Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner
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Stockport Foundation Trust Advanced Clinical Practitioner Opportunity
Stockport Foundation Trust is seeking a highly motivated, experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is able to offer strong operational and clinical leadership to our team of ACPs within the Directorate of Medicine for Older People.
The post holder must have a breadth of experience and be able to demonstrate experience within the 4 pillars of advanced practice and have successfully led strategy and high performing teams.
The post holder will lead the team alongside supporting the Divisional and Trust vision for Advanced Practice.
Based within the Directorate of Medicine for Older People, this role is integral to the continued development and improvement of the service. The successful candidate will promote excellence in care and treatment, support strategic and operational objectives, and provide senior leadership and professional expertise across the Directorate as appropriate.
If you feel that you fit this then we would like to hear from you.
The post will be structured around four core functions that exemplify the role:
- An expert clinician / practice function
- A professional leadership and consultancy function
- An education training and development function
- A research, evaluation and service development function
The post holder will be responsible for providing visible leadership and operational oversight across the service, supporting the delivery of safe, effective and high-quality patient care. They will lead service development and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring compliance with national standards, Trust objectives and best practice.
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Key Responsibilities May Include
- Leading the operational delivery of Older People's Services.
- Ensuring high standards of patient care, safety and experience.
- Driving quality improvement, governance and service redesign programmes.
- Supporting patient flow, discharge planning and capacity management.
- Leading and developing the nursing and multidisciplinary workforce.
- Monitoring performance against key quality and operational indicators.
- Managing risks, incidents and complaints within the service area.
- Supporting delivery of Trust and Directorate strategic objectives.
- Working in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to improve integrated care pathways.
- Providing senior leadership, expert advice and professional support to the ACP team and across the Directorate.
The post holder will provide strategic, professional and operational leadership, ensuring robust governance arrangements are in place to support the delivery of safe, effective and responsive services for older people, while driving continuous improvement in quality, patient experience and clinical outcomes.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
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We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits We Offer To You
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Michelle Pennington
Job title: Lead Nurse
Email address: michelle.pennington@stockport.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 419 2132
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