ACP​/ENP Lead and Emergency Care Department

We are looking to recruit a motivated and driven Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join the urgent and emergency care directorate. They will be a senior advanced clinical practitioner who will play a lead role in the development, management and governance of ACP roles across department.

The role has designated 40% direct clinical time working in the Emergency Department and 60% non-clinical time. The Emergency Department is a busy department comprising of an Emergency Department and Urgent treatment centre. The team are a busy and dynamic speciality who excel in delivering high quality patient-centred care across the footprint. The footprint is in the process of further development and there will be opportunities be involved in service development, audit and research.

The successful applicant will be a Registered Nurse with Valid NMC registration or Health Care Professional and registered with HCPC.

They will already possess a Relevant Masters' qualification in Advanced Practice also having evidence of extensive professional and clinical knowledge of the undifferentiated emergency presentations. supplemented by specialist clinical training and continuing professional development, RCEM accreditation.

This is a non-medical prescribing, fulltime post (37.5hrs/week).

The ACP Lead is key member of the Urgent Care Management Team. They are a senior advanced clinical practitioner who exercises expert levels of clinical judgement, decision-making and leadership, and plays a key role in the delivery of the Trusts strategic vision. As an expert in their clinical area, the post holder will practice at a highly specialised and skilled level and will influence improvements in care and patient outcomes.

The ACP Lead will be an expert resource, playing a lead role in the development, management and governance of ACP & ENP roles in the emergency department.

This is a designated non-medical prescribing role

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC).

This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

The Acute Adult Care Division is one of four Clinical Divisions in the Trust that includes Emergency Care, Complex Medicine and Specialist Medicine. The Division contains the busiest single site Emergency Department in Greater Manchester and has inpatient wards providing acute medicine, complex and specialist medicine services. It provides a range of specialist out-patient and community services and is committed to providing excellent clinical performance and patient care.

The post holder will:

• Have a relevant Masters degree in Advanced Practice
• Have a valid NMC registration or be a Health Care Professional and registered with HCPC with relevant clinical experience.
• Have a highly visible clinical profile in Emergency and urgent care , providing both advisory and direct clinical input into patient care.
• Manage a defined caseload of patients, including transfer and/or discharge from care with distant supervision from the Medical Consultant body.
• Be able to analyse, synthesise and action highly complex clinical information and situations to benefit the patients and families.
• Demonstrate clinical leadership, guidance and judgement in making challenging patient centred decisions, identifying clinical situations that need escalating to the Consultant team.
• Recognis…