Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Palliative CareNHS

Job summary

Exciting Opportunity: Advanced Clinical Practitioners - Integrated Specialist Palliative Care Team (2 Posts)

Due to service expansion, we are seeking two motivated and compassionate Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs)to join our Integrated Specialist Palliative Care Team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work across inpatient, outpatient, community and virtual ward settings, providing expert assessment, symptom management and care for patients with complex palliative and end-of-life care needs. The role includes supporting home visits as part of our innovative Palliative Care Virtual Ward, helping patients receive high-quality care in their preferred place of care.

As autonomous practitioners, ACPs work collaboratively with consultants and the wider multidisciplinary team, acting as clinical leaders and expert resources. We are looking for clinicians with strong advanced assessment and decision-making skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for delivering person-centred care.

The role also offers opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, research, education and training.

Informal visits and discussions are warmly welcomed and encouraged.*Previous applicants need not apply*

Main duties of the job

Assess patients and plan, implement and evaluate care using specialist clinical knowledge and skills

Review patients and provide care in inpatient, outpatient, Virtual Ward setting and home visits

Contribute to multidisciplinary approach to patient management

Provide education and support to patients, carers and colleagues

Participate in audit, research and service development within the Specialist Palliative Care service.

Job description

• Perform independent specialist assessment of patients to formulate a diagnosis, plan and implement care and arrange ongoing follow up as an advanced practitioner using highly developed specialist clinical knowledge advanced clinical skills.
• Independently manage a patient caseload providing expert specialist assessment, planning and evaluation.
• To lead the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of care
• Act as a role model and expert clinician providing in depth specialist clinical knowledge to colleagues through MDT meetings, for patients and carers / relatives.
• Act as an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open and honest and transparent culture.
• To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed.
• To provide a consistent and personalised 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, evaluating programmes of evidence based nursing care for a defined caseload.
• To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/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 specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit theircareers page.