Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be based at one of the practices within the Network whilst delivering a service to patients registered at all the practices.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be able to demonstrate safe, competent clinical decision-making and deliver expert care, including assessment, diagnostic skills, treatment and evaluation of patients. Working in the community; visiting patients at home, you will deliver holistic care, managing complex cases.

Key priorities

Make professionally autonomous decisions for which he or she is accountable, to include making differential diagnosis using critical thinking, clinical decision making and problem-solving skills.

Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.

Order necessary investigations; interpret results and provide treatment and care both individually, as part of a team and through direct referral to other primary and secondary services.

Manage and meet the needs of patients diagnosed with primarily conditions including dementia, COPD, Diabetes and heart failure.

Work closely with the Social Prescriber to deliver a seamless experience for the patient.

Provide with the patient an evidence-based management plan that includes evaluation and review where appropriate and incorporates cultural preferences, health beliefs, behaviours and traditional practices.

The post-holder will focus on the most complex patients within the network, treating patients within their homes.

The post-holder will work with a priority group of elderly patients, those with chronic disease and conditions.

The post holder will work within the integrated network team, alongside community services and social services to create appropriate care plans.

Liaise where appropriate with other members of the PCN team in order to provide expert care for patients and promote shared decision making.

General Duties

To deliver high quality, compassionate care and treatment to patients with a focus on promoting health, self-care and independence using a personalised and holistic care approach.

To contribute to local and national practice targets e.g. QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, national benchmarking etc.

To see extra or emergency patients where necessary.

To ensure all specimens (cytology, blood, urine etc.) are taken in accordance to protocols, recorded into patients records and labelled ready for collection.

To take responsibility for own development, learning and performance to ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain registration requirements.

To act with professionalism and ensuring that ethical conduct is adhered to at all times.

To participate and promote child and vulnerable adult safeguarding and to extract safeguarding information and follow the appropriate pathway when required.

To keep the working area clean, tidy and professional whilst adhering to GDPR regulations.

To work across different practices on an ad-hoc/when required basis.

It will be necessary to attend and contribute to various practice meetings as requested.

Communication

The post holder must communicate effectively with other team members.

The post holder must communicate effectively with patients and their carers.

The post holder must recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Masters or working towards a Masters for Advanced Clinical Practitioner Qualification
• Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
• Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
• Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GP
• Experience of working in a management role and evidence of leadership skills
• Experience of working in a wide range of primary care settings to include clinical triage experience
• Ability to problem solve

Desirable

• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Full driving licence and access to a car.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Westseven GP

Address

Mansell Road Practice

71 Mansell Road

Greenford

UB6 9EN

Employer's website

https://www.westsevengp.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)