Trainee Advanced Nurse Practitioner | University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner-Asthma Respiratory Band 7 (Developmental) with progression to Band 8a upon qualification.

Are you an experienced asthma or respiratory nurse ready to take the next step in your career?

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our Respiratory Asthma Service as a Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Band7) with a clearly defined pathway to progression as a Qualified ACP (Band 8a). We are offering this role to a registered nurse with substantial experience in asthma or respiratory care working or aspiring to work at an advanced specialist practice level.

This post is supported by a structured development programme as aligned to the Multiprofessional Framework for Advanced Clinical Practice. You will contribute to the assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with asthma including those with complex and high risk disease. You will progressively develop autonomy in clinical decision making, supported by structured supervision, education and proficiency assessment.

If you are the clinician we are looking for, come and join our supportive, dynamic and highly motivated Special airway (Asthma) team.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

These define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

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If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.

• Practice in compliance with their respective code of professional conduct, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions, or omissions at this level of advanced practice.
• Work towards demonstrating a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy, recognising the limits of their own competence and scope of practice, to include when working with complexity, risk or uncertainty.
• Develops own professional judgment skills identifying when to elevate and seek help/guidance, critically reflecting on practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and their willingness to change or challenge thought processes.
• Learn to work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. history-taking and physical assessments, holistic assessments, identifying risk factors, mental health assessments, requesting/undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests, and conducting health needs assessments).
• Develops effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make positive health changes, promoting person-centred approaches in health and care.

• Initiate and develop effective relationships, fostering clarity of the TAP…