Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Paediatric Cardiology)

• To be an expert clinical ACP & role model in the field of respiratory paediatric healthcare, ensuring the delivery of high standards of patient care
• To ensure the 6Cs and professional standards are embedded within clinical practice
• To ensure clinical practice reflects professional and national guidance and practice is delivered in line with the scope of practice and trust policies and guidelines
• To be a proactive clinical leader, demonstrating effective excellent leadership skills
• To promote best practice, utilising local and regional benchmarking groups for the generation and promotion of standards and clinical guidelines
• To support transformation /quality improvement work streams as appropriate
• To foster enquiry, to contribute to new ideas and innovations and develop enhanced and advanced roles within the scope of professional practice
• Supervise and mentor healthcare professionals developing advanced clinical roles across the directorate/ trust, to ensure the high levels of competence required
• To act as a resource for other staff and learners and foster an environment conducive to learning for all staff
• To be proactive in developing own professional practice, demonstrating evidence of autonomy, clinical judgment, and decision-making skills

Essential

• Our Always values
• Knowledge and understanding of diverse backgrounds and perspectives
• Understanding of diversity and inclusion challenges in the workplace
• Demonstrable contribution to advancing equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace

Essential

• Registered with a relevant professional body able to undertake Advanced Practice (Centre of Advanced Practice). NMC, HCPC or GPhC
• Master's Degree in Advanced Practice (or evidence of demonstrable competence across all AP domains)
• Evidence of ongoing, dynamic continuous professional development, with demonstrable clinical capabilities, relevant to the area of clinical practice
• Non-Medical Prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake
• Completed Good Clinical Practice training or willing to do so, as part of clinical consent training
• Completed Emergency Paediatric Life Support (EPLS) or willing to do so

Desirable

• Assessing & mentoring qualification
• Attendance on a clinical leadership programme
• Teaching Qualification

Essential

• Relevant experience at a senior level in a children's healthcare environment
• Experience of taking charge of a department and of leading & managing teams
• Experience of undertaking & utilizing research/audit
• Experience as a trainee advanced practitioner
• Evidence of working with children / young people and families to improve patient experience
• Experience of supporting trainee Advanced Practitioners and other training professional eg resident medical staff
• Thorough knowledge relevant to the specialty/ department / field of practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance and improvement agenda
• Ability to work with families in challenging situations, when there maybe professional or family disagreement
• Awareness of evidence-based practice and current research
• Competence in the professional responsibilities in noting and actively taking forward safeguarding concerns of children and adults
• Ability to articulate a personal philosophy of healthcare & the role of the Advanced Practitioner

Desirable

• Experience of leading on developing practice, standards, clinical audit, benchmarking and clinical / quality improvement
• Experience of handling clinical incidents and complaints and implementation of subsequent learning
• Publishing papers and presenting at conferences. Dissemination of practice
• Detailed understanding of change management, audit and research methodologies

Essential

• Demonstrates compassion in practice
• Professional credibility, excellent relevant advanced paediatric clinical skills
• Excellent leadership & organisational skills
• Demonstrable interpersonal, leadership negotiation and influencing skills
• Advanced communication and active listening skills
• Excellent written and presentation skills
• Able to contribute to the development of and implementation of the trust strategic Trust Vision
• Effective team leader, able to motivate and develop a team and maintain constructive working relationships
• Evidence of personal insight and sound judgment
• Able to solve problems and initiate change
• Self-discipline and good time management to support periods of lone working
• Appraisal skills
• Ability to delegate and prioritise
• Excellent teaching, training and preceptorship skills
• Able to utilise audit and research evidence to support changes in practice
• Able to work across professional team and organizational boundaries
• Independent non-medical prescribing
• Computer literate (word processing, PowerPoint) & the use of electronic patient records
• Quality improvement, practice development and service improvement skills
• Able to demonstrate embedding of 6Cs and professional standards into clinical practice

Desirable

• Able to contribute to the development of and implementation of the trust clinical strategy