OCE are recruiting for a band 8A Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or a band 7 trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (tACP) for Acute Spinal Cord Injury. This is an exciting new post and is open to AHPs and Registered Nurses.

This is a Monday to Friday full-time role but flexible working would be considered both in the interests of the service and of the post holder.

As an accredited ACP you would be supported in your role by consultants at OCE, Matron, and the Trust ACP lead.

As a trainee ACP you would be fully supported through your master's degree with 20% off the job learning. (20% of your contractual hours allocated every week to attend university or to study)

Main duties of the job

An accredited ACP will

• work across the Trust to support front-line clinicians to optimise management of the effects of spinal cord injury such as spasticity, neurogenic bladder and bowel and autonomic dysreflexia.
• contribute to collaborative, multidisciplinary working within the new Acute Spinal Cord Injury service at OUH alongside the rehabilitation medicine service lead and other disciplines such as clinical psychology and dietetics.
• competently perform a range of clinical assessments, contributing to planning diagnostic investigations and instituting specialised treatments, as required by the service and the scope of practice for the role such as ASIA examinations, imaging and SCI specific prescribing.

A trainee ACP will .

• Learn to work across the Trust to support front-line clinicians to optimise management of the effects of spinal cord injury such as spasticity, neurogenic bladder and bowel and autonomic dysreflexia.
• Begin to contribute to collaborative, multidisciplinary working within the new Acute Spinal Cord Injury service at OUH alongside the rehabilitation medicine service lead and other disciplines such as clinical psychology and dietetics
• learn to competently perform a range of clinical assessments, contribute to planning diagnostic investigations and instituting specialised treatments, as required by the service and the scope of practice for the role such as ASIA examinations, imaging and SCI specific prescribing.

About us

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more herewww.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for the full job details and responsibilities

The accredited ACP applicant will be Registered Healthcare Professional(NMC, HCPC or GPhC) and have completed their MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice in relevant Advanced Practice field.

The trainee tACP applicant will be a Registered Healthcare Professional(NMC, HCPC or GPhC) will have a First level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) in undergraduate base profession and demonstrable evidence of ability to study at Level 7 (either previous Level 6 or level 7 study), or willingness to submit academic piece for assessment if required

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Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre

Oxford Centre for Enablement, Windmill Road

Oxford

OX3 7HE

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