Advanced Clinical Practitioner Surgical Receiving Torbay

About the Role:

This Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) role focuses on providing highly specialized advice and support to patients, GPs, and healthcare teams in the Surgical Receiving Unit. Key responsibilities include managing complex information, facilitating informed decision-making, and coordinating patient care across various departments. The role requires strong communication skills and experience with patients and families, as well as significant knowledge of clinical procedures.

Key Responsibilities:

• Communicate complex information regarding urological conditions, risks, and benefits to patients and families.
• Provide highly specialist advice to GPs and primary health care teams.
• Support patients, carers, and family members in accessing and understanding information.
• Conduct family meetings to facilitate communication and care planning.
• Act as a clinical leader, managing workload and improving services.
• Participate in networks and professional development opportunities.
• Assess and manage risk, challenging others about risk factors.
• Participate in recruitment and selection processes.
• Support patients and families through emotional challenges.
• Coordinate care transitions between different care centres.
• Implement systems to demonstrate the impact of advanced nursing.
• Provide support to other nurses and professional groups on therapeutic interventions.
• Demonstrate leadership in unfamiliar, complex, and unpredictable situations.
• Plan and organize complex activities and programs.
• Engage internal and external stakeholders to improve practice.
• Generate and implement new solutions to meet patient needs.
• Provide specialist advice and consultancy to colleagues across various disciplines.
• Review and monitor best practice standards.
• Provide clinical supervision to clinicians.
• Overcome barriers to understanding through negotiation and persuasion.
• Provide expert advice and information to other professionals and agencies.
• Make critical judgments to inform clinical decision-making.
• Practice autonomously and self-direct workload.
• Enhance the development of patient pathways to meet national standards.
• Represent the Trust and unit at local, regional, and national levels.
• Carry out thorough holistic assessments of patients with specialist needs.
• Facilitate stepped-up care provision.
• Provide direct care to patients, maintaining privacy and dignity.
• Develop specialized care programmes and provide specialized advice.
• Facilitate discharge planning and communication with primary care.
• Undertake clinical procedures relevant to the role.
• Develop competency frameworks and training to ensure safe care.
• Proactively lead strategic developments to improve healthcare quality.
• Improve clinical practice within general surgery services.
• Propose policy or service changes.
• Stay current with national and international developments in practice.
• Engage in appropriate audit programmes.
• Apply valid and reliable approaches to service users.
• Continuously assess and monitor risk.
• Use evidence-based practice to underpin clinical guidelines and research.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate strategies to advance knowledge.
• Identify and implement practice and service improvements.
• Participate in developing the organisation’s mission, vision, and values.
• Promote a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Support the senior leadership team in delivering long-term plan priorities.
• Support the senior leadership team in delivering services that meet whole-person needs.
• Ensure systems for maximizing clinical capacity.
• Assist in formulating business cases for equipment and staffing.
• Collaborate in service redesign to meet service user needs.
• Be responsible for the effective and appropriate use of resources.
• Be aware of cost implications and NICE guidance when prescribing.
• Participate in academic and clinical supervision.
• Promote the development of a culture conducive to lifelong learning.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of evidence-based protocols.
• Work alongside the Planned Care nursing education lead.
• Develop and deliver teaching packages for expert skills development.
• Provide specialist input for the education and training of other healthcare professionals.
• Evaluate the impact of training on practice and service provision.
• Develop Specialist Nurses in advanced clinical reasoning.
• Support other Specialist nurses in their prescribing confidence.
• Support and lead staff in providing appropriate care and skill development.
• Maintain clinical records and implement communication systems for teams.
• Introduce systems for providing timely and accurate information.
• Coach teams to use information effectively and monitor compliance.

Skills and Expertise:

• Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in relevant specialities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent leadership and management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage own workload.
• Proficiency in risk assessment and management.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of relevant policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Experience with clinical procedures and protocols.
• Strong knowledge of patient pathways and national standards.
• Knowledge and skills related to prescribing, blood result interpretation, and diagnostic tools.
• Experience with discharge planning.
• Advanced knowledge and skills in the use of diagnostic, symptom management, and patient outcome tools.

Why Join Us:

We offer an environment that fosters professional growth, innovation and continuous learning within a dedicated and supportive team. We value excellence, collaborative care, and improving the lives of patients in the Torbay area.