvement and actively contribute to the body of knowledge through research.
Work within the HEE (2020) consultant level practice capability and impact framework.

Working for our organisation
Leadership and Improvement Training
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; 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 leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to
Explore leadership within the NHS
Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role
After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7., 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.