Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for an ACP to join our Integrated Heart Failure Service at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust. We are looking for an ACP to support our Virtual Ward Urgent Response Service.
The service will operate 7 days per week from 8 am till 8 pm and requires flexibility working within an evolving proactive, dynamic and committed multidisciplinary Heart Failure Team.
Using Telemedicine, the candidate will have clinical oversight and, in conjunction with Consultants, responsibility for patients who are being managed in their own homes. This will involve working with external agencies and technologies to provide an enhanced Hospital at Home and Early Supported Discharge service for patients with Heart Failure.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong clinical reasoning and prioritization skills, be an effective leader, and have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
Main duties of the job
To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed. To provide a consistent and personalized service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team. To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from referral and throughout their treatment. To deliver expert specialist evidence-based care including development, assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating programmes of evidence-based care for a defined caseload. To make appropriate referrals to consultants/other specialists/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings. To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address identified issues.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialized regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
To maintain personal accountability for professional and ethical actions and ensure compliance with the standards of professional conduct issued by the relevant regulatory body. To maintain and develop a specialist service for patients within the caseload, ensuring that the treatment and follow-up of this group of patients is delivered in a timely manner. To provide and maintain a diagnostic service for the Trust. Ensure clinician-led clinics provide for both diagnoses and reporting of subsequent results for identified patients. To provide teaching as an in-house measure to all medical and clinical staff, not only within the Care Group but also from other services. To provide a clinician-led clinic service to patients. To plan and administer treatment to patients as appropriate and ensure handover of this treatment to community services as necessary. To provide expert care, advice and support for patients and their relatives/carers and ensure that advice and point of contact is available throughout the patient's journey. To refer on to other agencies as appropriate. To operate as clinical specialist and expert practitioner in issues relating to the identified area of care. To direct and delegate care based on accurate assessment and evaluation. To take consent for investigative procedures, manipulate equipment and perform advanced clinical skills. The post holder will be expected to work clinical shifts in a ward environment if necessary.
Management and Quality
Act as a change agent for the development of the service. Assisting in the audit and data collection required for developing evidence-based services. To provide verbal and written reports to appropriate managers and clinical leads. To monitor the effectiveness of the service by continuous audit. To ensure that equipment is maintained and serviced as required. To develop protocols, documentation, standards and guidelines to enable best practice for the care of patients in the identified/specified area. To be involved in complaints handling according to the Trust's Complaints Procedure. To establish a clear focus, vision and direction for the service, within the Care Group. To ensure effective and efficient use of financial resources, contributing to increasing the efficiency and controlling cost within the departmental budget. Making recommendations regarding supplies and purchasing of equipment.
Communication and Liaison
To promote effective communication within the hospital and to the patient and/or their relatives. Act as a point of liaison between all hospital departments involved in the patient's journey. Act as a source of specialist information for clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team. Liaise with other departments/Trusts regarding services provided and current practices to develop best evidence-based practice. To be skilled to impart distressing information with respect and empathy. To ensure that all patient records are maintained contemporaneously.
Person Specification Qualifications
Essential Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration. MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame: Note: Post holder will be in a training post (Annex 21) until evidence of completion of MSc ACP is provided. Teaching and assessing qualification. Relevant post-registration qualification/equivalent. Prescriber. Evidence of participation in audit and research. Experience
Essential Demonstrable relevant experience within the specialty. Evidence of effective management. Evidence of effective leadership skills. Evidence of staff development and can demonstrate knowledge regarding the provision and development of education programmes. Evidence of change management. Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments. Knowledge
Essential Understanding and application of healthcare governance. Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio. Skills
Essential Excellent communication skills. Committed to delivering high standards of patient care. Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing. Other
Essential Supportive of colleagues. Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team. High level of personal and professional credibility. Act as role model for staff. 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. Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
We have an exciting opportunity for an ACP to join our Integrated Heart Failure Service at Liverpool University Hospital Foundation NHS Trust. We are looking for an ACP to support our Virtual Ward Urgent Response Service.
The service will operate 7 days per week from 8 am till 8 pm and requires flexibility working within an evolving proactive, dynamic and committed multidisciplinary Heart Failure Team.
Using Telemedicine, the candidate will have clinical oversight and, in conjunction with Consultants, responsibility for patients who are being managed in their own homes. This will involve working with external agencies and technologies to provide an enhanced Hospital at Home and Early Supported Discharge service for patients with Heart Failure.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate strong clinical reasoning and prioritization skills, be an effective leader, and have the ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
Main duties of the job
To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed. To provide a consistent and personalized service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team. To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from referral and throughout their treatment. To deliver expert specialist evidence-based care including development, assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating programmes of evidence-based care for a defined caseload. To make appropriate referrals to consultants/other specialists/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings. To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address identified issues.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialized regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical
To maintain personal accountability for professional and ethical actions and ensure compliance with the standards of professional conduct issued by the relevant regulatory body. To maintain and develop a specialist service for patients within the caseload, ensuring that the treatment and follow-up of this group of patients is delivered in a timely manner. To provide and maintain a diagnostic service for the Trust. Ensure clinician-led clinics provide for both diagnoses and reporting of subsequent results for identified patients. To provide teaching as an in-house measure to all medical and clinical staff, not only within the Care Group but also from other services. To provide a clinician-led clinic service to patients. To plan and administer treatment to patients as appropriate and ensure handover of this treatment to community services as necessary. To provide expert care, advice and support for patients and their relatives/carers and ensure that advice and point of contact is available throughout the patient's journey. To refer on to other agencies as appropriate. To operate as clinical specialist and expert practitioner in issues relating to the identified area of care. To direct and delegate care based on accurate assessment and evaluation. To take consent for investigative procedures, manipulate equipment and perform advanced clinical skills. The post holder will be expected to work clinical shifts in a ward environment if necessary.
Management and Quality
Act as a change agent for the development of the service. Assisting in the audit and data collection required for developing evidence-based services. To provide verbal and written reports to appropriate managers and clinical leads. To monitor the effectiveness of the service by continuous audit. To ensure that equipment is maintained and serviced as required. To develop protocols, documentation, standards and guidelines to enable best practice for the care of patients in the identified/specified area. To be involved in complaints handling according to the Trust's Complaints Procedure. To establish a clear focus, vision and direction for the service, within the Care Group. To ensure effective and efficient use of financial resources, contributing to increasing the efficiency and controlling cost within the departmental budget. Making recommendations regarding supplies and purchasing of equipment.
Communication and Liaison
To promote effective communication within the hospital and to the patient and/or their relatives. Act as a point of liaison between all hospital departments involved in the patient's journey. Act as a source of specialist information for clinicians and other members of the multidisciplinary team. Liaise with other departments/Trusts regarding services provided and current practices to develop best evidence-based practice. To be skilled to impart distressing information with respect and empathy. To ensure that all patient records are maintained contemporaneously.
Person Specification Qualifications
Essential Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration. MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame: Note: Post holder will be in a training post (Annex 21) until evidence of completion of MSc ACP is provided. Teaching and assessing qualification. Relevant post-registration qualification/equivalent. Prescriber. Evidence of participation in audit and research. Experience
Essential Demonstrable relevant experience within the specialty. Evidence of effective management. Evidence of effective leadership skills. Evidence of staff development and can demonstrate knowledge regarding the provision and development of education programmes. Evidence of change management. Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments. Knowledge
Essential Understanding and application of healthcare governance. Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio. Skills
Essential Excellent communication skills. Committed to delivering high standards of patient care. Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing. Other
Essential Supportive of colleagues. Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team. High level of personal and professional credibility. Act as role model for staff. 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. Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. #J-18808-Ljbffr
