Paediatric Advanced Critical Care Practitioner

Oxford University Hospitals Oxford, England Posted 1 day ago

Full Time
Onsite

Job description

Job overview

The successful post holder will be:

  • Employed as an established ACCP, delivering patient-centred care with a high degree of autonomy, independent assessment and clinical decision-making, practicing in line with NHS England’s (NHSE) Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice
    (formally HEE, ), or other recognised service specific credential, their primary professional regulatory body standards and own scope of practice for the service/patient 
    population.
  • Fulfil the expectations and core capabilities of an ACCP as set out in the NHSE Multi-professional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice in England (or other recognised service specific credential), delivering independent clinical practice across the four pillars of 
    advanced practice, with commitment to a culture of life-long learning and continuous professional development, through engagement with clinical supervision and maintenance of an advanced practice professional portfolio.
    • Main duties of the job
  • Work in partnership with patients, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team, to best meet the needs and wellbeing of the patient, delivering high quality evidence-based care within Paediatric Critical Care and Retrieval services. The practitioner will be expected to demonstrate proficiency across the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice, namely Clinical, Leadership and Management, Education and Research.
  • The practitioner will be expected to work at an advanced level drawing on a diverse range of knowledge and clinical skills, with complex decision-making to determine evidence-based therapeutic interventions required. This may be on Oxford University Hospital sites, any other hospital, or no-hospital site as part of the SORT retrieval service
  • As a qualified ACCP in Paediatric Critical Care the practitioner must be able to work autonomously, delivering safe and effective practice, as part of an MDT
  • Must be able to effectively lead a team in resuscitating, stabilising and transferring a critically ill child, performing any high-level clinical or technical skills and procedures necessary to carry this out in paediatric patients, either in the OUH paediatric intensive care, 
    emergency department, or independently in transport/retrieval environments.
  • Able to recognise, assess and manage the full range of both medical and surgical paediatric conditions requiring intensive care support, including the management of safeguarding issues within this environment
    • Working for our organisation

    Paediatric Critical Care (PCC) at OUH includes co-located Level and critical care beds, delivering a wide range of specialist services to patients from Oxfordshire and the wider Thames Valley and Wessex Paediatric Critical Care Operational Delivery Network (TVW PCC ODN). We are a leading Neurosurgical and Major Trauma Centre and have a vast number of medical and surgical specialities. The unit is undergoing an exciting period of estate and workforce development and investment, with a move into newly built unit within the next years. 

    SORT Retrieval Service OUH PCC Services include the SORT (Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team) service, delivered in collaboration with Southampton across TVW PCC ODN. It is staffed by doctors, ACPs and nurses from both Oxford and Southampton, with Oxford providing a retrieval team /. 

    Critical Care Outreach Service is a team of experienced nurses who support all healthcare professionals in the assessment and management of unwell children across the children’s hospital, emergency department, and neonatal unit, following up and supporting children and families following discharge. 

    Education, Development and Training is provided through a structured competency-based development programme, and we are piloting an inhouse PCC L specialist course for nursing staff. Clinical and leadership career development pathways are available. We have a growing team of Advanced Clinical Practitioners who work across PCCU and SORT services at OUH. 

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