Consultant ACP

Expert Practice:

The post holder will have a pivotal role in the ongoing development and implementation of best evidence-based practice in relation to the delivery of new models of care through strategic development, direct expert clinical work, education and training and audit, research and evaluation.

To have advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of a range of work procedures and practices across a number of specialist fields.

To provide consultancy as an expert practitioner demonstrating advanced clinical skills and knowledge associated with the speciality.

To work independently and demonstrate a high degree of professional autonomy, make critical judgements and give advice when precedents or protocols do not apply or exist.

Clinically responsible for the direct delivery of care in the new care pathways and services ensuring patients who can and should be cared for out of hospital are given that opportunity.

To work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams, using clinical judgement and autonomous decision making.

Assessing and triaging patients holistically using appropriate assessment tools and reaching valid, reliable and comprehensive conclusions on needs and providing first line management

Non-Medical Prescribing if registered and trained as a non medical prescriber

Providing therapeutic interventions in order to relieve and control symptoms

To assess and take informed consent

To facilitate the development of evidence-based policies, procedures and treatment guidelines which are agreed, implemented and evaluated across the service

Service development and enabling leadership:

Involved in the development of business cases including income generation and cost improvement programmes.

Providing clinical leadership in rapid response and new models of care in the community setting and support to all healthcare professionals within the Trust and in the Warwickshire community

To exercise effective leadership to support and inspire colleagues to improve the quality of care provided.

To lead on issues of clinical governance within the service to ensure a comprehensive and integrated approach, providing expert input and positively influencing nurses and other professionals.

To provide leadership in the development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients within hospital and community care setting.

To provide expert advice and guidance to secure quality improvements across other professional groups within the hospital and the community care setting.

To share expertise acting as a resource to others.

Promote a leadership development culture within the speciality.

Learning, developing and improving across the system:

Lead role in identifying ways to bridge the gap between theory and practice in collaboration with colleagues within academic situations.

Identify development, training and education needs of staff working within the rapid response services.

Develop an educational strategy for rapid response service delivery. 

Develop innovative ways to deliver education to staff and patients, for example information technology.  To advise and, where necessary, lead on the development and delivery of in-house training programmes.

In collaboration with local educational establishments develop care input into the curriculum of undergraduate and postgraduate health care education.

To provide leadership in the training of all staff in providing highly complex and sensitive information e.g. breaking bad news and complex clinical matters.

To provide ongoing clinical training and support for nurses and therapists in rapid response, new models of care, admission avoidance pathways.

Build on existing links with local universities and the Trust’s Training and Development Department.

To provide clinical supervision, formally assessing other staff, identifying training and development needs, and developing and implementing strategies to facilitate knowledge and skills development across professional and organisational boundaries.

To work in partnership with education providers to ensure continuing professional development provision meets local needs, participating in the development of new courses as required.

To actively contribute to national forums in relation to service provision, acting as an ambassador for the service.

To participate at strategic level in the delivery of the corporate governance and risk management agenda in relation to rapid response services.

To ensure that all Trust standards are maintained and monitored to improve the quality of care to all whom come into contact with services provided by South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Provide advice and expert knowledge in the investigation of complaints involving patients.

Research and Innovation:

Responsible for a range of policy implementation and policy or service development across the Trust and Network.

To extend personal scholarship and research supported by the Trust and local educational establishments.

To lead audit and research activity within the scope of service, evaluation and quality initiatives within the Trust.

To act as a catalyst for change, challenging professional and organisational boundaries.

Act to influence regional and national strategies to develop regarding care provision.

To have a lead role in initiating, developing and facilitating regular multidisciplinary and cross sector clinical audit, evaluation and outcome measures related to service delivery, ensuring a culture of evidence based practice within the service.

Maintain an output of publications and contribute to major national and international conferences.

Through a quality improvement approach, develop staff to innovate and participate in developing services.

Consultancy:

Use a combined approach across boundaries, such as between hospitals and primary care, working with stakeholders across the system and sectors to provide wider perspectives and knowledge in relation to people, communities, healthcare, and services.

Provide professional expertise to clinical and care pathways, services, organisations, systems, senior leaders and commissioners across complex issues and situations to add to the public’s knowledge (including of their own health conditions), experience and health outcomes.

Act as a national and international ambassador and provide expertise through learning and development opportunities, keynote conferences and consultancy and university honorary appointments, to allow closer links between education and research and practice.

Lead programmes (with other consultant practitioners) of mentorship, development and evaluating the impact of change in consultancy practice across systems for advanced practitioners and senior clinical leaders, regionally and nationally.

Lead on sharing and using expertise across the system and direction and guidance for achieving excellence in practice in ways that help others improve their own decision-making and problem-solving.