Divisional Lead Advanced Practitioner for Medicine & Emergency Care

Divisional Lead Advanced Practitioner for Medicine & Emergency Care

The Divisional Lead Advanced Practitioner is an exciting new role and will be responsible for leading, developing and innovating Advanced Practice within the Medicine & Emergency Care Division.

They will provide expert professional advice to other professionals, multidisciplinary groups, patients and carers, as well as contributing to the operational and strategic developments to provide a more co-coordinated and equitable approach

The post holder will be responsible for maintaining and enhancing professional standards of care and also contribute to the overall strategic plan for Advanced Practice across the Trust shaping the future for this workforce.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver a job plan to support the 4 pillars with a minimum of 20% clinical component averaged over a 12-month period.

Lead the development of business cases, including budget setting and procurement of workforce investments related to the Advanced Practice workforce.

Provide direct expert advanced clinical practice through assessment, treatment and monitoring of care ensuring interventions and treatments are undertaken in line with best practice.

Develop and sustain appropriate collaborative relationships, partnerships and networks to influence and improve health outcomes and healthcare delivery systems

About us

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust ranks among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and was named the second-best Trust to work for in the South East in the 2023 and 2024 NHS Staff Survey.

We are a large acute hospital trust in south-east England, providing general hospital services and specialist care to around 600,000 residents in West Kent and East Sussex. With a dedicated and diverse team of over 8,000 staff we are proud to offer specialised cancer services to over two million people through the Kent Oncology Centre.

Fordcombe Hospital, near Tunbridge Wells, became part of the Trust in October 2024. Specialising in planned care, it offers two operating theatres, 28 inpatient and day-care beds, diagnostic services (X-ray, MRI, CT, and endoscopy), and consultation/treatment rooms.

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Joining us includes a comprehensive benefits package:

• At least 27 days of annual leave plus public/bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time staff).
• Membership in the NHS Pension Scheme, with a 20.6% employer contribution and life assurance benefits
• Blue Light card eligibility
• And more, additional benefits can be found in the benefits documents below

Job responsibilities

Weve provided all the details you need about this role in the job description and person specification. Please take a moment to review the criteria in the person specification and share specific examples in your application that demonstrate how you meet these requirements. Please also check your application for errors/omissions prior to submission.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children). If a role involves regulated activity and requires a DBS check with a barred list check, you cannot apply if you are on the barred list.

All successful applicants will be required to complete our corporate trust induction once a start date had been agreed.

Following your corporate induction you will be expected to attend the Trusts 2-week Induction Programme for RNs, NAs, RMs, ODPs and Paramedics. The programme is full-time (please this is problematic) and will involve travel to both Trust sites. The programme includes supernumerary shifts in the clinical area, classroom-based sessions and e-learning.

This is a three-year training programme where the individual with undertake a Level 7 apprenticeship in Advanced Clinical Practice, which is designed to equip experienced registered healthcare practitioners with the specialist skills required to operate as an independent, autonomous clinical practitioner to assess and treat patients and manage the clinical environment, in collaboration with the management and consultant team.

On successful completion of the training programme, the advanced clinical practitioner will act as an autonomous practitioner in forming clinical decisions and complex management plans in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of patients. In conjunction with other senior healthcare professionals in the team, formulate the development of clinical guidance for all aspects of clinical practice within the clinical speciality.

Person Specification Qualifications/Experience/Knowledge

• Registered Healthcare Professional on relevant part of NMC / HCPC register
• Post Graduate Qualification in specific speciality or equivalent experience.
• MSc in Advanced Practice -full master (180 credits) Or equivalency pathway -the portfolio route following national guidance. Including NMP where professional registration permits. Or have formally credentialed on a nationally recognised specialty specific Advanced Practice programme.
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Evidence of Research & Audit
• Leadership and Management experience or qualification
• Teaching experience or qualification.
• Evidence of change management, leadership and innovation.
• Ability to prioritise work and adapt to changing deadlines
• Ability to synthesise complex information quickly and able to communicate
• Excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively at all levels
• Knowledge of therapeutic interventions (e.g., Patient Group Discussions (PGDs), Patient Specific Direction (PSDs), non-pharmacological interventions, Non-Medical Prescribing Course (If applicable to profession
• Experience in Advanced Assessment Skills
• Experience in leading a team
• Experience of Service Development
• Evidence of dissemination of knowledge in wider healthcare organisations
• Able to develop and implement policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
• Completion of IR(ME)R Training
• Post graduate modules in Speciality Practice
• European Paediatric Advanced Life Support/Patient Advice Liaison Service provider
• ALS instructor
• Act in the role of Practice Assessor or supporting the progression of learners / supporting challenges as needed.
• Experience of Service Development
• Advanced life support training
• Provide evidence of Leading learning in practice
• Evidence of developing and implementing policy, guidelines and projects from initiation to completion
• Research publication

Skills

• Conversant with IT systems used for speciality, keep legible and accurate records.
• Basic keyboard skills with knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Presentation Skills
• Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
• Broad awareness of wider Trust initiatives / pressures

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.

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