About the Role
A high profile, accessible and responsive team member with clinical responsibilities for the delivery of Advanced Clinical Practitioners in Cardiothoracic surgery. Able to make informed decisions within their own speciality and scope of professional practice, involving patients and public to ensure agreed standards, targets and objectives are met.
The post holder will be an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) qualified to Masters’ Level, who will join the clinical team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners within the cardiothoracic service. Qualified practitioners will autonomously assess elective and non-elective cardiothoracic patients, including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care for patients, providing appropriate clinical management plans and medication prescription within statutory, trust and individual independent prescribing scope.
Secondment will be considered for internal candidates – If you are successful after interview, you must obtain approval from your current line manager to accept the offer.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
This role will require clinical skills which will support the service users in the cardiothoracic department and deliver quality whilst ensuring safety at all times. Enhanced communication will be an important aspect of this role due to the multidisciplinary care and referrals to external hospitals and services.
The ACP will be required to participate in all four pillars of the Advanced Practice role including clinical, educational, leadership and research domains. The ACP will participate in providing relevant education and training for nurses and analysing ongoing training needs, in conjunction with Trust and Cardiothoracic Practice Education professionals. The ACP will be required to ensure evidence-based care is delivered to patients and will be involved in audit of practice.
- Co-ordinate the care of patients throughout their pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this group of patients.
- Accountable for own actions in accordance with their professional regulatory body requirements.
- Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
- Lead and deliver clinical care, across a variety of settings, according to national and local guidelines ensuring delivery of evidence-based care and working towards the Trust vision of providing a World Class Service.
- Undertake an initial assessment to determine differential diagnosis, utilising advanced critical thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior clinical colleagues.
- Act autonomously to assess, prioritise and provide expert clinical care which contributes to the patients’ treatment plan to ensure that optimum physical, psychological, and social care needs are met and ensures quality care.
- Request and interpret relevant investigations to facilitate the development of the patient’s management plan.
- Initiate the management of patients who are critically ill or deteriorating within scope of practice.
- Proactively refer to other clinicians (own or other services) depending upon patients’ needs to deliver care beyond your limitations and scope of practice.
- Proactively initiate treatment plans for patients requiring intervention and treatment ensuring ethically based considerations.
- Proactively identify, diagnose, and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long term conditions.
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