Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Supervision Lead

Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Supervision Lead

We are delighted to invite applications for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner Supervision Lead post in Paediatrics and Emergency Care at The Royal London Hospital.

The successful candidate will join a friendly, highly motivated, consultant-led team delivering high quality urgent and emergency care to East London. The department receives a full range of emergencies from the local area in addition to being a major trauma centre for North East London and Essex and a provider for patients who require tertiary input, with a total of 45,000 patients

We hope that those appointed will benefit from the unique opportunities that the Royal London brings in terms of exposure to the management of major trauma, procedural skills, assessment and management of CYP with simple and complex issues. There is also scope for development of leadership and management skills and education within the ACP programme and wider department. The successful post holder will supervise and help shape the future of the ACP programme within the Paediatric Emergency Department and beyond.

The post is open to RCEM credentialled ACP level paediatric practitioners who will be based in the emergency department working on a full shift rota. Clinical duties are supported by 24/7 consultant presence, senior training registrars and a team of junior doctors.

Main duties of the job

The purpose of this role is to lead, influence and deliver an outstanding Advanced Clinical Practice service across the department, by ensuring that there is provision of high-quality development and supervision to the qualified ACPs across the relevant areas.

Focusing on:

• Support the implementation of the Barts Health ACP strategy and policy in relation to supervision and training.
• Enabling peer support and supervision for existing ACPS.
• Ensuring that trainees are supported throughout their training programme with high quality supervision.
• Ensuring that staff follow an accredited advanced practice programme with a partner university.
• Recognising and supporting the registered health and care practitioners who demonstrate the capabilities set out in the advancing practice or consultant practitioner framework and in the national education standards for advancing practice.
• Ensuring good supervision of existing ACPs in allied areas to enhance clinical skills and flow.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Healthcare Professional
• Masters level education in advanced practice
• RCEM accreditation obtained
• Additional qualifications related to a specialist area

Experience

• Teaching and assessing in clinical practice
• Evidence of maintaining clinical expertise
• Advanced practice experience in relevant clinical area
• Post graduate research training

Knowledge

• Highly specialised advanced clinical skills and knowledge.
• Active Involvement in audit and research
• Knowledge of national and local issues relevant to specialty area of work.
• Up to date knowledge and understanding of policy and practice relevant to specialty
• Understanding of national and local policy relating to ACP
• Influences national and local policy working.

Skills

• Ability to work and communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary team setting within and outside the Trust.
• Evidence of advanced communication skills including verbal, non-verbal and written.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with professional credibility
• Time management skills with an ability to act on own initiative and be both self directed and motivated in the work environment.
• Demonstrate evidence of both autonomous and team working
• Coaching and contributing to the development of others
• Ability to manage and effectively prioritise a varied caseload
• Effective influencing, negotiating and advocacy skills
• Experience in effective people management and leadership skills
• Proficient in Outlook, Work and Excel.

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.