ENT Advanced Practitioner

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and dynamic individual to join the supportive and innovative ENT team at St. Michael's Hospital as an ENT Advanced Practitioner (AP)

Qualified AP's will work closely with an allocated ENT Consultant as a supervisor. The successful candidate will work on an 80/20 contract where your 20/5 non clinical will include support of the ENT team service development/ education of juniors/CPD , which ensures development across 4 pillars of Advanced Practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be responsible for the assessment, and management of 2ww ENT patients in the outpatient setting, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcome.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full detailed job description, please refer to the Job Description document attached to this vacancy.

Person specification Qualifications and Training

• Registered Health Care Professional
• NMC/HCPC/GCP/GPhC Registration
• Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
• Succesfully completed Advanced Practice Masters and equivalently mapped to apprenticeship standard
• Evidence of teaching, supervision and assessment skills
• Non Medical Prescribing NMP
• ALS willing to undertake
• IRMER Education
• ALS

Skills and Abilities

• Resilience
• Demonstrated ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
• Good communication
• Enthusiastic and motivated, pro-active
• Personal insight and awareness
• Being fair, dynamic, and flexible
• Personal insight and awareness
• Being a good team player

Knowledge and Experience

• Recent significant experience at band 8a or equivalent in an ENT clinical setting
• Proven leadership and management experience in the acute setting
• Proven evidence of educational support to others
• Demonstrate the ability to support colleagues
• Experience or sound knowledge of change management as part of a leadership role
• Ability to organise and prioritise own workload effectively
• Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
• Familiar with current local and national issues
• Undertaken research as a chief or principle investigator
• Experience of developing advanced practice guidelines, governance and audit
• Experience in developing a ENT service
• Possess the skills and wide range of clinical knowledge to work as an autonomous practitioner and undertake independent, direct consultation and provision of care
• Function autonomously to achieve the strategic developments working without direct supervision. Identify and critically appraise contemporary evidence, develop and promote best practice, ensuring strong clinical leadership
• Participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols, policies and integrated care pathways in line with current best evidence
• IT literate

We hope that you will decide to join us and become part of this exciting journey, helping us to shape our future together.

As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.

UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.

To comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 all applicants must be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed at Interview.

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Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore, please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

As a guide interviews should usually take place within 3 weeks of the closing date.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.