Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We are offering the successful candidatethe opportunity to undertake a 2 year (part-time) fully funded AdvancedClinical Practice Msc programme (Health and Social Care) at a MastercallHealthcare designated university. During training you will also work clinicallyunder the indirect supervision of Mastercall Senior Advanced Practitioners andConsultant AP (Nurse). You will be responsible for, assessing, diagnosing,interpreting investigations, and treating undifferentiated and undiagnosedpatients across Mastercall services. On successful completion of training, youwill undertake the role of Advanced Practitioner across Mastercall Serviceswith preceptorship support in the first year.

Applicants will be a Registered Nurse,Midwife or Allied Health Professional with significant experience in emergency,unscheduled or urgent care (equivalent of five years post registrationexperience) as a practitioner assessing and managing undifferentiated andundiagnosed patients. A practitioner with a first degree, or evidence that theycan study at Masters level (Level 7) would be preferred and a prescribingqualification is essential. Applicants must also be able to evidence Level 2functional skills in Maths and English.

Permanent position workingbetween 30 and 37.5 hours per week across 7 days dependant on service needs.

You must have permanent right to work in the UK we do not offer any sponsorship

Main duties of the job

Mastercall have developed a clearframework to ensure that we support clinicians to develop to their fullpotential in a supported environment. The Trainee AP post is part of thatframework, and the successful candidates will benefit from working alongside ahighly skilled multi-disciplinary workforce with medical, nursing and AHPsupport. We have an exciting training opportunity for a registered healthcareprofessional wishing to develop the competencies of advanced practice.

About us

Mastercall Healthcare has over 29 years experience as aninnovative, highly performing, award-winning Social Enterprise organisation.

We are passionate about providing the very best patient careat the very best place for the patient.

Our Social Value ethos commits us to ensuring the very bestuse of the public pound, maximising the return on investment of ourcommissioners, and supporting the NHS deliver affordable, effective, safepatient centred services.

Our purpose is to ensure that we deliver safe, high quality,patient centred services that support people to live and age well. We are hereto support our community and our health and social care partners. We provide arange of highly effective urgent primary care services that support hospitaladmission avoidance and early supported discharge from hospital whereclinically safe and appropriate.

Employee benefits include:

Living Wage Employer

Competitive rates of pay

Generous holiday entitlement, long service enhancements andthe option to purchase additional l eave

NHS Fleet

Job responsibilities

MastercallHealthcare is committed to modernising the current workforce to improve patientcare, meet the demands of our services and support career development for allstaff. The Advanced Practitioner (AP) role is at the forefront ofurgent and primary care services with non-medical practitioners crossingprofessional boundaries, undertaking traditionally medical roles, and leadingthe drive towards interprofessional practice. It is a model of excellence infacilitating the delivery of holistic care to patients with in Mastercallservices. The AP will be able to assess and treat the many varied cases, acute,minor, and complex that present to clinical services.

AtMastercall we have developed a clear framework to ensure that we supportclinicians to develop to their full potential in a supported environment. TheTrainee AP post is part of that framework, and the successful candidates willbenefit from working alongside a highly skilled multi-disciplinary workforcewith medical, nursing and AHP support

Thepurpose of the post is to support the academic training and clinicaldevelopment of clinicians that leads to the achievement of Advanced ClinicalPractitioner Masters qualification. This is a training post, and the jobdescription describes the scope of the role whilst in trainingUnder indirectsupervision

Person Specification General Qualities

• Effective communication skills: verbal, written and non-verbal.
• Able to work independently and accountably.
• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.
• Innovative approach to practice
• Excellent team player
• Enthusiastic and approachable with the ability to support and motivate the team
• Dynamic problem solving
• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Works well under pressure
• Flexible approach
• Ensure every patient matters.

Experience

• Significant experience of working in an unscheduled care or ED setting
• Experience of working as an autonomous practitioner in an unscheduled care or ED setting
• Able to assess, diagnose and create a management plan for an undifferentiated minor illness or injury independently.
• Significant evidence of continuing professional development and application to practice within the last 12 months.
• Understanding of the Advanced Practitioner role, and responsibilities as well as appropriate legal frameworks and the Multi professional Advanced Practice Framework
• Understanding and application of healthcare governance
• Up to date knowledge of health agenda (local and national)

Qualifications

• Current NMC or HCPC registered health professional
• Evidence of post graduate study at level 6 or 7
• Be able to evidence Level 2 Maths and Functional English (University requirement
• Willingness to successfully complete the Msc Advanced Clinical Practice Apprenticeship programme at Mastercalls nominated university with the expectation that on successful completion the post holder will move to a qualified ACP role.
• Teaching and Assessing qualification.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.