Band 8a Advanced Clinical practitioner

Job overview

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join the Cardiology  Team at Royal Free London Trust in managing the cardiology virtual wards. Our ambition is to develop a virtual ward model that is both ‘step up’ from primary and community care to safely avoid hospital admission* and ‘step down’ from the hospital. This role would lead on the management of patients using this platform and the governance supporting their care. The post-holder will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment for the patients on virtual wards

The post-holder will be expected to work within the four clinical pillars of advanced practice, clinical practice, facilitating learning, leadership and evidence, research and development. This will be demonstrated within their portfolio

The post-holder will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment for the patients on virtual ward. The role will be structured around four functions, delivering expert practice, professional leadership/consultancy, education, training and development, service development, research and evaluation. .

The post is working cross site at Barnet and Hampstead site.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a high-level autonomous practitioner and role model, delivering advanced practice and promoting clinical effectiveness and patient centered care.
• The post-holder will be required to work autonomously in delivering independent assessment for the patients on virtual ward.
• The post holder will demonstrate a high level of advanced expertise, specialist knowledge, demonstrate high levels of judgement, discretion and decision making in the delivery of clinical care.
• The post holder will also provide expert advice delivering advanced clinical practice, clinical leadership and supervision, support and mentorship for multidisciplinary professionals including other ACPs, junior medical staff and clinical nursing staff of all grades. They will also be responsible for enhancing the quality of the service by providing education and support to all practitioners and acting as a role model.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information and details on the role and responsibilities please see attached Job description.