The Hospital out of Hours Advanced Clinical Practitioner provides a triage role and a clinical role as part of a multi‑disciplinary team.
The primary responsibility is to provide a clinical review service to undifferentiated patients within the Medical, Surgical, Oncological, Haematological and Palliative Medicine in‑patient areas, split over a 2 shift pattern, either twilights from 16.00 till 00.30 or night shifts from 20.00 till 08.30, 7 days a week on a rotational basis.
The qualified ACP role is banded at an 8A AFC grade following completion of a Level 7 academic pathway and successfully evidencing a clinical practice portfolio of workplace based assessments.
The Trainee ACP role is banded at a band 7 AFC grade for the duration of the training period, with progression to an 8A on successful completion of the required academic element of the role and completion of the clinical portfolio of evidence.
Non‑clinical hours are allocated weekly to QACP and TACP staff to support personal and professional development in the role, with an emphasis on Quality Improvement projects and Research.
Shift leadership is undertaken on a rotational basis and involves the review, triage and allocation of the workload, discussion and advice to ward staff using the Nervecentre task management system for referrals made. The service currently receives an average of 11,000 referrals per month.
The shift leader also supports the Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT) with the “Martha’s rule” call for concern calls made out of hours, with appropriate guidance and signposting as required.
While the clinical element involves working as part of a multi‑disciplinary team, the role expects individual, autonomous practice, and the team is staffed to support escalation of care when needed.
In Return We Will Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On‑going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts
- We see on average 4,810 OP appointments a day
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2,077 per week
- An average of 1,115 patients are seen in A&E across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff
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