Job summary
Due
to expansion of our clinical teams, we are now looking for an experienced
nurse, paramedic or other health care practitioner to act as a senior clinical
professional within the Mereside Duty Team. Acting within your professional
boundaries, you will provide care for the presenting patient from initial
history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of
care. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care,
including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients presenting on the day
with undifferentiated presentations and urgent care needs, and supporting
patients with long-term conditions.
You may be a qualified Nurse,
Paramedic or other health care practitioner with current registration of
relevant professional body with a minimum of 5 years post registration
experience. You should also ideally have 3 years' experience working
autonomously in primary care or community settings.
In addition, you will have completed at
least the Advanced Clinical Assessment and Non-Medical Prescribing modules at
Masters Level, or equivalent qualifications.
By its nature this is a varied role, whose
priorities of the day can vary tremendously. You should be enthusiastic,
adaptable, and solutions-minded, with a strong natural aptitude for technology.
Main duties of the job
You will be passionate about ensuring
patients feel heard and cared for, achieving great health outcomes for them,
whilst also being adept at triaging and managing patient expectations in order
to ensure that we provide consistent quality
of care for all.
Primary healthcare is broad, complex, and
ever-changing, so there are endless opportunities to learn. This is a great
role for you if you love learning new things, both clinically and in terms of
tools and technologies with which to deliver care more effectively.
- Clinical Practice and Quality
- Clinical Assessment and Patient Care
- Learning, Development, and Education
- Leadership and teamwork
About us
Mereside Medical is a flourishing group of
three East Cambridgeshire practices in Ely, Haddenham and Soham. We believe in clinical excellence, and that general practice
is the cornerstone of well-being in our community. Our goal is to deliver on
the ambitions laid out in the GP forward view in a way that is locally
relevant, valued by patients, and satisfying for our staff.
As a group, weve grown rapidly and now employ
more than 140 people across the three practices. Our Advanced Practitioner Team
works with the Duty Doctor to provide care for patients presenting with on the
day urgent care needs, which are managed through AskMyGP. Alongside this, we
are embedded in the local community, constantly working to bridge the gap
between primary and secondary care, creating a seamless service for patients
with long-term chronic conditions, including those living in care homes.
Working within your professional boundaries there is endless opportunity to
have a positive influence on patient outcome, safety, and satisfaction in this
role.
We are people-centred in our approach to
work and believe that every contact that a patient has with our staff is as
valuable as the next in the patient journey. Our approach is innovative and
forward-looking, and we embrace technology to help us work together more
efficiently and collaboratively.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your responsibilities
Clinical Practice and Quality
- Practice in compliance with your respective code of professional conduct and scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions, and omissions at this level of practice
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of your level of responsibility and autonomy, and the limits of your own competence and scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty, and incomplete information
- Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
- Actively contribute to implementing the quality governance systems and processes across the organisation, demonstrating receptiveness to challenge and learn, and preparedness to constructively challenge others, in doing so. This includes but is not limited to healthcare records, learning points, and significant events
- Adopt a solutions and improvement mindset to proactively assess the effectiveness of your care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
Clinical Assessment and Patient Care
- Participate in and undertake triage of urgent care requests to ensure the smooth progress of patients through the system on a daily basis.
- Work in partnership with patients, families and carers, including care homes, using a range of assessment methods, your expertise, and your clinical reasoning to adopt an evidence-based approach compliant with NICE guidelines to:
- Assess, examine, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate holistic treatment, interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
-Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of emergency care
- Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition, as appropriate
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan
- Demonstrate effective communication skills to optimise patient satisfaction while managing their expectations and supporting them to make decisions, plan care, or make positive change, including:
- To work with patients to ensure that individual medication regimes meet their needs and are aligned with relevant guidelines and regulations for prescribed treatments.
- To ensure appropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medication, and understanding of medication regimens, side-effects and interactions
- When dealing with sensitive matters that may also have legal or ethical considerations, for example, safeguarding, substance abuse, sexual orientation and gender identity, racial and ethnic diversity, mental illness, disabilities, etc
- To support patients to adopt health promotion strategies, and apply principles of self-care, including referring or sign-posting to other services that may support their wider well-being, e.g. Social Prescribers, Health & Well-being coaches, etc.
- Work collaboratively with your colleagues within Mereside practices and across the local health economy to manage risks and issues, and integrate effectively with health and social care providers, ensuring consistency of care across settings and practices.
Learning, Development, and Education
- Critically assess, and take responsibility for, your own learning and professional development plan that reflects the breadth of the needs of advanced clinical practice in primary care
- Proactively share learning, information, and good practice insights across the practice and wider organisation to facilitate individual and team learning
- Advocate for, and positively contribute to, a cohesive culture of organisational learning and collaboration both within and between teams, to ensure the best patient experience throughout their entire journey.
Leadership and teamwork
Contribute positively to a sense of cohesion, and foster a culture of wider collaboration, across the organisation, engaging effectively with collaboration tools such as MS Teams to improve communication and information sharing across sites and teams, including remote workers
Work as an effective, responsible, and supportive member of the Duty Team, collaborating well with diverse colleagues and constantly seeking to improve ways of working both within the team and throughout the patient journey to ensure efficient and effective delivery of care
Offer mentorship and support to junior colleagues as per the Mereside AP framework.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team to ensure that cases are appropriately triaged, handled by the most clinically appropriate member of the team, and completed in a timely manner.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within their skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed. If you are interested in this role please send a CV and covering letter to: cpicb.mereside-recruitment@nhs.net
Closing date: 13 June 2025 Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Your responsibilities
Clinical Practice and Quality
- Practice in compliance with your respective code of professional conduct and scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions, and omissions at this level of practice
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of your level of responsibility and autonomy, and the limits of your own competence and scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty, and incomplete information
- Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
- Actively contribute to implementing the quality governance systems and processes across the organisation, demonstrating receptiveness to challenge and learn, and preparedness to constructively challenge others, in doing so. This includes but is not limited to healthcare records, learning points, and significant events
- Adopt a solutions and improvement mindset to proactively assess the effectiveness of your care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
Clinical Assessment and Patient Care
- Participate in and undertake triage of urgent care requests to ensure the smooth progress of patients through the system on a daily basis.
- Work in partnership with patients, families and carers, including care homes, using a range of assessment methods, your expertise, and your clinical reasoning to adopt an evidence-based approach compliant with NICE guidelines to:
- Assess, examine, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate holistic treatment, interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
-Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of emergency care
- Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition, as appropriate
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan
- Demonstrate effective communication skills to optimise patient satisfaction while managing their expectations and supporting them to make decisions, plan care, or make positive change, including:
- To work with patients to ensure that individual medication regimes meet their needs and are aligned with relevant guidelines and regulations for prescribed treatments.
- To ensure appropriate use of prescribed and over-the-counter medication, and understanding of medication regimens, side-effects and interactions
- When dealing with sensitive matters that may also have legal or ethical considerations, for example, safeguarding, substance abuse, sexual orientation and gender identity, racial and ethnic diversity, mental illness, disabilities, etc
- To support patients to adopt health promotion strategies, and apply principles of self-care, including referring or sign-posting to other services that may support their wider well-being, e.g. Social Prescribers, Health & Well-being coaches, etc.
- Work collaboratively with your colleagues within Mereside practices and across the local health economy to manage risks and issues, and integrate effectively with health and social care providers, ensuring consistency of care across settings and practices.
Learning, Development, and Education
- Critically assess, and take responsibility for, your own learning and professional development plan that reflects the breadth of the needs of advanced clinical practice in primary care
- Proactively share learning, information, and good practice insights across the practice and wider organisation to facilitate individual and team learning
- Advocate for, and positively contribute to, a cohesive culture of organisational learning and collaboration both within and between teams, to ensure the best patient experience throughout their entire journey.
Leadership and teamwork
Contribute positively to a sense of cohesion, and foster a culture of wider collaboration, across the organisation, engaging effectively with collaboration tools such as MS Teams to improve communication and information sharing across sites and teams, including remote workers
Work as an effective, responsible, and supportive member of the Duty Team, collaborating well with diverse colleagues and constantly seeking to improve ways of working both within the team and throughout the patient journey to ensure efficient and effective delivery of care
Offer mentorship and support to junior colleagues as per the Mereside AP framework.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team to ensure that cases are appropriately triaged, handled by the most clinically appropriate member of the team, and completed in a timely manner.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within their skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed. If you are interested in this role please send a CV and covering letter to: cpicb.mereside-recruitment@nhs.net
Closing date: 13 June 2025 Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Nurse
- Qualified Paramedic
- Masters Level
- 5 years post registration experience
Desirable
- Ideally 3 years experience within Primary Care or community setting
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Nurse
- Qualified Paramedic
- Masters Level
- 5 years post registration experience
Desirable
- Ideally 3 years experience within Primary Care or community setting
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).
