Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Emergency Department Bypass

An exciting opportunity is now available for a trainee ACP (B7) to join the 24h Hyper Acute Sickle Cell Unit (HASCU) at University Hospital Lewisham NHS Trust.
The practitioner will also be part of haematology team supporting the consultants on the delivery of care to patients admitted to the hospital. A multidisciplinary team approach will be essential, to support the medical team when HASCU workload allows.
The post holder will be expected to contribute to the daily management and auditing processes of the service and interact frequently with relevant stake holders both external and within the organisation.
We welcome applications from practitioners with experience in other medical disciplines such as emergency or general medicine. The post holder will have a primary focus on the patients attending the HASCU.
On completion of the training as an ACP (MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice) and achieving the competencies of ACP in haematology, will progress to a Band 8a position., Clinical
Under the supervision of experienced clinicians.
Delivery of the evidence based expert clinical care working towards a high degree of professional autonomy, demonstrating the ability to make sound decisions based on the knowledge and experience.
Service & Practice improvement
Promote the improvement of quality and clinical effectiveness within the resource constraints.
Management and Leadership
Contribute to the development to the specialist service and act as a change agent and facilitate the change process whilst encouraging other to be innovative and adaptable in the approach to change.
Work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to proactively develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health, outcomes, and healthcare delivery systems.
Education and training
To participate in teaching programmes relevant to Haematology and Oncology patients.
To complete the MSc in advanced practice
To achieve trust credentialing status.
Audit and research
Contribute/assist in the development of multidisciplinary research and clinical audit in the haemoglobinopathy service and, implementing effective and evidence-based practice

Working for our organisation
Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:
1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Under the supervision of experienced clinicians.
· Delivery of the evidence based expert clinical care working towards a high degree of professional autonomy, demonstrating the ability to make sound decisions based on the knowledge and experience.
· Holistic individual consultation of patients using a range of different assessment methods including medical history taking, physical assessment, clinical investigations, and risk stratifications tools, all these appropriate to the presentation within the boundaries of the role.
· Order and interpret investigations, laboratory tests, appropriate imaging, and act on results as appropriate.
· Reach a valid, reliable, and comprehensive conclusion based the history and clinical findings.
· Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with present legislation supply and prescribing of medicines.
· Communicate with patients in ways that empowers them to make informed choices about their health and healthcare.
· Actively implement and manage, evidence based therapeutic programmes which are in the interest of patient and improve health outcomes.
· Work in partnership with other clinical teams making appropriate referrals to optimize health outcomes and resources.
· In partnership with patients, clients, and other professions, make sounds decision which are ethically based in the interest of patients and clients in the absence of precedents and protocols.
· Provide specialist knowledge, advice, resource information and support to clinical staff across the trust.
We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.