South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Emergency General Surgery
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Emergency General Surgery - Advanced Clinical Practitioner Opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen in Emergency General Surgery at South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust for a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner due to further expansion of surgical SDEC services. We are seeking experienced and dynamic healthcare professionals including Registered Nurses, Paramedics, and Physiotherapists ready to take the next step in their clinical career.
Candidate Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years Band 6 experience, ideally within a general surgical setting or acute specialty.
- Excellent clinical and leadership skills to work as part of the Emergency Surgical team.
- Willingness and ability to commit to undertaking an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice including non-medical prescribing is essential.
Role Details
This full-time role offers a supported 80/20 clinical/academic split. Successful applicants will benefit from:
- A dedicated Surgical ACP mentor supported by the Advanced Clinical Practice Lead and Surgical Consultants.
- Focus on continuous development across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
SAU is a 7-day service and regular evening and weekend working is required.
Additional Information
- As a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP), you will be supported to develop specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously to patients through an established ACP training pathway, whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code of professional conduct.
- Post-holders must have excellent communication, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Post-holders will work collaboratively alongside the multi-disciplinary team to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in the provision of accessible, high-quality care.
- During winter months and at other times of high demand, the post-holder may be asked to support and provide cover to expedite discharge of patients within the surgical ward environment.
- Clinical duties will predominantly be within the surgical assessment unit (SAU) where you will work as part of the ACP team who have a critical role in the development of new processes to improve patient flow and rapid streaming of surgical referrals to the most appropriate assessment area.
- The post includes 20% of contracted hours in which you will be expected to work towards completion of a full Masters (MSc) qualification in Advanced Practice. Advancement to Band 8a requires the completion of the full MSc in Advanced Practice, completion of a specialty-specific curriculum, and an end-of-course ACAT assessment. Please see Job Description for further detail.
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About Us
Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition, our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.
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We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa, and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways, and delivering high levels of productivity.
Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are ‘Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective, and compassionate care’. Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn’t matter what role you do, whether it is patient-facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
As Part Of Our Commitment To Equality, Diversity, And Inclusion, We Encourage All Applicants To Complete a Short Survey. This Can Be Accessed Via The Link Below
https://forms.office.com/e/ahWY3eAGM2
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Annalie Baker
Job title: Lead Surgical ACP
Email address: annalie.baker@swft.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 07769369330
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