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Advanced Clinical Practitioner

South Warwickshire GP Federation

The closing date is 06 December 2024

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Job summary

Rother House are recruiting an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary PCN team. You will be based in one practice Rother House Medical Centre.

We are a dynamic general practice in Stratford upon Avon looking for someone to join our amazing team looking after 16500 patients. We are looking for someone with a can-do attitude who is passionate about patient care and values everything primary care can offer. We put patient care at the centre of everything we do and work closely as a team to provide the best possible care within the resources available to us .

Main duties of the job

The candidate should be able to demonstrate that they can

  • Assess , diagnose and treat patients, using evidence-based care
  • Implement and review treatment plans as appropriate
  • Ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance and use advanced skills appropriate to the role
  • Ensure clinical competencies are maintained in accordance with framework for advanced clinical practice
  • Make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate
  • Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc
  • Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.
  • Proactively assess and manage frail patients within their own homes to develop advance care plans to support care in the community

About us

SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care. .

o 25 days annual leave + bank holidays

o NHS Pension

o Health & Wellbeing support

o Vivup Employee Assistance Programme

o Bike2work Scheme

Date posted

15 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£49,472 to £59,443 a year Dependent on experience.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0062-24-0054

Job locations

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role, you will assess diagnosis, plan, and implement programmes of evidenced-based care for primary care patients, undertaking re-evaluation and implementation of treatment plans as appropriate. In addition, you will ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance and use advanced skills appropriate to the role, ensuring clinical competencies are maintained in accordance with framework for advanced clinical practice.

You will need to hold a Postgraduate qualification within your clinical discipline, together with the certification to prescribe.

You will act as an autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending clinics and initiating direct referrals as appropriate.

You will also lead PCN clinical projects in line with the PCN DES contract, these involve, but are not limited to, health inequalities, Learning Disabilities, Long Term conditions and Flu and Covid vaccination campaigns.

You will preferably have prior experience in a Primary Care setting with the ability to make professionally autonomous decisions. You will hold clinics for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make an assessment of their health care needs, based on highly-developed knowledge and skills, including skills such as physical examination, applied pharmacology and evidence-based prescribing.

Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role, you will assess diagnosis, plan, and implement programmes of evidenced-based care for primary care patients, undertaking re-evaluation and implementation of treatment plans as appropriate. In addition, you will ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance and use advanced skills appropriate to the role, ensuring clinical competencies are maintained in accordance with framework for advanced clinical practice.

You will need to hold a Postgraduate qualification within your clinical discipline, together with the certification to prescribe.

You will act as an autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending clinics and initiating direct referrals as appropriate.

You will also lead PCN clinical projects in line with the PCN DES contract, these involve, but are not limited to, health inequalities, Learning Disabilities, Long Term conditions and Flu and Covid vaccination campaigns.

You will preferably have prior experience in a Primary Care setting with the ability to make professionally autonomous decisions. You will hold clinics for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make an assessment of their health care needs, based on highly-developed knowledge and skills, including skills such as physical examination, applied pharmacology and evidence-based prescribing.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with additional Masters level Advanced Practice qualification.
  • Qualified Independent Prescriber

Desirable

  • Minor Illness qualification
  • Teaching Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working in Primary Care
  • Competent in the use of EMIS
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Problem solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
  • Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
  • Experience with clinical risk management

Desirable

  • Triage experience
  • Experience of working in primary care/out of hours clinic

Knowledge & skills

Essential

  • 6 months post qualification experience working in primary care
  • Qualified independent prescriber able to undertake medication reviews
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse with additional Masters level Advanced Practice qualification.
  • Qualified Independent Prescriber

Desirable

  • Minor Illness qualification
  • Teaching Qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience working in Primary Care
  • Competent in the use of EMIS
  • Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
  • Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
  • Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
  • Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
  • Good interpersonal skills
  • Problem solving & analytical skills
  • Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
  • Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
  • Experience with clinical risk management

Desirable

  • Triage experience
  • Experience of working in primary care/out of hours clinic

Knowledge & skills

Essential

  • 6 months post qualification experience working in primary care
  • Qualified independent prescriber able to undertake medication reviews

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).

Additional information

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

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Address

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

South Warwickshire GP Federation

Address

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


Employer's website

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

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Date posted

15 November 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£49,472 to £59,443 a year Dependent on experience.

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

B0062-24-0054

Job locations

Gainsborough Hall

Russell Street

Leamington Spa

Warwickshire

CV32 5QB


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