Advanced Community Practitioner

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Specific functions will be to:

To work within the community as an autonomous, accountable ACP in the provision of a holistic approach for individuals including assessment, diagnosis and treatment to deliver quality patient services.

Provide advanced clinical assessment of patients including conducting appropriatediagnostics, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment, develop a clear clinical management plan, or make necessary referrals to other members of the multi-disciplinaryteam.

Undertake physical examination as indicated by the patients condition.

Perform clinical procedures appropriate to the history and physical examination of thepatient.

Request, interpret and act on investigations.

Advise patients on general healthcare and minor ailments and promote self-managementwhere appropriate, including signposting patients to other community or voluntaryservices.

Where appropriate, provide definitive treatment, including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE and local guidelines and local carepathways.

Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions, identify red flags and underlying seriouspathology and take appropriate action.

Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, and completemanagement of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.

Take a personalised care approach and population-centred care approach to enable shareddecision making with the presenting person.

Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain community services (e.g. monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients living in sheltered housing)

Support the monitoring of patients with management of long-term conditions and multiplecomorbidities.

To carry out visits to patients private homes, as well as visits to patients in Nursing / Carehomes.

To act as an ambassador for acute admission avoidance where safe and appropriate.

Assist with the annual flu immunisation programme.

Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visit for the network.

Participate in the audit process, evaluation and implementing plans and practice change inorder to meet patient need.

Communicate at all levels across organisations ensuring that an effective, patient-centredservice is delivered.

Communicate sensitive and complex information to patients, relatives and carers to be able explore complex issues relating to care.

Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multi-disciplinaryteam, attending and contributing to meetings as required.

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous health records appropriate to the consultation,ensuring accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patienthealth care and registration with the practice.

Analyse reports in order to support patient care.

Ensure the provision of high standard of care at all times.

Work as a multidisciplinary, support and contribute to timely discharge planning whereappropriate.

Contribute to the development of efficient pathways of care.

Equality and diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme

Applicants with a disability, who meet the minimum criteria for the job they are applying for, will be guaranteed an interview. Suitable candidates must indicate in their application that they wish their application to be considered under the scheme (if applicable)

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a current professional registration
• Evidence of advanced clinical practice skills
• Educated to Masters degree level in Advanced Clinical Practice

Desirable

• Management/Leadership qualification
• IRMER training

Experience

Essential

• Post qualification clinical experience
• Familiar with the interpretation of diagnostics and principles of shared clinical decision-making
• Understanding of Health Care Governance and its application
• Awareness of own scope of practice
• Ability to manage risk
• Undertaken safeguarding qualification
• Previous autonomous practice as an Advanced Practitioner
• Leading multi-professional working within and across organisational boundaries

Desirable

• Experience of teaching at informal and formal level
• Experience in leading, managing and developing a team.
• Level 3 safeguarding training in last 12 months

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Able to role model and lead whilst working independently and within a team.
• Physical examination skills
• Effective communication at all levels, written and verbal
• Awareness of local and national issues relating to healthcare provision
• Awareness of current professional issues
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Knowledge, skills and capabilities relating to the clinical assessment and care of people with complex health and care needs
• Good working knowledge of clinical assessment/diagnostics
• Computer literacy

Desirable

• Leadership course/qualification
• Working knowledge of audit process and service review
• Knowledge skills and capabilities to Tier 2 or above with in the national Core Capabilities
• Framework for Frailty Project management skills

Qualities/Attributes

Essential

• Organised, able to prioritise, make decisions and meet targets/deadlines
• Good negotiation and advocacy skills
• Good team member
• Willingness to embrace change to meet the short and long term needs of the practice
• Leadership qualities
• Personable - good role model
• Able to work under pressure
• Flexibility and adaptive in approach
• Reflective practitioner
• Self-motivated and able to use own initiative

Other

Essential

• Experience with using Word and Excel
• Knowledge of EMIS clinical systems

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).