Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Respiratory ( LTV/NIV/Sleep)

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Main area: Respiratory Services paediatrics

Grade: Band 7

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week

Job ref: 271-HL-6745073

Site: Respiratory Services, Great Ormond Street

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inclusive

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 16/01/2025 23:59

Job overview

Trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner Paediatric Respiratory – Long Term & Non-invasive Ventilation Band 7 – full time trainee role. Are you a respiratory nurse or allied health professional with a minimum of 5 years clinical experience? Are you interested in joining our exciting new health care plans to appoint a new trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) role to our well-established respiratory ACP team to support provision of Long Term Ventilation (LTV), Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) service alongside our successful high dependency bed expansion for children & young people with specialist respiratory care needs?

• Respiratory services comprise of our acute respiratory care (Leopard), longer term care (Kangaroo), and high dependency areas with strong links to our paediatric intensive care & International Private Patients (IPP).

The Trainee ACP role will be at band 7, weekdays only, with a substantive ACP role on completion of academic training at a recognised Health Education Institution and local specialist capabilities, skills and knowledge via an end point assessment.

Main duties of the job

Our respiratory services are committed to developing a sustainable Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) team supported by national guidance. Are you a clinical expert who puts the clinical and holistic care of infants and their families first to ensure safe, high quality and effective care on their respiratory clinical pathway? Do you have a vision to improve and change care provision for this specialised group of patients with respiratory care needs, how care is delivered, & sustainably measure this success?

You will develop professionally & personally across the 4 pillars of ACP: expert clinical practice & advanced clinical care skills, clinical leadership, case management, education, and wider evidence-based practice to support complex decision-making and improve care outcomes.

Trainee ACP – start date September 15, 2025. The higher education institution programme and the specialist training package will underpin the development of advanced capability & competency-based skills based on the Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and national paediatric respiratory training standards over a 2.5 year master’s training. You will have a named dedicated medical consultant & ACP supervisor to support your individual learning needs, as well as working within an experienced specialist respiratory team. You will record your learning and development in a professional e-portfolio.

Working for our organisation

GOSH is committed to recruiting the best person for the job, based solely on their ability and individual merit as measured against the criteria for the role; through a process that is fair, open, consistent and free from bias and discrimination. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture where all staff are valued, respected and acknowledged. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, age, disability status or length of time spent unemployed. We particularly welcome applications from BAME communities, people with disabilities and/or long-term health conditions and LGBT+ community members.

We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants and employees are treated fairly and consistently. We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer, a member of Business Disability Forum and a Stonewall Diversity Champion. We have active and Executive supported BAME, LGBT+ and Allies, Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions and Women’s staff networks. Staff networks are employee-led groups formed around interests, issues and a common bond or background. Staff network members create a positive and inclusive work environment at Great Ormond Street Hospital by actively contributing to the Trust’s mission, values and efforts specific to inclusion. All of our staff networks are open to any employee.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s below.

Person specification

• 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.
• Registered actively with a professional body recognised as able to undertake advanced clinical practice training at a Higher Institute of Education (HEE 2017).
• Minimum of 5 years qualified & relevant clinical experience to the specialty paediatric respiratory care.
• Minimum of honours degree recognised at a Higher Education Institution or evidence of master’s level study.
• Demonstrable evidence/portfolio of own clinical practice.
• Ability and desire to take on skills training relevant to the role and clinical area.
• Ability to complete a competency/capability-based skill document for paediatric cardiology.
• Teaching qualification or equivalent.
• Attendance on a clinical leadership programme or evidence of leading a clinical team.
• Advanced communication training/Active listening skill training.
• Evidence of previous non-medical radiology training or willing to do so.
• EPLS/APLS training.
• Registered qualification as a non-medical prescriber (independent prescriber) or willing to work towards actively practicing.

Experience/Knowledge

• Knowledge of the importance of evidence-based practice & how quality improvement, audit & research improves care outcomes.
• Knowledge relevant to the specialty/department/field of practice- Paediatric Respiratory LTV, NIV speciality.
• Knowledge of professional & current issues in children’s healthcare, ACP national & local agenda.
• Is able to articulate a personal philosophy of the role of the ACP with higher clinical skills.
• Experience of taking charge of a department or of leading a team.
• Experience of clinical &/or formal teaching.
• Understanding of change management, audit & research methodologies.
• Knowledge of clinical governance & improvement agenda.
• Experience of working clinically as a trainee ACP.
• Experience of handling clinical incidents & complaints & implementation of subsequent learning.
• Abstract submission and presenting at conferences & willingness to publish.
• Part of professional development groups.
• Evidence of working with children/young people and families to improve patient experience.
• Knowledge of developing practice standards, clinical audit, benchmarking & clinical/quality improvement.

Skills/Abilities

• Demonstrates an ability to provide expert clinical care.
• Excellent leadership & organizational skills.
• Excellent communication & listening skills, both clinical staff, patients and families eg relaying distressing information.
• Evidence of personal insight & sound judgment.
• Self-discipline & good time management to support periods of lone working & ensure robust safe practice.
• Ability to delegate & prioritise.
• Able to work across professional teams & organizational boundaries.
• Able to contribute to the development & implementation of the trust strategic Vision.
• Evidence of effective team leadership, able to motivate & develop a team & maintain constructive, professional working relationships.
• Able to demonstrate critical thinking, high level decision making & problem solving in clinical practice.
• Able to utilize audit & research evidence to support sustained change in practice.
• Quality improvement, practice development & service improvement skills.

Other Requirements

• Able to work collaboratively & as part of a multi-professional team.
• Able to support personal resilience, emotional intelligence & realistic optimism and have the ability to learn to seek additional guidance/support.
• Daily exposure to a wide range of physical, emotional & spiritual stressors; individual will need to have developed a robust professional support strategy.
• The individual will have exposure to high levels of physical, mental & emotional effort.
• Ability to deal with conflict situations within a team, as well as events involving the team.
• Accountability – Takes responsibility for own actions & promotes good team working.
• Openness – Shares information & good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect – Treats others with courtesy & respect at all times.

Please be advised that: The recruitment process for all admin and clerical roles at Bands 2-4 will be a two-stage recruitment process whereby shortlisted candidates will undertake an online literacy, numeracy, ICT and typing test. Only those candidates who pass the competency test will proceed to a formal interview. The closing date given is a guide only. There may be some occasions where we have to close a vacancy once sufficient applications have been received. It is therefore advisable that you submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification criteria for this post will be shortlisted. Please note that where high volumes of applicants have been received, additional criteria may on occasion be used to determine the final shortlist. We are an accredited Living Wage Employer.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.