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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.
We are currently accepting applications to undertake the role of Advanced Practitioner (Urgent & Primary Care), from qualified applicants who meet the SAS criteria for the Urgent and Primary Care role.
This is an opportunity to join our growing team of Advanced Paramedic Practitioners and Advanced 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.
Applicants will be a HCPC registered Paramedic or NMC registered Nurse, have a minimum of SCQF level 11 Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Practice (including V300 prescribing) and have evidence of completion of an appropriate Advanced Practice Competency Framework. In addition, you will have a significant and demonstrable level of clinical practice within primary/urgent/emergency care, including 1 year at an Advanced Practice level.
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
Qualified candidates who are successful in the recruitment process will be assimilated to Band 7.
A recruitment opportunity for Trainee Advanced Practitioners will take place in March of each year.
Please note, you will be required to undertake an assessment day. Full details of assessment will be provided prior to the day.
This is an ongoing advert for staff to join and help develop our Advanced Practice – Urgent and Primary Care team. Potential start dates are: 28th February 2022, 27th June 2022, 31st October 2022.
These posts will be available in the undernoted locations:
- East – Lothian, Falkirk, Fife and Tayside
- West- Glasgow, Paisley, Lanarkshire, Ayr and Kilmarnock
- North – Aberdeen
Informal enquiries are encouraged and should be directed to the Advanced Practice Regional Leads via the shared email inbox - sas.advanced-practitioner-upc@nhs.scot Please indicate the area you are applying for within the subject line of your email.