Clinical Practitioner- Loughborough Urgent Care

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Success Measures

Caring & Compassion - We will actively listen to understand and empathise with others, with a desire to support both patients and colleagues.

Always Professional - We will be accountable for consistently delivering high quality healthcare for our patients

Respect & Dignity - We will actively listen to each other and our patients to answer their concerns or questions. We will maintain and respect patients dignity and must ensure it is never compromised.

Everyone Matters - We will actively encourage feedback from both patients and colleagues to continually improve our service, ensure everyone has an opportunity to have their voice heard, and everyone has an opportunity to further develop their skills and competencies.

Key Areas of Responsibility & Accountability

Clinical

To practice autonomously without direct supervision.

To utilise advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose, treat and refer patients within the clinical service.

To recognise the need for, initiate and where appropriate interpret relevant diagnostic investigations.

To recognise the need for and initiate where appropriate advice of relevant specialisms.

To exhibit excellent non-verbal and verbal communication skills when dealing with patients and carers. To have the ability to make clear decisions with confidence and communicate these effectively.

To maintain appropriate clinical records in line with current practice guidelines.

To work within the parameters of your skills and knowledge, recognising the limitations to your own practice and to work within the bounds of your training and capability according to regulatory codes of conduct.

To maintain an awareness of developments in clinical practice.

To optimise evidence based practice.

To work effectively as part of a multi-professional team in collaboration with other members of the service.

To adhere to performance measures.

To provide health promotion/accident prevention advice for patients and carers.

To promote the protection of children and vulnerable adults in accordance with local safeguarding procedures.

To adhere to the Infection Prevention and Control policy for the service being provided.

To supply/administer medication via Patient Group Directors (PGDs) or prescribe medication (as a qualified non-medical prescriber) and work within the limitations of current Non-Medical Prescribing legislation.

The ordering, storage, administration and disposal of medicines in a safe, secure manner in accordance with current policy and legislation.

Discharge or refer patients as appropriate to internal or external clinical pathways.

Managerial

To participate in the clinical audit cycle as required.

Take part in organisational clinical audits as required.

To attend professional meetings and participate in team meetings.

To work within DHU Health Care CIC guidelines and policies and to support the implementation of policies in own work area and participate in working groups as required.

To participate in inductions for newly appointed staff.

To participate in the appraisal process.

To identify, report and address poor performance issues.

To diffuse challenging behavior, ensuring that the situation is managed in a sensitive way.

To ensure efficient and effective use of material resources/supplies.

To identify any problems with resource use/availability and make recommendations for corrective action.

Clinical Governance

To participate in the clinical governance requirements within the work of the organisation.

To practice with the parameters of company policies, protocols and guidelines.

To participate in quality improvement within the organisation.

To assess and evaluate outcomes of own practice, service intervention and treatment and identifies any short falls in service reporting to relevant managers.

To provide mentorship, leadership and training to other team members.

To ensure the requirements of Health and Safety policy and legislation are maintained.

To participate in research and development activities of DHU Health Care.

Education Practice Development

To participate in the clinical supervision framework for health care professionals within the company.

To offer appropriate advice to health and social care professions on care practices, delivery and service development within the parameters of the role and scope of practice.

To participate in the ongoing individual professional development within the organisation.

To mentor and role model as appropriate including the mentorship of junior staff and students.

To complete the mandatory training programme, ensuring compliance at all times.

To undertake training in Advanced Practice at MSc Level, supported by the DHU Health Care CIC Clinical Training Team.

Professional

To work within the regulatory requirements, codes and Professional Standards of practice of the NMC/HCPC/GPhC

To maintain professional and clinical competence through mechanisms of continuing professional development.

To act in such a manner at all times to promote confidence and public trust and uphold the reputation and image of DHU Health Care CIC.

Communications and Working Relationships

Director of Nursing and Quality and other Executive Directors.

Divisional Clinical Director and Managing Director

Divisional Heads of Clinical Services

Divisional Operations and Corporate Teams

DHU Health Care CIC Governance Team

DHU Health Care CIC Clinical Training Team

Clinical and managerial staff within participating Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG)

Clinical staff in local primary and secondary care services

Other related services within the local health economy

Social Services and local intermediate Care Services

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC), Paramedic registered with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) or Pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC).
• Evidence of Autonomous Practice Qualification such as :-
• Autonomous practice A33
• Level 6 or 7 Clinical Examination Module
• Level 6 or 7 Minor Illness Module
• RCN Accredited Nurse Practitioner Module
• Emergency Care Practitioner Qualification

Desirable

• BSc (Hons)
• Mentorship qualification
• Registration as an independent non-medical prescriber

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

DHU Healthcare

Address

Loughborough Hospital

Hospital Way

Loughborough

Leicestershire

LE11 5JY

Employer's website

http://www.dhuhealthcare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)