Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Previous experience working in general practice/primary care is essential.

Undertake full clinical assessment and prescribe autonomously

Able to manage acute and chronic conditions, conduct assessments, and make referrals as appropriate.

Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action.

Makes critical clinical judgements to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job e.g., first contact with patients presenting acutely and manages care in the presence and absence of protocols.

Makes decisions where appropriate without recourse to others e.g. direct referral of patients to hospital consultants without prior reference to other medical colleagues.

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

Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person.

Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

Committed to delivering high standards of patient care.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Has previously worked in a primary are setting or a Primary Care Network
• Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person centred support in a non-judgemental way
• Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities.
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• Full UK driving licence & access to a car for home visits

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult) or Advanced Physical Assessment & Consultation Skills (APACS) & minor illness modules
• Masters degree or equivalent in Advanced Clinical Practice with digital badge
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Good clinical IT system knowledge

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

Howden Medical Centre

Address

Pinfold Street

Howden

Goole

East Yorkshire

DN14 7DD

Employer's website

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