Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder as part of a Multidisciplinary (MDT team), will be an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner who, acting within their professional boundaries, will be co-ordinating care of the residents within the aligned care and nursing homes, developing systems and undertaking duties to ensure timely and efficient care review, and to minimise the unplanned admission of patients to acute care. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will utilise a range of advanced skills and expert knowledge for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions. The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. Clinical care will include participation in weekly regular home round ‘check ins’, new patient clerking, initial history taking, face to face assessment, examination, diagnosis, treatment, management, referral, and evaluation of care. The role will involve working closely with Lead Clinicians, care staff and pharmacists on the development and updating of personalised care and support plans and repeat medication. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be skilled in recognition and management of emergencies and minor illness that commonly present in care and nursing home residents. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be familiar with End of Life planning and management. The post holder will work with the PCN Care Co-ordinator, PCN pharmacists, other PCN staff and PCN member Practices on all key activity. This will include supporting care home and nursing home resident access to services and providing clinical support and advice to care home staff on patient management. The role will cover both the unplanned and planned holistic health care needs of care and nursing home residents. The role will involve working as part of an MDT creating PCP's and ensuring health and social care planning is, dynamic, appropriate, patient centred and proactive. This role will include supporting the implementation of digital initiatives into primary care and improving resident care by prioritising the implementation of the "Enhanced Health in Care Homes" Framework. Please see the job description and person specification for further details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current professional registration this could be HCPC or NMC
• Educated to degree level
• Minimum 3 years post registration experience
• Independent/supplementary nurse prescribing qualification

Desirable

• At least 2 years Primary Care nursing experience within the last 5 years
• Community Specialist Practice (General Practice Nursing) qualification or equivalent
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Additional qualifications in subjects such as Diabetes, Insulin Initiation, COPD, Asthma etc.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• IT skills, including accurate written/electronic records and documents
• Recording and collection of data and to support clinical care and to inform decision making
• Prioritise own workload and meet required timescales
• Identify need for service development and implementation of action plans to address
• Convey sensitive information in an empathetic manner to patients/clients/clients relatives/carers and staff
• Effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Full clean UK drivers licence

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge and evidence of:
• Skills in management of patients with long-term conditions.
• Chronic disease management, immunisation and vaccination, minor injury.
• Change management and ability to support patients to change lifestyle through awareness of health promotion strategies
• Infection control awareness and ability to maintain working standards
• Understanding of human needs physical, emotion social
• Ability to recognise and manage risk
• Working with confidential information and an understanding of service user confidentiality
• The needs of vulnerable adults, safeguarding and the associated legislative framework
• Working in a multi-disciplinary setting
• Developing relationships with a wide variety of people
• Ability deliver successful outcomes within determined timeframes
• Continuous CPD and identifying opportunities for self-development

Desirable

• Specialist knowledge of end of life care planning
• Knowledge and experience of using clinical software SystmOne

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

Derwent Practice

Address

Norton Road

Norton

Malton

North Yorkshire

YO17 9RF

Employer's website

https://www.derwentpractice.com/ (Opens in a new tab)