Job summary
Aylesbury Central Primary Care Network
Salary:Up to £52,500 WTE dependant on experience
Working hours:37.5 hours per week including network core hours- part time considered
33 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 Support
Interviews being held on Thursday 9th November 2023
We are looking for a PCN Advanced Practitioner who can provide high-quality, evidence based and patient centred care to the patients of Aylesbury Central PCN. You could be an Advance Practitioner Nurse, Pharmacist, or Paramedic.
You will be responsible for triaging and seeing patients in one of the two GP surgeries or in patients homes. Patients may present with a wide range of minor illnesses, urgent or routine problems. The role will include chronic disease management and require undertaking assessments including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care working within defined procedures and protocols set by the PCN.
You will need to demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills. There will be the need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.
Main duties of the job
As the PCN AP, you and your fellow AP would provide expertise in: Providing first point of contact direct access for patients of all ages with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems seeking a primary health care service including on-call, telephone triage, face to face consultations, and home visits. Managing some on-the-day acute activity in practice/at home Running PCN Wide Clinics.
To assess and manage patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health care needs including investigating, treating, and referring patients as appropriate. Prescribe and review appropriate medications in accordance with local policies and evidence based medical practice and work collaboratively with the wider team to support patients and to promote medication adherence. MDT.
To work with a multidisciplinary team including community and voluntary sector to improve patient care. Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person To work in partnership with your anchored practice in developing the role further for the PCN.
About us
FedBucks
is a federation of 45 GP practices covering a population of over 485,000
patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200
members of staff across our head office sites, and our planned and unplanned
care services.
As
a GP Federation, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion
primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the
provision of community-based healthcare services. We provide safe and
compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned
healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to
quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.
Patients
are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in ensuring our
patients feel safe, supported, communicated with, and respected, at a time when
they may be feeling vulnerable. Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless
health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling
supported and cared for.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Assessment
To provide a first point of contact for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health needs
Provides and receives highly complex information; develops communication skills/present complex information.
To provide advanced assessment skills in history taking and clinical examination to formulate a diagnosis and initiate an appropriate plan of care, including referral to other health and social care professionals, as necessary.
Instigate and interpret diagnostic investigations as appropriate.
Provide patient and carer information, health education, and health promotion as appropriate.
Prescribe appropriate medication and preparations within existing legislative framework in relation to evidence-based practice, NICE guidelines and considering the financial implications of cost-effective prescribing.
Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and within scope of practice.
Work with patients to support with compliance and adherence to prescribed treatments.
Demonstrate the ability to make professionally autonomous decisions when seeing and assessing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, based on knowledge and skills, including skills such as physical examination, applied pharmacology and evidence-based prescribing.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Assessment
To provide a first point of contact for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health needs
Provides and receives highly complex information; develops communication skills/present complex information.
To provide advanced assessment skills in history taking and clinical examination to formulate a diagnosis and initiate an appropriate plan of care, including referral to other health and social care professionals, as necessary.
Instigate and interpret diagnostic investigations as appropriate.
Provide patient and carer information, health education, and health promotion as appropriate.
Prescribe appropriate medication and preparations within existing legislative framework in relation to evidence-based practice, NICE guidelines and considering the financial implications of cost-effective prescribing.
Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and within scope of practice.
Work with patients to support with compliance and adherence to prescribed treatments.
Demonstrate the ability to make professionally autonomous decisions when seeing and assessing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems, based on knowledge and skills, including skills such as physical examination, applied pharmacology and evidence-based prescribing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse MSc or equivalent
- Relevant job specific masters degree
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner Nurses only have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio supported Route
Desirable
- Long term conditions qualification
- Mentor teaching qualification
- Clinical supervision training
- Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Working autonomously in and advanced practitioner role
- Carrying our Audits
- Research
- Prescribing
- 5 years post qualification experience
- Working at a masters level
Desirable
- Working with community development
- initiatives
- Health needs assessment
- Experience of working within a primary
- Care or General Practice
- Experience of case management
- Nurse led triage
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- Change management
- Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
- Resource management
- Advanced clinical practice skills
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Management of patients with
- complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a practitioner-led service
- Local and national health policy
- Wider health economy
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse MSc or equivalent
- Relevant job specific masters degree
- Advanced Clinical Practitioner Nurses only have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio supported Route
Desirable
- Long term conditions qualification
- Mentor teaching qualification
- Clinical supervision training
- Independent prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
- Working autonomously in and advanced practitioner role
- Carrying our Audits
- Research
- Prescribing
- 5 years post qualification experience
- Working at a masters level
Desirable
- Working with community development
- initiatives
- Health needs assessment
- Experience of working within a primary
- Care or General Practice
- Experience of case management
- Nurse led triage
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills
- Communication skills, both written and verbal
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
- Negotiation and conflict management skills
- Change management
- Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
- Resource management
- Advanced clinical practice skills
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Management of patients with
- complex needs
- Clinical examination skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a practitioner-led service
- Local and national health policy
- Wider health economy
- Clinical governance issues in 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).
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).
