Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ideal candidate might be from a variety of backgrounds such as an advanced nurse practitioner, pharmacist, or paramedic and must hold a masters degree in a relevant area of advanced practice

Key Objectives

When running your own clinics:

o Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team

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

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

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

Safety

Report medicines related incidents, contribute to investigations and root cause analyses

Participate in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews

Report Adverse Drug Reactions and promote reporting by MDT

Action and respond to Drug Safety Alerts and other safety cascades.

Quality

Ensure compliance with CQC and other professional standards

Promote a culture of constant improvement and excellence

Conduct regular clinical audits and other improvement activities

Assess own performance regularly and make suggestions of how to improve personal and team performance

Health & Safety

Assist in promoting and maintaining your own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health and Safety policy. Ensure that any hazards in your working area are reported immediately to your line manager.

Confidentiality

Ensure patient and Practice information is always kept confidential and secure, in accordance with the Information Security and Confidentiality protocols.

Performance/Professional Development

Participate in:

Ongoing CPD and development

Training sessions to ensure administrative, clinical and computer skills are kept up to date with current technology and practice

Regular appraisal meetings

Regular team meetings

Comply with the Re-validation process of relevant professional registration

Equality & Diversity

Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues according to Practice protocol

Working with Patients

Work in partnership with our patients to help them achieve better health outcomes

Offer a polite, friendly, and efficient level of customer service to all our patients

Dignity and Respect

Treat patients, colleagues and visitors with dignity and respect at all times

Feedback

Listen to feedback from patients and colleagues whether this is a complaint, comment, or compliment and if it cannot be dealt with immediately, ensure it is reported to a member of the Practice Management Team

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Good computer skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience using SystmOne

Desirable

• A working understanding of NHS policies, processes, structures, systems, and clinical practices.

Qualifications

Essential

• A relevant Masters Degree (such as advanced clinical practice) with ability to demonstrate working at a level that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice

Desirable

• Independent Prescribing qualification or working towards this qualification

Disposition

Essential

• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent organisational, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and diplomacy.

Experience

Essential

• Experience providing clinical supervision and leadership

Desirable

• Experience working within primary care

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

Woodbrook Medical Centre

Address

28 Bridge Street

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 1NH

Employer's website

https://www.woodbrookmedicalcentre.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)