Kearsley Medical Centre

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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Job summary

Kearsley Medical Centre is seeking to recruit an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our growing clinical team for 4 - 8 sessions per week.

The post holder is an experienced clinical practitioner, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. Demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice. Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

Main duties of the job

To deliver a high standard of patient care as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in general practice, using advanced autonomous clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base;

To manage a clinical caseload, dealing with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting.

To manage own clinical workload in general practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services;

Use of referral pathways to the local acute NHS Trust services and diagnostic clinics;

To mentor and support other HCPs in developing and maintaining clinical skills.

About us

Kearsley Medical Centre is based in South Bolton, close to the A666 and provide care to approximately 13,500 patients. We are a training practice and support trainee GPs as well as our employed staff in the development of their career.

We have a friendly team of 40+ members of staff, plus additional network staff, who work collaboratively to delivery best care to the patients in our community.

The successful candidate will be joining a team of 8 GPs, Trainee GPs, 2 ACPs, 2 Paramedics, alongside nursing, pharmacy, mental health, MSK staff, supported by management and admin teams.

Date posted

15 May 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£26.06 an hour Band 8a AfC

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A1909-24-0005

Job locations

Jackson Street

Bolton

BL4 8EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Role

The post-holder will:

Provide the choice of direct access to an ACP, in the Practice, and on the telephone, for the general practice population;

Make professionally autonomous decisions for which they are accountable;

Provide a contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan;

Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports;

An Independent Prescriber - to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework;

Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care;

Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care;

Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills;

Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate;

Work as part of the Practice team in developing and delivering specialist primary care services, such as long-term condition management (diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease and hypertension).

Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness;

Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the locality, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care;

Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery;

Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services.

Teaching & Mentoring Role

The post-holder will:

Promote a learning environment for patients and other health professionals.

Professional Role

The post-holder will:

Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines;

Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review;

Maintain their professional registration;

Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained;

Work within their Code of Professional Conduct;

Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest professional guidance and other pertinent standards;

Keep up to date with pertinent health-related policy and work with the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation;

Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice;

Demonstrate leadership;

Pro-actively promote the role of the ACP within the Practice, and externally to key stakeholders and agencies.

Encourage and develop teamwork within the practice;

Help the practice operate in a cost-effective manner;

Participate in practice meetings and practice management meetings as required, reporting progress of allotted tasks;

Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate;

Work closely with the doctors and administrative team in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets;

Ensure that all Practice Policies are fully implemented.

Health & Safety/Risk Management

The post-holder must comply at all times with the Practices Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the Practices Incident Reporting System.

The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act and the Access to Health Records Act (1990).

Equality & Diversity

The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.

Patient Confidentiality

The post-holder should respect patient confidentiality at all times and not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the requirements of the role.