Advanced Clinical Practitioner Respiratory Paediatrics

Job overview

• Are you a nurse, allied health professional or clinical scientist with an AP qualification at masters level, interested in working with children and young people with complex respiratory care needs. Do you have respiratory paediatric experience/knowledge or similar, or would you like to develop this skill set? This is an amazing opportunity for an individual with an AP masters level qualification to join our current respiratory AP team. We are looking for passionate individuals, who place the child, young person, and their families with complex and varied respiratory challenges, at the centre of their care, based on safe, highly quality, and effective care provision. If your answer to the above is yes, we would ask you to consider applying to join our current AP team within respiratory services, which has been established for over 6 years. Respiratory services are committed to a sustainable Advanced Practitioner team and the best patient outcomes. We will support your individual development plan, working with a dedicated linked AP and consultant supervisor. We are here to support your new vision & experience to expand your professional and personal boundaries and improve care outcomes?  Please do reach out and make contact and discuss how the role might fit with your future and development.  We look forward to hearing from you and any questions you may have.

Main duties of the job

We welcome and highly recommend an informal chat to discuss the role, your individual requirements & a site visit to the clinical area to meet the local team

• To be an expert clinical AP & role model in the field of respiratory paediatric healthcare, ensuring the delivery of high standards of patient care
• To ensure clinical practice reflects professional and national guidance and practice is delivered in line with the scope of practice and trust policies and guidelines
• To provide direct clinical care through health assessments and initiation of treatment for children attending for procedures/treatments within AP’s authorised scope of practice
• To be responsible for the clinical management of children / young people, utilising clinical knowledge and advanced skills to assess, diagnose, plan, implement and initiate changes where required. This will include monitoring and evaluating the response to treatment through analysis and interpretation of clinical tests and investigations
• To be a proactive clinical leader, demonstrating effective excellent leadership skills
• To promote best practice, utilising local and regional benchmarking groups for the generation and promotion of standards and clinical guidelines
• To support transformation /quality improvement work streams as appropriate
• To act as a resource, providing clinical leadership and professional advice to the multidisciplinary team, internally & externally to the organisation

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.