Applications for full and part time working will be considered. Band 8a -Subject to AFC evaluation.

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of people with frailty in our communities across Plymouth, the South Hams, and West Devon? Do you thrive in a dynamic and innovative healthcare environment? We have some very exciting opportunities to join our exciting Community Frailty Virtual Ward project. This project forms part of a wider plan to improve urgent & emergency healthcare delivery.

We are committed to revolutionising healthcare delivery for frail & elderly patients by launching a Community Frailty Virtual Ward. Our aim is to provide high-quality, patient-centred care in the comfort of their own homes, reducing hospital admissions & length of stay in hospital & enhancing overall well-being through enhanced care coordination.

All Livewell Southwest staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

LWSW may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

Please note that this role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility

Main duties of the job

As Advanced Care Practitioner, you will play a critical role in our new multidisciplinary team, covering one or more of the 6 new frailty virtual wards that we have planned for our locality. The post holder will work closely with consultants, pharmacists, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals to ensure seamless, integrated care on the virtual ward, by providing specialist ACP assessments and interventions for those admitted to the Frailty Virtual Ward.

We will consider applications for people seeking full and part time posts and flexible hours.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership within the Frailty Virtual wardInreach to the Acute Hospital

Managing whole episodes of care by supporting medical colleagues

History taking and clinical assessment

Diagnosis and treatment

Prescribing

Ordering and acting upon investigations

Onward referrals and Care evaluation

INTERVIEWS ARE LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE MID DECEMBER

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall. With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience, we always value being kind, respectful, inclusive, ambitious, responsible and collaborative. Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can. Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time. By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. We offer:

Protected CPD time for registered staff

Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff

Leadership & mentoring programmes

Access & funding for training including Care Certificate, Assistant Practitioners Course & Scholarship Into Nurse Training

A Robust Preceptorship

A bespoke induction programme

Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will and in accordance with Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England their professional code of practice and legal frameworks such as non-medical prescribing. Advanced Clinical Practice a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a masters level award (L7) that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competence.

Working autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the clinical team and provide a high level of expertise to ensure patient-centred clinical care in the most appropriate clinical setting Exercise advanced clinical expertise, levels of judgement, discretion and decision making whilst undertaking the skills of assessment, examination to provide a diagnosis and formulate timely treatment plans within an agreed scope of practice

Evaluate investigations and revise treatment plans according to patient need and assess impact and outcome.

Assist in the safe referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in any areas of working

Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues

Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, implementation of evidence based practice, teaching and support of colleagues and the provision of professional leadership.

Lead the implementation of new evidence based practice and contribute to the development of the evidence through research, audit and collaboration with clinical or academic staff.

Contribute to clinical governance by leading quality improvement, audit and research projects as part of the multidisciplinary service-wide performance and quality agenda.

Role model the Organisations values and behaviours, demonstrating a person centred approach to service delivery and development whilst maintaining a professional portfolio that supports their scope of practice.

4. SCOPE AND RANGE

The post holder will be an autonomous registered clinician who is confident to work as the only clinician when required and with a consultant/specialty doctor/GP on other occasions.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work within a defined scope of practice and to agreed clinical standards In line with HEE ACP framework (2017)

The post holder will provide a high level of expert clinical care, promoting clinical leadership and set a good standard of professional practice with the organisation

The post holder provides a visible, accessible and authoritative presence within Livewell services and community settings.

The post holder will be working across organisations and communicating with a range of professionals, patients/clients and their families.

Responsibilities will include managing whole episodes of care by supporting medical colleagues, history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment including prescribing.

The ACP will be responsible for ordering and acting on investigations, creating management plans, onward referral and evaluation of care

The post holder will lead the development of non-medical led models of care across community services, in collaboration with multi-professional and systems colleagues.

5. MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The ACP will be based in the specified Team and works within other related working areas across the specified clinical pathway.

The post holder will:

Proactively support the development of the ACP role within the team primarily focusing on the holistic management of patients within the clinical caseload and service model. Focussing on key areas for example (not exhaustive) admission avoidance to positive discharge, reducing length of stay, and delivering quality patient care. This could be through community management and inreach work.

Actively participate in professional leadership and education across the nursing, medical and therapy teams.

Actively participate in and represent the Organisation in the Regional networks

Actively participating in developing the service.

The post holder will manage own workload within areas of individual competency in the service area for example various clinics, diagnoses in order to choose appropriate evidenced based treatment options follow up frequency, and referral to other pathways ordischarge.

This will include:

Utilising advanced clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques autonomously in the context of their speciality

Interpreting broad policy: Establish the way in which these should be interpreted and establishing standards.

Acting as a lead specialist within their sphere of expertise.

Working within their professional code of conduct.

Assimilating risk/ benefits and rationalise decision making based on extensive knowledge skills and experience, recognising and acting on potential gaps in knowledge.

Seeking out advice and support from consultant/medical colleagues when required.

Supporting the writing of polices and maintaining standards.

PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR THE FULL JOB DESCRIPTION

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to manage own patient caseload
• Good communication skills
• Established Teaching skills
• Knowledge of Quality improvement and research methodology

Desirable

• Previous knowledge and experience of working within speciality

Specific Skills

Essential

• Effective communication and leadership skills
• Ability to motivate self and others to meet timelines
• Committed to service development
• Ability to work autonomously and in a Multidisciplinary team
• Flexible working practice
• Effective organisational skills

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Committed to further personal and professional development
• Able to understand requirement to manage resources effectively
• Ability to travel and move frequently between sites and across Devon as required.
• The post holder must demonstrate a positive commitment to uphold diversity and equality policies approved by the organisation.
• Ability to work in shared space with often noisy and frequent interruptions.

Qualifications

Essential

• Professionally Registered eg Nurse/ AHP / Pharmacist
• Evidence of MSc Advanced Practice or equivalent (mapped to all outcomes of the Multiprofessional Advanced Practice Framework HEE) Evidence of competence in the trusts core ACP capabilities or willingness to work towards in 6 months
• Evidence of achievement of appropriate credential or willingness to work towards this in post eg Royal College of Physicians as per the NHS Education England Framework
• Non-Medical Prescribing (supported as part of AP pathway, there will be very few exclusions to this eg OT APs are excluded due to statute)

Desirable

• HEE Digital Badge
• Post Grad Teaching qualification or equivalent
• Management qualification/leadership qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of Innovation and change management
• Experience in applying research findings to practice
• Understanding of health promotion and counselling
• Experience of providing clinical supervision in practice

Desirable

• Extensive experience in caring for patients across a wide variety of clinical settings

Employer details

Employer name

Livewell Southwest

Address

200 Mount Gould Road

Mount Gould

Plymouth

Devon

PL4 7PY

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