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Emergency Care Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Primary Care Careers

The closing date is 30 April 2025

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Job summary

Mount Farm Surgeryare seeking an experienced emergency care practitioner or advanced clinical practitioner to join our innovative and professional teaching practice in Suffolk. This position is offered on a part-time basis for a minimum of 2 days a week, but this is negotiable for the right candidate.

Working with our existing ECP and the wider practice team, the successful post-holder will manage face to face our acute 'on the day' patients.

There is scope to develop this role according to the interests of the successful candidate.

Early application is advised as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient suitable applications are received.

Main duties of the job

  • Telephone triage.
  • Home visiting.
  • Prescribing and undertaking medication reviews.
  • Provide patients with information and guidance on health promotion strategies.

About us

Mount Farm Surgery is an innovative and professional teaching practice in Suffolk, located on the outskirts of the cathedral town of Bury St. Edmunds with close links to the A14.

Our practice team consists of 11 GPs plus a dedicated clinical team including GP trainees, an ECP, 4 nurses, and 2 HCA's. We have a dedicated management team, plus a large team of other administrative staff.

Our membership of Bury St Edmunds PCN ensures we have an extended team which includes a paramedic home visiting service, on site clinical pharmacists, a practice based social prescriber, and 2 care co-ordinators.

  • Single-site practice serving 16000 patients
  • High QOF achievers
  • Rated Good in all areas at most recent CQC inspection
  • SystmOne clinical system
  • Electronic prescribing system
  • Highly respected training practice
  • Regular clinical/educational meetings
  • Mentoring scheme for salaried GPs and other clinical staff
  • Non-personalised lists with equitable division of workload and capped workload for salaried GPs
  • Paper light and embracing new technology

Please note that it is practice policy for all employees to undergo DBS checks.

Date posted

07 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

9020-1

Job locations

Lawson Pl,

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP32 7EW


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care.

Desirable

  • Educated to Masters degree level.
  • Independent prescribing qualification.
  • Teaching qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working independently as an ECP or ACP.
  • Able and willing to undertake visits to patients homes and to care homes.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Own transport.
  • Ability to work outside working hours when necessary.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Be a registered paramedic, with current HCPC registration and have post-registration experience, ideally with some being in primary care.

Desirable

  • Educated to Masters degree level.
  • Independent prescribing qualification.
  • Teaching qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working independently as an ECP or ACP.
  • Able and willing to undertake visits to patients homes and to care homes.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Own transport.
  • Ability to work outside working hours when necessary.

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

Primary Care Careers

Address

Lawson Pl,

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP32 7EW


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

Lawson Pl,

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP32 7EW


Employer's website

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

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Mount Farm Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

07 April 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

9020-1

Job locations

Lawson Pl,

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk

IP32 7EW


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