Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Nurses / Pharmacists / Paramedics

Participate in all treatment and preventative healthcare services in the Practices as delegated and agreed by the supervising GP(s).

Consult and refer patients to physicians, medical specialists and other health professionals as indicated.

Provide direct clinical 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) during surgery consultations and home visits.

Recommend and explain appropriate diagnostic tests and treatment.

Request and interpret results of laboratory investigations when necessary.

Perform specialised diagnostic physical exams and treatment procedures.

Instruct and educate patients in preventative health care.

Order laboratory tests as required and agreed under supervising doctor(s).

Fully document all aspects of patient care and complete all required paperwork for legal and administrative purposes.

Formulate diagnoses and treatment plans, in consultation with or referring to Supervising doctor(s) as appropriate.

Communicate, when necessary, with colleagues in the Practice, PCN and hospital specialists to discuss or refer specific patients, plan and co-ordinate activities or exchange information to improve the quality of patient care.

Deal regularly with hospitals, consultants and other health care providers, and other community organisations to refer/consult on specific cases.

Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice, alongside analysing and actioning diagnostic test results.

Develop integrated patient-centred care through appropriate Working 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 research and analysis tasks.

Undertake home visits when required.

Pharmacists Only

Help achieve efficiencies and effectiveness within the prescribing activities of the practice

Promote high quality cost-effective and evidence-based use of medicines

Work within the Pharmacy Team, to respond to medication-related queries generated by patients, GPs, other health care professionals and staff

Work within the Pharmacy Team to develop and ensure a safe efficient medicines optimisation programme including repeat prescribing, medication review and medicines reconciliation services

Undertake clinical medication reviews either face to face or via telephone support on identified stratified-risk patients that may include residents in care homes, in their own, with long-term conditions, and/or learning disabilities

Identify and produce recommendations for medication optimisation for the GPs and other multi-disciplinary team members

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered healthcare practitioner with an appropriate regulatory body (i.e., NMC, HCPC)
• Completed masters degree qualification (or equivalent prior to MSc being available e.g., Nurse Practitioner Degree, OSCEs and non-medical prescribing)
• Independent prescriber
• Advanced clinical practice skills and clinical treatment skills
• Evidence of substantial clinical practice at advanced level
• Evidence of competence within all core ACP competencies

Desirable

• Mentor/teaching qualification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in managing acute problems.
• Clinical diagnostic skills including the ability to interpret radiology and laboratory investigations.
• Evidence of competence within all core ACP competencies
• Has the ability to use basic IT systems including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as ability to learn Practice specific IT systems.
• Experience in managing chronic health issues.
• Experience within acute care.
• Evidence of substantial clinical practice at advanced level in portfolio
• Broad and advanced knowledge of clinical pathophysiology
• Ability to take a full systematic focused history.
• Ability to make a diagnosis based on interpretation of imaging and pathology results.
• Has the knowledge to support safe clinical decisions.
• Willingness to perform and or learn advanced clinical skills appropriate to area of practice.
• Ability to manage complete episodes of care.

Desirable

• Experience of working in general practice

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

The Mountview Practice

Address

Fleetwood Health & Wellbeing Centre

Dock Street

Fleetwood

FY7 6HP

Employer's website

https://www.mountviewpractice.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)