Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Emergency Department

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients' experiences, is:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care., The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust is keen to recruit a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the growing service within the Emergency Department. As part of a multi-disciplinary team, led by the lead ED Consultant, you will practice under supervision within an acute setting to provide patient-centred, high-quality care and ensure safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in any area of the Emergency Department.
This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice within the Emergency Department whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct.
You will be supported to undertake an MSc in Advanced Practice at a designated University in order to develop into an autonomous practitioner and once completed will be encouraged to undertake the RCEM credentialing process., You will assess and prioritise patients attending the Emergency Department with undifferentiated health conditions, working across all areas including rapid assessment and treatment, minors, clinical decision unit, majors and resuscitation, providing an advanced and comprehensive level of assessment based on a specialist body of knowledge.
You will have direct responsibility under supervision for the management of patients within your own case load, and will also supervise the clinical duties and development of junior members of the multi-disciplinary team.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

+ Full induction and onboarding process in our organisation
+ Free car parking for our staff
+ Structured pay scheme, including additional living supplement to your basic salary
+ Minimum 27 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time staff)
+ Access to our Alex Lounge, our staff only rest area with free tea and coffee
+ Access to NHS Pension scheme
+ Flexible working options available, in line with our flexible working policy
+ Onsite creche facilities
+ Annual appraisals with career pathways
+ In-house training courses
+ Discounted hospital restaurant
+ Staff health and wellbeing health services and complimentary health provision
Important information
+ Our Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all its employees. We welcome applications from anyone who meets the specific criteria of the post regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Reasonable adjustments to the interview process can also be made for any candidates with a disability
+ All new colleagues joining PAHT will be subject to a probationary period of six months
+ The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment
+ Our Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults. Offers of employment are subject to pre-employment NHS screening checks
+ Providing false or misleading information or unsatisfactory pre-employment checks may result in the offer of a post being withdrawn