We are looking for an experienced emergency adult or children's Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) from a nursing or paramedic background to join our Emergency Department (ED) team.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the clinician rota ensuring the safe assessment, management, referral and discharge of patients across all areas of the ED. You should possess a Masters level qualification in advanced clinical practice, be an independent prescriber and have previous experience in managing patients independently as an ACP in ED.

The post holder will deliver an 80% clinical component to their role and 20% related to the other pillars of advanced practice, education, research and leadership/management. You will be provided with mentorship from both a Consultant and Consultant Nurse in Advanced Practice and, if required, you will be supported to become credentialed on the Royal College of Emergency Medicine ACP curriculum.

About us

You will be working in a busy and dynamic ED which sees 160,000 patients a year and serves a large and diverse population. St George's ED is a Major Trauma Centre and incorporates an Urgent Treatment Centre and a Children's and Young People's ED. We have an excellent record in innovation and a strong research profile and provide great learning and development opportunities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you are looking for a new challenge and are a highly motivated experienced emergency clinician and are interested in an opportunity to further develop your advanced clinical and management skills within a supportive and innovative environment we would like to hear from you.

Please see attached the job description for more details on the main responsibilities for this role.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• post-registration experience, of which includes ED experience
• Demonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, research, education)
• Participation in audit and research

Desirable

• Experience as clinical Leader
• Experience in an autonomous practice role

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered nurse or paramedic
• MSc level in Advanced Practice or equivalent
• Independent non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Undertaken accredited course or gained digital badge accreditation with centre for advancing practice
• Completed RCEM ACP credentialling

Skills

Essential

• Advanced assessment and history taking skills
• Highly developed diagnostic reasoning skills
• Leadership skills

Desirable

• Able to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetings

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's Hospital

Blackshaw Road Tooting London SW17 0QT

London

SW17 0QT

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