Advanced Care Practitioner

Job summary

North Ipswich PCN is looking to recruit an advanced care practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care. This permanent role is offered on a full or part-time basis.

As an experienced healthcare professional, the ideal candidate will have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on an expanded role and scope of practice caring for patients. The successful candidate will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances.

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

As an employee of Two Rivers Medical Centre, you will enjoy the following benefits:

• NHS pension scheme
• Proper pay -Living Wage Foundation Accredited
• Eye-care vouchers
• Health service discounts
• Generous annual leave
• Enhanced maternity and paternity terms