About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a passion for strategic development of advanced practice? Join our dynamic CeNREE team at the University Hospitals of North Midlands, a leading acute hospital, as our Corporate Lead ACP.
In this role you will facilitate standardisation of Advanced Practice roles across UHNM, play a lead role in the strategic development and evaluation of advanced practice, establish credible working relationships at all levels of the organisation and work alongside the trust senior leadership team to guide and support care group leadership teams in the transformation of the workforce, developing an ACP workforce to meet the trust vision and objectives.
The post holder will practice as a senior clinical expert. They will work within their sphere of clinical expertise practising independently and autonomously. The post holder may maintain a clinical component under a separate role, but this 0.8WTE role focuses on management, leadership and strategic delivery.
If you are dedicated and eager to develop and inspire, we want to hear from you!
Apply now to make a meaningful impact on both experienced and aspiring ACPs at UHNM.
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description for more detail, but main duties include:
support standardisation of the ACP role and implementation of the Trust strategy related to advanced practice overall lead responsibility in providing effective professional leadership and governance to ACPs across the Trust Responsible for providing professional expertise relating to ACPs to define current processes, facilitate discussions and advise colleagues as to how best practice might be adopted develop professional relationships both regionally and nationally to share best practice develop and lead the UHNM trainee and qualified ACP forums responsible for developing policy and procedure relating to ACPs coordinate audit, research and development initiatives relating to ACPs aligned with the CeNREE team alongside care group senior teams support submissions of future ACP business plans budgetary responsibilities Lead and promote compliance with best practice across the trust, with a particular focus on developing mechanisms for sharing best practice and enabling the development of clinical networking
About us
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please review the attached job description and person specification for full detail of the role.
This role sits within the UHNM Centre for NMAHP Research and Education Excellence (CeNREE) and the post holder will be supported within this dynamic team and have access to all appropriate opportunities within that team.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
ACP qualification Masters degree or equivalent
Desirable
Teaching qualification
Experience Essential
Significant experience of working as an ACP Experience of managing a team Project management experience Experience in non-clinical pillars of practice (one point for each: education, leadership, research) Experience of delivering training programmes Experience of working across professions Experience of working regionally and nationally (1 point for each) Experience of facilitating group meetings / workshops / forums (one point for each)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust
Address Royal Stoke University Hospital
Newcastle Road
Stoke on Trent
ST4 6QG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)