Vascular Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity to join our team of vascular clinical nurse specialists (CNS) and advanced clinical practitioners (ACP).

The role of Vascular ACP involves playing a key part in the wider vascular service. We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic ACP who can work with multiple professional teams, to ensure the patient's journey throughout the outpatient experience is optimised.

Alongside proven clinical abilities, the post holder will need excellent communication skills and be able to competently and accurately action recommendations for patients from wider teams. The successful applicant will work within a team of supportive colleges from varying professional backgrounds at multiple sites across the county. Please note that driving to various clinic locations is essential for this role.

The post holder will act as a patient advocate to ensure that patient concerns and needs are heard and acted upon.

We are excited to welcome a new ACP to our friendly and proactive team of vascular nurses.

Successful applicants must provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

Main duties of the job

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) is required to be an experienced registered healthcare professional working at an advanced level in clinical practice, who will exercise autonomy and decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions made. The ACP will be able to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers responding to differences in cultures, demographics and populations. Utilising critical analysis and synthesis in dealing with complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance people’s experience and improve outcomes.

The ACP role is underpinned by master’s level study and encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership, management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and specialty specific clinical competence. The ACP will be an independent prescriber, having completed a recognised independent prescribing qualification, including annotation with their professional regulatory body and works within their scope of practice and relevant legislative authority.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Co-ordinate the care of patients throughout their pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this group of patients.
• Accountable for own actions in accordance with their professional regulatory body requirements.
• Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Lead and deliver clinical care, across a variety of settings, according to national and local guidelines ensuring delivery of evidence-based care and working towards the Trust vision of providing a World Class Service.
• Undertake an initial assessment to determine differential diagnosis, utilising advanced critical thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior clinical colleagues.
• Act autonomously to assess, prioritise and provide expert clinical care which contributes to the patients’ treatment plan to ensure that optimum physical, psychological, and social care needs are met and ensures quality care.
• Request and interpret relevant investigations to facilitate the development of the patient’s management plan.
• Initiate the management of patients who are critically ill or deteriorating within scope of practice.
• Proactively refer to other clinicians (own or other services) depending upon patients’ needs to deliver care beyond your limitations and scope of practice.
• Proactively initiate treatment plans for patients requiring intervention and treatment ensuring ethically based considerations.
• Proactively identify, diagnose, and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long term conditions.
• Undertake relevant clinical procedures to facilitate patient care within the service, supported by the appropriate training and supervision.
• Autonomously assess, diagnose, and have the legal authority to independently prescribe. As an independent prescriber, the ACP is responsible and accountable for the assessment of patients with undiagnosed or diagnosed conditions and for clinical management decisions.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.