Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Frailty/Care of the Elderly

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac The ACP will be expected to provide clinical care/management to groups of patients admitted in the Frailty/Care of Elderly service. The service currently supports general wards and dementia and delirium wards within the Community Hospital Clinical: They will be expected to undertake clinical assessment request relevant investigations, make diagnosis and treat and manage patients according to need. This would include non-medical independent prescribing. They will be required to undertake regular patient ward rounds as an independent clinician and support patients through their hospital journey from admission to discharge. They will be expected to support effective communication between ward teams, MDT and patient/relatives. Complex discharge processes and lead on ACP led discharges. To undertake higher level communication- impart bad news and discuss treatment escalation plans with patients and carers. Leadership clinical leadership of MDT. Develop service. Develop projects. Attend and be an instrumental part of relevant HB strategy Education- be responsible to own education needs. Maintain a live portfolio of AP evidence. Deliver education within the clinical setting and in more formal education settings. Provide mentorship and coaching to multi-professionals undertaking clinical courses such as MSc AP and NMIP. Research- use guidelines to support clinical decisions in practice. Be involved in audit/research. Lead of QiP projects. The job is open to fully trained ACPs from multi-professional backgrounds. Job description Job responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click "Apply now" to view in Trac The ACP will be expected to provide clinical care/management to groups of patients admitted in the Frailty/Care of Elderly service. The service currently supports general wards and dementia and delirium wards within the Community Hospital Clinical: They will be expected to undertake clinical assessment request relevant investigations, make diagnosis and treat and manage patients according to need. This would include non-medical independent prescribing. They will be required to undertake regular patient ward rounds as an independent clinician and support patients through their hospital journey from admission to discharge. They will be expected to support effective communication between ward teams, MDT and patient/relatives. Complex discharge processes and lead on ACP led discharges. To undertake higher level communication- impart bad news and discuss treatment escalation plans with patients and carers. Leadership clinical leadership of MDT. Develop service. Develop projects. Attend and be an instrumental part of relevant HB strategy Education- be responsible to own education needs. Maintain a live portfolio of AP evidence. Deliver education within the clinical setting and in more formal education settings. Provide mentorship and coaching to multi-professionals undertaking clinical courses such as MSc AP and NMIP. Research- use guidelines to support clinical decisions in practice. Be involved in audit/research. Lead of QiP projects. The job is open to fully trained ACPs from multi-professional backgrounds.