Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

· Work as an autonomous clinical practitioner accountable for own professional judgement and actions

· Consult, assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and agree goals for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis through a co-production approach

· Provide support with the e-consultation service to patients submitting e-consultations (in addition to general appointment delivery types)

· Proactively identify patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate) and facilitate the creation of their own goal setting through the development of a self-management plan

· Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a patient management plan

· Undertake face to face assessments and develop treatment plans for patients not requiring a GP consultation

· Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within the scope of practice

· Request and interpret tests appropriate to patients needs

· Where required, undertake home visits as assessed by GP and acute visits for certain medical emergencies and arrange hospital admission for appropriate cases

· Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

· Undertake telephone triage work and telephone advice calls

· Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care

· Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning, cervical cytology or sexual health consultation

· Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the national and local guidelines for Mental Health services

· Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children

· Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

· Communicate with and support patients who are receiving difficult or complex information or results in an professionally appropriate and supportive manner

· Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

Equality & Diversity

· Support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

· Act in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

· Respect the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Personal/Professional Development

· Participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

· Participate in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

· Take responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

· Training may need to be undertaken outside of normal practice hours, and off site.

Quality

· Strive to maintain quality within the Practice, and will:

· Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

· Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

· Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

· Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

· Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication

· Recognize the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to communicate effectively with other team members

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation.

All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety:

· All employees are subject to the requirements of the Health & Safety at Work Act. The post holder is required to ensure, as an employee, that his/her work methods do not endanger other people or themselves.

· Assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

· Use personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines

· Identify risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks

· Make effective use of training to update knowledge and skills

· Use appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Must have completed or due to complete advanced practice qualification for independent practice.
• Must have completed independent prescriber qualification.

Experience

Essential

• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Experience working independently and autonomously without immediate GP support (required for new models of care within a multidisciplinary team setting)
• Experience prescribing for paediatric and adult patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems
• Experience in General Practice / Primary Care

Desirable

• Experience in training, mentoring and supervision

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

Fuller and Forbes Partnership

Address

Briercliffe Surgery

Briercliffe Road

Burnley

Lancashire

BB10 2EZ

Employer's website

http://bramleyonline.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)