Advanced Practice Lead inFulbourn inFulbourn PUBLISHED 18 OCT 2024

The Long-Term Plan calls for a step change in multi-professional advanced practice requiring capacity to be built at national, regional and sub-regional level, e.g. in Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) to drive change. The National Centre for Advancing Practice has been established to standardise routes into advanced practice, accredit advanced practice programmes and recognise registered health and care practitioners who demonstrate the capabilities set out in the advancing practice or consultant practitioner framework and the national educational standards for advancing practice.

The regional faculty will drive regional workforce transformation to support the appropriate uptake of advanced practice. We are looking for a highly organised and flexible Advanced Practice Lead, capable of using their own skills and expertise to co-ordinate and support successful delivery of the advancing practice portfolio at regional and sub-regional level. This is a multi-professional approach, and the successful post holder must have an appreciation and respect for the different professions alongside a desire to maximise the opportunities for all.

You will have extensive knowledge of advanced and consultant level practice, be self-motivated with excellent attention to detail, a natural ability to build effective multi professional partnerships, plan, be keen to apply and grow your excellent organisational skills and be able to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels.

This role will provide excellent leadership, drive the national advancing practice agenda locally and actively promote advanced practitioners as part of workforce solutions that support service change. With the National Centre for Advancing Practice at the hub, the concept of a 'faculty' at both regional and sub-regional level is a virtual 'hub and spoke' model; based on strong co-production, co-ordination and extensive stakeholder engagement on all matters relating to advancing practice.

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The Advanced Practice Lead will be responsibility for:

• provide advanced practice leadership and programme management expertise at a regional level (as determined by the policies, implementation plans and timescales of the Centre for Advancing Practice, NHSE Mandate, National Workforce Plan, the draft People Plan and Local Delivery Plans);
• have responsibility and accountability for the strategic and operational development of the Regional Faculty for Advancing Practice (The Faculty) and ensure robust systems are in in place to implement and deliver its objectives;
• proactively manage the key risks and issues associated with the regional delivery plan ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate correspond;
• actively engage with the Centre for Advancing Practice as part of its formal governance arrangements working alongside other Regional Advanced Practice Leads;
• act as a conduit of information between the Centre for Advancing Practice, regional and national teams including working with other regional programme leads (e.g. mental health, cancer, primary care, apprenticeships), regional representatives in the Arms Length Bodies and the ICSs to ensure advanced practice is embedded and delivered across all priority areas;
• working in partnership with the existing regional enabling functions (e.g. business intelligence, commissioning, quality, workforce transformation and workforce planning) actively support the Regional Director, Advancing Practice Senior Responsible Officer (SRO), and National Programme Lead in carrying out duties across the region and sub-region in relation to the advancing practice workforce;
• develop the relationship and engagement strategy to facilitate local health and social care systems including ICSs to recognise the importance of advancing practice in service transformation, using knowledge and experience to drive modernised transformed pathways of care and support the system in developing actionable solutions
• To manage the budgetary aspects of the Faculty ensuring commissioning and financial management processes are in place, based on nationally agreed principles, to drive value and efficacy and demonstrate return on investment;
• ensure the Faculty strategy is formulated, understood by all stakeholders, and is delivered utilising all available resources efficiently and effectively and with patient safety at its core;
• Working with workforce planning and business intelligence colleagues engage with the health and social care system to identify current and future advanced practitioner demand and supply and optimise workforce intelligence and modelling to demonstrate impact on patient care;
• provide support and advice to ICSs members on the development of the existing and future workforce and the delivery of the transformation plan outcomes, ensuring that planning assumptions are shared and widely understood across the regional health and social care system;
• create and deliver a wide range of reports to demonstrate a sound understanding of both the quality assurance and value for money impact of advancing practice in the region and sub-regional level.