Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

Larksfield and Arlesey Medical Practice is looking to recruit an advanced clinical practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries. We are flexible regarding the number of hours - we are looking for someone up to 37.5 hours per week.

The successful candidate may come from a range of professional backgrounds. As an experienced healthcare professional, educated to masters level, they will have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on an expanded role and scope of practice caring for patients.

Main duties of the job

• demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
• be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.
• support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient-focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
• have responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.

About us

We have a patient population of approx. 19,500 across our main site (Larksfield) and new branch site (Arlesey Medical Centre). We have an excellent clinical and administration team with a highly skilled MDT team including GPs, nurse practitioners, clinical pharmacist, paramedic practitioners, practice nursing team and HCAs. We also have additional support from ARRS roles from the primary care network.

We offer a range of staff benefits including the NHS pension scheme, eye-care vouchers and health service discounts.