Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Senior Nurse Hepatology/Alcohol

NHS; Salisbury; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Senior Nurse Hepatology/Alcohol

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Senior Nurse for Hepatology/Alcohol works as a key member of the GI Unit, providing care and treatment to patients within a specific area of expertise or to a defined caseload of patients. The nurse practitioner utilises advanced clinical judgment and decision making to manage complex clinical situations, leading the Hepatology/Alcohol CNS and multidisciplinary team, and meeting the four pillars of advanced practice.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) role has been developed in response to changing healthcare provision, with an emphasis on developing expert clinical skills including advanced assessment and diagnostic skills. The ACP role challenges traditional workforce boundaries; the ANP will frequently undertake tasks and decisions traditionally within the remit of medicine, making the ACP a highly skilled clinical expert nurse working within a defined specialty or clinical area. The post holder will provide clinical leadership, line management, and contribute to the education, development, and supervision of the Hepatology/Alcohol team.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will:

• Undertake a clinical caseload to an advanced professional standard using specialist knowledge from theoretical and practical experience.
• Develop an extended scope of practice beyond their primary profession.
• Independently triage referrals.
• Provide outpatient clinics both on hospital site and one fixed base community.
• Clinically manage a virtual cohort of patients with Haemochromatosis.
• Offer clinical leadership and managerial support to the Hepatobiliary and Alcohol Care Teams.
• Provide a day case elective large volume paracentesis service.
• Undertake clinical audit and be involved in research opportunities.

Person Specification

• MSc ACP
• Registered Nurse
• Non-medical prescriber
• 5 years qualified with at least 2 at senior level (band 7)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.