Advanced Clinical Practitioner - UCR Project

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Hours: Various full-time and part-time shifts available between 09.00-17.00 Monday to Friday

Accountable to: Director of Clinical Governance and Quality

Responsible to: Clinical Team Leader

JOB SUMMARY

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will:

• Practice, without direct supervision, as an independent primary/urgent care healthcare practitioner within various clinical environments, participating in care of all age ranges and presenting conditions.
• Undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment/referral and discharge of patients with primary/urgent care needs within their clinical competence.
• Provide clinical mentorship and leadership to all trainee and peer practitioners within the workplace when required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Independently prioritise, assess, treat, and safely discharge/refer patients attending with undifferentiated and undiagnosed urgent primary health care problems
• Undertake as agreed face to face consultations, telephone consultations, home visits and participate in duty rotas
• Act as a referral agent and care co-ordinator by establishing multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patient.
• Work within the parameters of current prescribing legislation or approved Patient Group Directives.
• Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous records

Research and Quality

• Demonstrate evidence based care, working within agreed guidelines and protocols.
• Take an active role in research studies within the policy framework of the organisation.
• Participate in audit, data collection and activity monitoring to improve performance and inform future service developments.

Management

• Actively promote integrated working in collaboration with other health care professionals both within and outside the LCD organisation.
• Contribute to the development, implementation, review and evaluation of clinical protocols.
• Ensure effective communication, participating in meetings and liaising with other professionals, services and agencies as required.

Professional and Educational

• Develop own skills and competencies through education, training and development activities related to the current and future demands of the role, seeking opportunities to enhance skills in order to maintain current Registration and achieve Revalidation standards.
• Work within codes of conduct and practice set out by relevant professional body.
• Understand and observe professional and national guidelines on confidentiality.
• Comply with the corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set by the organisation.
• Ensure clinical supervision needs are met.
• Participate in teaching and mentoring other health professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team, including, but not exclusive of, trainee ACP, Associate Practitioner and GP Registrars from Deanery.

Infection Prevention and Control

• Healthcare workers have a duty of care to patients and are expected to comply fully with the companies Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and attend/complete yearly IP&C training, for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI). Knowledge, skills and behaviour in the workplace should reflect this.

Safeguarding

• Individuals have a duty of care to children and vulnerable adults that they come into contact with whilst at work to safeguard and promote their welfare and to work to prevent, recognise, respond, appropriately refer and record potential neglect or abuse, adhering to the companys Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and PREVENT policies and procedures.

The main duties and responsibilities shown above are not exhaustive but should merely be regarded as a guide. The jobholder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the business needs at that time. These will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business. The job holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Evidence of a range of clinical expertise.
• Experience of working in an autonomous practitioner role Evidence of competence in the clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of adults and paediatrics presenting with undifferentiated diagnosis.

Desirable

• Experience of working independently in a healthcare role.
• Experience of mentorship, leadership and research in clinical practice.
• Experience of working in primary/urgent care.
• Emergency Care.

Qualifications

Essential

• One of the following (Minimum 5 years post registration): NMC Registered General Nurse with evidence of undertaking Level 6 study or BSc in Paramedic Science/IHCD Paramedic qualification or BSc in Physiotherapy or MPharm.
• Advanced Care Practitioner MSc/Post Grad Diploma (minimum 1 year post qualified). With evidence of clinical competencies sign off.
• Level 7 Modules consisting of: Advanced clinical assessment and management (30 credits).
• Level 7 Modules consisting of: Consultation skills.

Desirable

• Recognising the sick child.
• Long Term Condition Management.
• Level 6/7 Minor Illness Qualification.
• Level 6/7 Minor Injury Qualification.
• Independent Prescribing.

Personal Circumstances

Essential

• Flexibility in working hours

Desirable

• Flexibility in location of work.

Training

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development and application to practice within the last 12 months

Desirable

• Understanding of training needs in relation to post.

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

• Effective communication skills: verbal, written and non-verbal.
• Able to work independently and accountably.
• Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues.
• Up-to-date knowledge of health agenda (local and national).
• Innovative approach to practice.
• Keyboard/PC skills.
• Awareness of the impact of evidence-based practice within nursing.

Desirable

• Able to develop self and others.
• Aware of impact of change on self and service.
• Experience of change management.
• Evidence of previous contribution to service change or improvement.
• Evidence of development of others in previous roles.
• SystmOne Experience.

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

Local Care Direct

Address

Unit 2, Longbow Close

Bradley

Huddersfield

West Yorkshire

HD2 1GQ

Employer's website

https://www.localcaredirect.org/ (Opens in a new tab)