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The Scottish Ambulance Service is at the frontline of the NHS in Scotland, responding to over 600,000 emergency calls a year, we provide an emergency Ambulance Service to a population of over 5 million people, across the mainland and island communities.
We are committed to developing a workforce capable of delivering the highest levels of quality service and clinical, person-centred care, in line with Scottish Ambulance service and NHS Quality Strategy.
The role of Advanced Practitioner is an exciting development within the Scottish Ambulance Service and will provide an excellent opportunity for career development within a clinical role.
The Role and Locations
We are currently accepting applications to undertake the role of Advanced Practitioner (Urgent & Primary Care), from both currently qualified applicants and those wishing to undertake training for the role. We are recruiting in our East and West regions. East - Lothian, Forth Valley, Fife and Tayside. West - Glasgow, Paisley, Lanarkshire, Ayr and Kilmarnock.
This is an opportunity to join our growing team of Advanced Paramedic and Nurse Practitioners within SAS and continue to build upon the success of the Advanced Practice programme.
Advanced Practitioners (AP) in Urgent & Primary Care undertake a dynamic role providing high-level, independent decision-making, including assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment including prescribing, of patients with complex multidimensional needs. The AP in Urgent & Primary Care work within a rotational model, the role includes working as part of the multidisciplinary team in primary care and/or Out of Hours services. Providing virtual patient consultation, professional support for other clinicians, and providing response on behalf of the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Operating at this level, the AP will possess a wide-ranging breadth of knowledge and understanding in addition to evidence of critical thinking, patient assessment and clinical care. Delivery of this advanced level of care will be supported by a scope of practice beyond what is currently required for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Paramedic or registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Nurse. The AP will also be expected to work across the four domains of advanced practice, including contributing to service wide audit, research, training and education.
The Applicant
Applicants will be a HCPC registered Paramedic or NMC registered Nurse and have a minimum of SCQF level 11 Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice (including V300 prescribing) or be eligible to be accepted on the PGDip Advanced Practice programme as per the criteria below. In addition, you will have a significant and demonstrable level of clinical practice within primary/urgent/emergency care.
Successful applicants, not already in possession of the required education and competencies, will undertake a fully funded Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice which will commence on the 20th September 2021 and will run over 2 years (or the required elements to meet the full scope of the post), which will include non-medical prescribing.
To be accepted on the PG Diploma Advanced Practice programme it is essential that you are a registered Paramedic or Nurse with a recommended minimum of 3 years post registration experience and able to demonstrate learning and experience within the context of your professional role. It is desirable that you hold Degree Level education.
All Advanced Practitioners will be part of the Scottish Ambulance Service overall response; you will therefore need to have a full UK manual driving licence and you will need to successfully pass the FutureQuals Emergency Response Driver Training. The Scottish Ambulance Service will provide the Emergency Response Driver training.
Applicants are advised to read all of the supporting documentation prior to applying.
• The reflective learning statement should be completed by all applicants in line with the criteria and guidance document.
• Paramedics working within the Scottish Ambulance Service are required to obtain support from their current line manager.
• Please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this role.
Candidates who are required to undergo training will be offered the post of Trainee Advanced Practitioner. As this is a training role, you will be paid in accordance with AfC Annex 21, with year one at 70% of the top of Band 7 and year two at 75% of the top of Band 7. Candidates who are already qualified to practice will be assimilated immediately to Band 7.
Please note, you will be required to undertake an assessment day. Full details of assessment will be provided prior to the day.
Interviews for 2021 Advanced Practice posts will take place between 14th June 2021 and 9th July 2021.
Information Sessions
Information sessions for this year’s Advanced Practice Application process will take place via Teams.
This will be an opportunity to get some advice about your application and will also give you a chance to ask questions about the role and AP training programme, to help you decide if it is right for you.
This session will run on the 24th May 2021 at 12pm and will be repeated at 6.00pm.
Please email sas.advanced-practitioner-upc@nhs.scot to book a place at an information session, indicating in the subject line which session time you will attend.
The session will be recorded. For anyone who is unable to make it to the live sessions, please email sas.advanced-practitioner-upc@nhs.scot with ‘recorded session access request’ in the subject line.
Informal Enquiries
Informal enquiries should also be directed to the generic email address sas.advanced-practitioner-upc@nhs.scot. In the subject heading please indicate the location in which you are interested.