Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

Job overview

Job Summary  To successfully complete the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) Apprenticeship  MSc (Level 7) programme to meet the Faculty of Intensive Care Curriculum (FICM)  knowledge, skills and competencies to achieve FICM membership. On successful  completion of the ACCP apprenticeship and attainment of FICM membership, the post  holder will move into a qualified Advanced Critical Care Practitioner role at Band 8a.  The Advanced Critical Care Practitioner role is a nationally recognised role providing  expert clinical care to patients requiring Level 1 to Level 3 care, primarily within Critical  Care but also to patient’s critically ill who require intervention trust wide. This post will form  part of the medical team rota within Critical Care.  Trainee Advanced Critical Care Practitioners will be working towards fulfilling the  expectations of membership of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine as an Advanced  Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP) and are expected to work within a framework for ACCPs  whilst being aware of their limitations.

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job

• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of a patient’s condition
• Request and perform diagnostic tests
• Initiate and manage a clinical treatment plan
• Provide accurate and effective clinical handovers
• Undertake invasive interventions within the scope of practice
• Provide professional leadership and support within a multi-professional team
• Work autonomously in recognised situations
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across a range of subject areas relevant to the field of critical care
• Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise different sources of information for the purpose of assessing and managing the care of a critically ill patient
• Apply the principles of diagnosis and clinical reasoning that underlie clinical judgement and decision making
• Apply theory to practice through a clinical decision-making model
• Apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing
• Understand the professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice
• Function at an advanced level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team as determined by the competency framework
• Apply the principles of evidence-based practice to the management of the critically ill patient
• Understand and perform clinical audit

ACCPs must complete a programme leading to an appropriate Postgraduate Diploma/Masters degree with a Higher Education Institution.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive clinical assessment of a patient’s condition
• Request and perform diagnostic tests
• Initiate and manage a clinical treatment plan
• Provide accurate and effective clinical handovers
• Undertake invasive interventions within the scope of practice
• Provide professional leadership and support within a multi-professional team
• Work autonomously in recognised situations
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge across a range of subject areas relevant to the field of critical care
• Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise different sources of information for the purpose of assessing and managing the care of a critically ill patient
• Apply the principles of diagnosis and clinical reasoning that underlie clinical judgement and decision making
• Apply theory to practice through a clinical decision-making model
• Apply the principles of therapeutics and safe prescribing
• Understand the professional accountability and legal frameworks for advanced practice
• Function at an advanced level of practice as part of the multidisciplinary team as determined by the competency framework
• Apply the principles of evidence-based practice to the management of the critically ill patient
• Understand and perform clinical audit

ACCPs must complete a programme leading to an appropriate Postgraduate Diploma/Masters degree with a Higher Education Institution.  Teaching within hospitals is overseen by a Local Clinical Lead (LCL) who holds an honorary appointment with the HEI and is responsible to the HEI for the delivery of the clinical components of training. The Department of Health National Education and Competence Framework for ACCPs can be found in the related downloads section below.