Band 6 – Year one (must successfully complete Year 1 to progress)
Band 7 – Year Two & Three ( on successful progression through MSc modules and completion of all academic assessments)
Fixed Term 3 Years - (Band 8a upon successful completion of MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and common competencies)
Airedale General Hospital, Emergency Department (ED).
The Emergency Department is an area of work that demands a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team, responsive to the needs of contemporary health care demands. We pride ourselves in being a cohesive and dynamic team and a department with a reputation as a great place to work and to train.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Paediatric Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the ED team on a 24-hour rota. The trainee advanced clinical practitioner role is a 3-year training programme which the post holder will study at post–graduate level to gain a master’s degree in advanced clinical practice at an approved Higher Education Institute (HEI). In order to achieve qualification as an ACP, you must successfully achieve completion of all academic assessments.
Alongside academic studies, the trainee ACP is required to successfully complete the RCEM (Royal College of Emergency Medicine) ACP competencies and shown successful evidence of clinical competence in a number of key clinical presentations.
The post holder will be based at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust within the Emergency Department.
The Paediatric Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare independently to patients. Under supervision, the trainee ACP will see patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions
The post holder will act as a role model, delivering advanced practice and promoting clinical effectiveness in care. He/she will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment, clinical examination, diagnosis, clinical decision making and planning of care and treatment, diagnosis, prescribing, health promotion and safe discharge of patients.
The job holder will work towards becoming an autonomous practitioner within a defined clinical area, delivering all aspects of management and care to a wide range of patients with varying needs. They will work closely with all members of the multidisciplinary team and will play an integral role in the operational/strategic development of the service.
We are always looking for enterprising and innovative approaches to the way we provide our services. We are a national centre for telemedicine and introduced telehealth to the UK offender healthcare sector and also provide the service to patients in their care homes. Community matters to us and we are supported by 400 dedicated volunteers and have strong links with Bradford University, Craven College and Leeds City College to ensure we inspire the workforce of the future.
We want to attract staff who embrace our Right Care behaviours of compassion, a commitment to quality of care and working together for patients we want to make these part of our DNA.
For further information and full details of the job role please see the attached job description and person specification.
