Cardiology Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) inCoventry inCoventry PUBLISHED 16 DEC 2023

Band 8a: £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum  PERMANENT 
The post holder will be instrumental in providing relevant education for patients and lifestyle advice for their condition.


Leadership and Management

  • Act as a credible, professional, and effective leader.
  • Deliver care according to local, national guidelines and quality standards to ensure delivery of evidence-based, safe, quality care.
  • Demonstrate continual evaluation of practice within the defined specialist area, making agreed changes where appropriate.
  • Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work.
  • Provide leadership to appropriate staff in the service to deliver high quality and effective care, ensuring the needs of patients are a priority.
  • Contribute to the appraisal of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.
  • Monitor the performance of team members, identifying and implement actions to achieve/maintain standards of care in line with organisational policy.
  • Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
  • Responsible for the effective use of resources and budgets, where applicable
  • Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
  • Continuously assess and monitor risk in their own and others practice and challenge about wider risk factors.
  • Use a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents, and near-miss events.
  • Advise and contribute to investigations following complaints and critical incidents.
  • Share knowledge and expertise related to clinical and professional practice within and outside the organisation.
  • Manage specifically identified services or projects as agreed.
  • Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols, clinical pathways, and standards.


For further details please see the attached job description.

A high profile, accessible and responsive leader with managerial and clinical responsibilityfor the delivery of Advanced Clinical Practice across Cardiology and the emergency and acute footprint. Able to make informed decisions within their own speciality and scope ofprofessional practice, involving patients and public to ensure agreed standards, targetsand objectives are met.

The post holder is an experienced professional qualified to Masters Level, who will act asa clinical leader within the Cardiology Service to provide a service workingalongside the Cardiology Consultants and nursing team. They will autonomously clinically assess and manage patients referred to the Cardiology service in conjunction with the consultant to support the faster diagnosis including referrals from the emergency department, the acute medical footprint and face to face/virtual clinics.

The post holder will be instrumental in providing relevant education for patients and lifestyle advice for their condition. The post holder will be required to ensure evidence-based care is delivered to patients and will be involved in the audit of practice, including leading on the Trusts contribution to service improvement to achieve the National standards in collaboration with consultant colleagues.


Clinical


Co-ordinate the care for Cardiology patients throughout their pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this group of patients.

Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

Lead and deliver clinical care, across a variety of settings, according to national and local guidelines ensuring delivery of evidence-based care and working towards the Trust vision of providing a World Class Service.

Undertake an initial assessment to determine differential diagnosis, utilising advanced critical thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior clinical colleagues.


Leadership and Management

  • Act as a credible, professional, and effective leader.
  • Deliver care according to local, national guidelines and quality standards to ensure delivery of evidence-based, safe, quality care.
  • Demonstrate continual evaluation of practice within the defined specialist area, making agreed changes where appropriate.
  • Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work.
  • Provide leadership to appropriate staff in the service to deliver high quality and effective care, ensuring the needs of patients are a priority.
  • Contribute to the appraisal of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.
  • Monitor the performance of team members, identifying and implement actions to achieve/maintain standards of care in line with organisational policy.
  • Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
  • Responsible for the effective use of resources and budgets, where applicable
  • Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
  • Continuously assess and monitor risk in their own and others practice and challenge about wider risk factors.
  • Use a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents, and near-miss events.
  • Advise and contribute to investigations following complaints and critical incidents.
  • Share knowledge and expertise related to clinical and professional practice within and outside the organisation.
  • Manage specifically identified services or projects as agreed.
  • Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols, clinical pathways, and standards.


For further details please see the attached job description.

A high profile, accessible and responsive leader with managerial and clinical responsibilityfor the delivery of Advanced Clinical Practice across Cardiology and the emergency and acute footprint. Able to make informed decisions within their own speciality and scope ofprofessional practice, involving patients and public to ensure agreed standards, targetsand objectives are met.

The post holder is an experienced professional qualified to Masters Level, who will act asa clinical leader within the Cardiology Service to provide a service workingalongside the Cardiology Consultants and nursing team. They will autonomously clinically assess and manage patients referred to the Cardiology service in conjunction with the consultant to support the faster diagnosis including referrals from the emergency department, the acute medical footprint and face to face/virtual clinics.

The post holder will be instrumental in providing relevant education for patients and lifestyle advice for their condition. The post holder will be required to ensure evidence-based care is delivered to patients and will be involved in the audit of practice, including leading on the Trusts contribution to service improvement to achieve the National standards in collaboration with consultant colleagues.


Clinical


Co-ordinate the care for Cardiology patients throughout their pathway with the multidisciplinary team and clinical services to ensure the effective management of this group of patients.

Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Will contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

Lead and deliver clinical care, across a variety of settings, according to national and local guidelines ensuring delivery of evidence-based care and working towards the Trust vision of providing a World Class Service.

Undertake an initial assessment to determine differential diagnosis, utilising advanced critical thinking and decision-making skills, deciding when necessary to refer to senior clinical colleagues.



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