Trainee ACP in Haemoglobinopathies / ACP in Haemoglobinopathies

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and credentialed Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Haematology and Haemoglobinopathy service at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, as an advanced clinical practitioner in haemoglobinopathies, operating across both University Hospital Lewisham (UHL) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH). Trainee's will be considered for the role, dependent on experience and clinical and academic background.

This is a senior clinical leadership post responsible for the development and operational delivery of an ACP-led haematology service, with a primary focus on haemoglobinopathies, and secondary focus on wider haematology. The post holder will practise at the highest level of autonomy, supported by the Consultant Haematologist team and wider haematology multidisciplinary team, and will provide expert assessment, diagnosis, non-medical prescribing, and clinical management for patients across the full range of haemoglobinopathies.

Main duties of the job

The Lead ACP will hold direct line management responsibility for a portion of the haemoglobinopathies CNS team, and will play a key role in service improvement, governance, audit, workforce development, and education across both sites. The post is accountable to the Lead ACP for Haematology, and Head of Nursing for Cancer and Haematology, with professional oversight from the Lead ACP for Haematology, and clinical accountability to the Clinical Directors for Haematology at UHL and QEH.

The post holder will work 37.5 hours per week on a standard hours basis, with flexibility to accommodate both personal working patterns and evolving service requirements. This is an autonomous, innovative role with significant scope for clinical, academic, and professional development.

The successful candidate will hold a completed MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent NHSE-recognised credential, a V300 non-medical prescribing qualification, and a demonstrable portfolio evidencing advanced capabilities in haematology or a closely related acute medical speciality.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Delivery of the evidence based expert clinical care exercising a high degree of professional autonomy, demonstrating the ability to make sound decisions based on the knowledge and experience.
• Holistic individual consultation of patients using a range of different assessment methods including medical history taking, physical assessment, clinical investigations and risk stratifications tools, all of these appropriate to the presentation within the boundaries of the role.
• Order and interpret investigations, laboratory tests, appropriate imaging, and act on results as appropriate.
• Reach a valid, reliable, and comprehensive conclusion based the history and clinical findings.
• Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with present legislation supply and prescribing of medicines.
• Communicate with patients in ways that empowers them to make informed choices about their health and healthcare.
• Actively implement and manage, evidence based therapeutic programmes, which are in the interest of patient and improve health outcomes.
• Work in partnership with other clinical teams making appropriate referrals to optimise health outcomes and resources.
• In partnership with patients, clients and other professions, make sounds decision which are ethically based in the interest of patients and clients in the absence of precedents and protocols.
• Provide specialist knowledge, advice, resource information and support to clinical staff across the trust.
• Service & Practice improvement
• Promote the improvement of quality and clinical effectiveness within the resource constraints.
• Develop practices that are appropriate to patient and service need thought understanding the wider implications of epidemiological, demographic, social, political, legislative, and professional trends and developments.
• Identify the need for change and proactively generate practice innovations to implement solutions to better meet the needs of patient and the service.
• Develop and undertake activities to monitor the progress and efficiency of the service and owns practice.
• Continually assess and monitor risk in their own and others practice and challenge others if necessary.
• Critically appraise and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits, and apply the information when seeking to improve practice.
• Management and Leadership
• Contribute to the development to the specialist service and act as a change agent and facilitate the change process whilst encouraging other to be innovative and adaptable in the approach to change.
• Work across professional, organisational and system boundaries to proactively develop and sustain new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health, outcomes, and healthcare delivery systems.
• Review and update documentation and policies specially required by the team.
• To be conversant with all the relevant Trust policies and procedures and ensure they are correctly implemented.
• Lead the team in establishing and maintaining effective communication channels with the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their careers and external agencies.
• To work collaboratively with representatives of other clinical areas, disciplines and services to provide a seamless pathway of care.
• Coordinate, lead and manage the activities of clinics on a day to day basis.
• Assisting with the investigation of complaints and lead on the development of action plans to address areas of concern.
• Participate in the recruitment, selection and retention of staff.
• To represent the Trust on National forums related to the role and Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Information management
• Adhere to confidentiality at all times with sensitive personal data.
• Responsible for the systematic monitoring of investigations and appointments, in collaboration with administration and managerial staff.
• Ensure compliance with care pathways and service development.
• Provide reports of the statistics, service and practice developments when required.
• Provide high standards of documentation in accordance with the Trust documentation policy.
• Education and training
• To participate in teaching programmes for nursing in the care of patients relevant to the haemoglobinopathy service cross sites.
• To exhibit a personal commitment to clinical education and development. Work in collaborations with others to plan and deliver interventions to meet the learning and development needs of their own and other professions.
• Raise awareness of the current local, regional, national and international perspectives in clinical specialities.
• Provide training and education opportunities within the team, the Trust, local and national areas.
• Audit and research
• Contribute/assist in the development of multidisciplinary research and clinical audit in the haemophilia and haematology service and, implementing effective and evidence-based practice
• Develop research skills and provide support and appropriate implementation strategies for changes in clinical practice.
• Participate and contribute to any on-going regional and national research to evaluate the effectiveness of care strategies related to the patient experience within emergency and unscheduled care.
• To share best practice; through publications and attendance/presentation opportunities at conference level
• Resource Management
• To apply sound financial evaluation to proposed service developments.
• Maintain accurate records in relation to equipment used and maintained by the haemoglobinopathies and haematology service team.
• Risk Management
• To ensure that systems are in place to manage, reduce and prevent clinical risk to self and others within the RDC department.
• To monitor incidents highlighted by members of the emergency team and communicate to appropriate areas to address risk issues.
• Promote best practice in health & safety, utilising unit and Trust policies.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.