Job summary
This is an innovative
role within the PCN and we are looking to expand our established Care Home Team with an additional ANP/ACP. The team currently consists of two ANPs, Clinical Care Co-ordinator and Care Co ordinators and they cover the nine
care homes in the district. You would inform on its development and processes
to enable the delivery of high quality planned and proactive care for care home
patients and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions.
Main duties of the job
The below highlights more of the role:
- To work within the Care Home Team to provide patient-focused care.
- To work in partnership with the Primary Care Network to develop the role and team further.
- To support practices with ongoing management of care home patients and amending Personalised Care & Support Plans and RESPECT forms.
- To support care home patients with anticipatory care discussions and planning.
- To provide acute medical treatment for care home patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems seeking a primary health care service including on-call, telephone triage, face to face consultations, and home visits.
- To assess and manage patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health care needs including investigating, treating, and referring patients as appropriate.
- Independently prescribe (where applicable to the role) 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.
- To order investigations, follow-up results and arrange appropriate management including seeking advice where appropriate.
- To work with a multidisciplinary team including community and voluntary sector to improve care home patient support.
- Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person.
- Support practices with ward rounds and MDTs.
About us
Pontefract &
Knottingley PCN comprises four GP practices on the east of the district
covering a population of approximately 49,000 registered patients. The
practices are Northgate Medical Centre, Friarwood Medical Centre, Stuart Road
Medical Centre based in Pontefract and Ash Grove Medical Centre based in
Knottingley. Our aim is to build a team of professionals working
collaboratively with our Care Homes, GP practices and other teams to deliver a high quality service for our population.
Conexus Healthcare Limited is the Confederation for general practice in Wakefield, We have four areas of work.
1.
Delivery of high-quality public facing Health and Wellbeing
services across the Wakefield District.
2.
Delivery of Training,
Development and Consultancy support across the United Kingdom.
3.
Supporting Our Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
4.
Providing a voice and influence for General Practice in the
Health and Care System.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person spec for further details of the responsibilities of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person spec for further details of the responsibilities of this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Working towards Post Graduate Degree Qualification in your field, Clinical Practice, or equivalent qualification, with evidence of academic study.
- - Registered Healthcare Practitioner
- - Independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
- - Attained Post Graduate Degree Qualification in your field, Clinical Practice, or equivalent qualification, with evidence of academic study.
- - Teaching/mentorship qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
- - Advanced clinical practice
- - Management of patients with complex needs
- - Clinical examination
- - Accountability of own role and other roles
- - Local and national health policy
- - Clinical governance issues
- - Patient group directions and associated policy
- - Knowledge of the Primary Care Environment
Desirable
- - Knowledge of palliative care and care homes
- - Knowledge of care of the elderly/ frailty
- - Knowledge of public health issues
- - Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
- - Knowledge of public health issues in the area
- - Management of patients with long-term conditions
- - Good working knowledge of SystmOne/EMIS.
Skills
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.
- - Resource management
- - Management of patients with complex needs
Desirable
- - Development of services
Experience
Essential
- - Proven post registration experience within the field
- - Competent management of minor conditions
- - Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- - Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
- - Leading a team
- - Auditing
- - Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
- - Telephone triage / consultations
- - Recent primary and community experience
- - Prescribing and managing the prescribing of anticipatory medication
- - Experience with advance care planning in elderly
- - Working with palliative patients
Desirable
- - Project management
- - Working with community development initiatives
- - Health-needs assessment
- - Experience of working with care homes
- - Experience of working in palliative care and care of the elderly
Other
Essential
- - Autonomous practitioner
- - Highly motivated
- - Flexible
- - Enthusiastic
- - Collaborative worker
- - Driving licence and access to a car to carry out home visits
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Working towards Post Graduate Degree Qualification in your field, Clinical Practice, or equivalent qualification, with evidence of academic study.
- - Registered Healthcare Practitioner
- - Independent prescribing qualification
Desirable
- - Attained Post Graduate Degree Qualification in your field, Clinical Practice, or equivalent qualification, with evidence of academic study.
- - Teaching/mentorship qualification.
Knowledge
Essential
- - Advanced clinical practice
- - Management of patients with complex needs
- - Clinical examination
- - Accountability of own role and other roles
- - Local and national health policy
- - Clinical governance issues
- - Patient group directions and associated policy
- - Knowledge of the Primary Care Environment
Desirable
- - Knowledge of palliative care and care homes
- - Knowledge of care of the elderly/ frailty
- - Knowledge of public health issues
- - Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
- - Knowledge of public health issues in the area
- - Management of patients with long-term conditions
- - Good working knowledge of SystmOne/EMIS.
Skills
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.
- - Resource management
- - Management of patients with complex needs
Desirable
- - Development of services
Experience
Essential
- - Proven post registration experience within the field
- - Competent management of minor conditions
- - Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- - Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
- - Leading a team
- - Auditing
- - Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
- - Telephone triage / consultations
- - Recent primary and community experience
- - Prescribing and managing the prescribing of anticipatory medication
- - Experience with advance care planning in elderly
- - Working with palliative patients
Desirable
- - Project management
- - Working with community development initiatives
- - Health-needs assessment
- - Experience of working with care homes
- - Experience of working in palliative care and care of the elderly
Other
Essential
- - Autonomous practitioner
- - Highly motivated
- - Flexible
- - Enthusiastic
- - Collaborative worker
- - Driving licence and access to a car to carry out home visits
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).
