Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.

Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust.

Are you a qualified Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner? Are you looking to join a cohesive and friendly team? If so, come and join us here at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham.

This post will be permanent working full-time 37.5 hours per week. 

The successful candidate will be practicing autonomously as a Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner (PACP) within the Paediatric Emergency Department (PED) of the Medicine and Urgent Care Division, the Children’s Assessment Unit (CAU) of the Network Services Division and across the wider community setting.

You will provide patient-centred quality care for children presenting with a broad range of conditions, including both illness and injury. This will encompass the skills of assessment, examination, diagnosis, and treatment within an agreed scope of practice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support a new way of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient focused service.
• Ensure the safe referral, admission avoidance and discharge of children with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations across PED, CAU and the wider community setting.
• The role involves an 80% direct clinical component (DCC) and 20% related to management, leadership, innovation, and educational responsibilities (SPA). requirement for all employees. In addition, all staff are expected to complete essential and mandatory training in this area.
• Respect the confidentiality of all matters that they may learn relating to their employment and other members of staff. All staff are expected to respect and conform to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998, including the responsibility to ensure that personal data is accurate and kept up to date.

Job Description

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Current professional registration with a relevant professional regulator (e.g., NMC, HCPC, GPhC).
• Completion of a recognised Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner programme which is in line with the RCEM Paediatric ACP competency framework or equivalent.
• A robust clinical portfolio is mandatory, and this should demonstrate that the applicant has achieved core and Paediatric competencies across a broad clinical base (including injury and illness of all levels / severity). Evidence of a final sign off must be included.
• Completion of a PGDip Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Independent non-medical prescriber qualification.
• Advanced Paediatric Life Support provider (APLS / EPLS).
• IRMER regulation certificate.
• Significant post registration experience in acute Paediatrics.
• Involvement with scope of practice development.

Desirable

• Current NMC Registration RN Child / RSCN.
• Working towards completion of MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or academic equivalence through an ePortfolio-supported route.
• APLS / EPLS instructor.
• Post-registration experience in Paediatrics as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
• Digital Badge Advanced Practice.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.