Major Trauma Advanced Practitioner

Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Advanced Practitioner to join the Major Trauma team at the Greater Manchester Major Trauma Hospital (GMMTH), based at Salford Royal. This is an exciting opportunity to work within one of the UK's leading Level 1 Major Trauma Centres, delivering high-quality care to patients with complex and life-threatening injuries.

The post holder will work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary Major Trauma team, providing advanced clinical assessment, decision-making and coordination of care for patients admitted to the Major Trauma wards. The role spans the entire patient pathway, supporting patients from initial admission through to recovery, rehabilitation planning and discharge.

Main duties of the job
Working alongside consultant surgeons and physicians, specialty teams, nursing staff, therapists and the Major Trauma coordination team, the Advanced Practitioner will play a key role in ensuring timely assessment, safe patient flow, high-quality documentation and adherence to national Major Trauma standards, including tertiary surveys and rehabilitation planning.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in acute care, emergency medicine, trauma, or surgical specialties. You will demonstrate advanced clinical skills, excellent communication and leadership abilities, and a passion for improving outcomes for patients with major trauma.

This role offers the opportunity to work within a highly specialist service at the forefront of trauma care, contributing to service development, education, research and quality improvement in a dynamic and supportive team environment.

About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care , appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website (apply through our website).

Person Specification
Professional Registration

• Current NMC registration first level nurse or HPC registration for physiotherapist or Occupational Therapist

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Clinical practice
• Non medical prescriber

Knowledge training and experience
Essential

• Effective communicator able to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
• Evidence of ability to manage own clinical case load working autonomously
• Experience within an acute specialty

Desirable

• Experience within an acute major trauma specialty/ environment
• Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change
• Evidence of proactive involvement in the mentorship and development of AHP's and clinical practice

Skills and abilities
Essential

• Demonstrates highly developed specialist knowledge and expertise across a wide range of medical conditions that is underpinned by a foundation of theory and continued acquired knowledge and skills through CPD
• Demonstrate assertiveness, tact and diplomacy appropriately
• Computer literacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship: Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (apply through our website).

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (apply through our website).

Employer contact details
Nurse Consultant Stuart Wildman, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com