Job summary
Fireclay Health are looking for an Urgent Care Practitioner
to join our thriving and expanding practice.
Are you enthusiastic, hard-working and friendly and interested in
providing high standards of care to a diverse population in East Bristol?
Fireclay is based in East Bristol, working from 2
purpose-built buildings and supports 24,000 patients. We are a happy and very
stable team of 84 personnel, 8 GP Partners, 9 salaried GPs, 5 ANPs, 6
pharmacists, 2 physios, 1 physician associate and a
strong and supportive management and non-clinical team.
Our established Nursing team of 18 comprises of
Treatment room and Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Long-term Conditions
Nurses, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and HCAs, each having their own specialist
role within the practice and are supported well by the GP partners and
Management team.
Protected time is given for training, team meetings and
clinical supervision, where we recognise there are important learning
opportunities.
With a focus on working together, Fireclay Health staff
strive to deliver excellent patient care whilst enjoying coming together to
share and develop best practice. We also welcome change within the practice and
are open to new innovative ways of working that both provide the best
experience for our patient as well as streamline care
Fireclay Core Values - Clinical Excellence, Patient Centred;
Strength of Team; Innovation; Sustainable General Practice(we believe in
work/life balance).
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will be an integral part of Fireclays Urgent
Care and Home Visiting teams. You will be expected to independently assess, diagnose
and manage patients with acute and chronic medical conditions, coordinating with other primary and secondary healthcare
services as appropriate. There is an expectation that you will attend patients
within the practice and at their homes and will coordinate care with other members
of the practice team and external providers. Independent prescribing is not essential
but you will be expected to make recommendations regarding drug treatment and
medication reviews.
About us
We have an ethos of teamwork, wellbeing and support. We promote a
healthy work life balance and offer our practice team:
- Wellbeing for clinicians and non-clinicians.
- Daily coffee breaks in our newly refurbished break rooms with free
fresh ground coffee, fresh fruit, and snacks.
- WhatsApp groups to keep you in the know and socialise.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Regular social events including an annual Xmas party, an annual
boat trip; family events and the car park visiting Ice Cream and Taco van!
- Running group with a focus on Park Runs.
- Active Book Club.
- Working in Partnership:
- We work in a well-established Primary Care Network FOSS PCN.
- We enjoy positive working relationships with our colleagues in
Inner and East Bristol Locality.
- We have an active Patient Participation Group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems by utilising history-taking, physical examinations and clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan in partnership with the patient (and their carers where applicable)
- Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice, alongside analysing and actioning diagnostic test results.
- Develop integrated patient-centred care through appropriate wording with the wider primary care multi-disciplinary team and social care networks.
- Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice and partake in clinical audits, significant event reviews and other analysis tasks.
- Participate in duty rotas, undertake face-to-face, telephone and online consultations for emergency or routine problems, including management of patients with long-term conditions.
- Undertake home visits.
- Develop and agree a personal development plan (PDP) utilising a reflective approach to practice, operating under appropriate clinical supervision.
- Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians.
- Utilise as needed the full range of non-drug therapies for all patients, consider pharmacological interventions and make recommendations to prescribers in accordance with evidence-based practice and national, local and practice protocols.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
- Review the latest guidance ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC etc.
- Provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care.
- Be responsive to the changing needs of patients and service provision in terms of scope and nature of clinical practice.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Undertake clinical responsibilities as required within scope of practice defined by NMC.
- Identify and be proactive in own training needs and development and as agreed with clinical mentor.
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements.
- Participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events.
- Contribute to a patient safety culture through the reporting and investigation of significant events and patient safety incidents and undertake proactive measures to improve patient safety.
- Actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional.
- Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes.
- Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance .
- Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed.
- Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 and flu clinics) through advice or direct care.
- Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working are
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Provide first point of contact care for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems by utilising history-taking, physical examinations and clinical decision-making skills to establish a working diagnosis and management plan in partnership with the patient (and their carers where applicable)
- Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice, alongside analysing and actioning diagnostic test results.
- Develop integrated patient-centred care through appropriate wording with the wider primary care multi-disciplinary team and social care networks.
- Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice and partake in clinical audits, significant event reviews and other analysis tasks.
- Participate in duty rotas, undertake face-to-face, telephone and online consultations for emergency or routine problems, including management of patients with long-term conditions.
- Undertake home visits.
- Develop and agree a personal development plan (PDP) utilising a reflective approach to practice, operating under appropriate clinical supervision.
- Receive referrals and directed patients from triage services and other clinicians.
- Utilise as needed the full range of non-drug therapies for all patients, consider pharmacological interventions and make recommendations to prescribers in accordance with evidence-based practice and national, local and practice protocols.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
- Review the latest guidance ensuring the organisation conforms to NICE, CQC etc.
- Provide targeted support and proactive reviews for vulnerable, complex patients and those at risk of admission and re-admission to secondary care.
- Be responsive to the changing needs of patients and service provision in terms of scope and nature of clinical practice.
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Undertake clinical responsibilities as required within scope of practice defined by NMC.
- Identify and be proactive in own training needs and development and as agreed with clinical mentor.
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct.
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- Support in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements.
- Participate in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and near-miss events.
- Contribute to a patient safety culture through the reporting and investigation of significant events and patient safety incidents and undertake proactive measures to improve patient safety.
- Actively signpost patients to the correct healthcare professional.
- Undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes.
- Contribute to and embrace the spectrum of clinical governance .
- Attend a formal appraisal with your manager at least every 12 months. Once a performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed.
- Contribute to public health campaigns (e.g., COVID-19 and flu clinics) through advice or direct care.
- Maintain a clean, tidy, effective working are
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (Currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council)
- Recognised NP qualification at minimum of degree level or equivalent (Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning for Practice)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the NP role
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience of delivering minor illness consultations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered General Nurse (Currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council)
- Recognised NP qualification at minimum of degree level or equivalent (Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning for Practice)
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the NP role
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience of delivering minor illness consultations
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).
