Job summary
The WISHH Primary Care Network (PCN) is seeking an
enthusiastic Advanced Care Practitioner, paramedic, or newly qualified GP or to
join our PCN as part of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS). This
is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative team focused on
delivering patient-centred care in a collaborative and supportive environment.
You will have the unique opportunity to work across our PCN,
which covers 2 practices (Idle Medical Centre and The Saltaire and Windhill
Medical Partnership) in the North Bradford District (close to the Leeds
Border). We pride ourselves on a friendly and education-focused ethos and
excellent working relationships across our network, ensuring you feel supported
throughout. We are committed to providing high-quality patient care and have a
forward-thinking approach. This role offers the opportunity to become a part of
a thriving network, dedicated to clinical excellence and a positive work
environment.
This is a fantastic opportunity to experience the diversity
of primary care within the WISHH PCN, working on a full or part time basis.
Salary will be commensurate with
experience, and in line with the guidance set out in the NHS England Network
Contract DES Contract Specification 2025/26.
The successful application will join a dedicated Housebound Visiting Team. One member of our team also undertakes a weekly care home ward round, thus supporting some of our most frail and medically complex patients.
Main duties of the job
- Primarily, visiting patients at home and making
a clinical assessment of their acute and/or chronic medical problems. Actioning
further management accordingly (arranging bloods or other investigations,
referrals, prescribing as indicated, or admission if necessary).
- Other clinical duties may occasionally include
face to face consultations within the surgery, telephone consultations and
queries, visiting patients at home, prescription administration and management,
general administration (referrals, pathology, letters/communications,
correspondence) in a timely fashion, ensuring high quality care.
- Making decisions in relation to presenting
medical problems, whether self-referred or referred from other healthcare
workers within the organisation.
- Assessing the healthcare needs of patients with
undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and
early signs of illness.
- Developing care plans for health in consultation
with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols.
- Providing health education to patients.
- Contribute to optimise PCN Investment and Impact
Fund (quality improvement markers)
- Recording clear consultation notes to general
medical practice standards.
- Collecting data for audit purposes and complying
with QOF requirements.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute
and repeat prescriptions.
- Prescribing according to local and national
guidelines.
About us
Our PCN includes two practices, comprising Idle Medical
Practice and the Saltaire and Windhill Medical Partnership. Our total PCN
patient population is approximately 37000, with Saltaire and Windhill making
up two thirds and Idle one third of this cohort.
We are a forward thinking and innovative PCN and embrace the
challenges of the ever-changing primary care landscape. With the use of
effective IT systems, collaborative working, and a strong focus on education
and learning, we deliver safe and high-quality care for our patients. We offer
a number of specialist services in-house, including dermatology, diabetes, MSK
as well as others, and further opportunities are available for clinical support
and development. We are a friendly and supportive team, and tailored mentoring
and clinical supervision will be provided for the successful applicant.
Our PCN Team itself comprises a Clinical Director (GP
partner); PCN Manager; two ACPs; two care coordinators and an administrator.
Regular team meetings take place including a weekly PACT meeting, and a monthly team education and support meeting. Additionally,
monthly education taking place within both practices, as well as provision for
annual mandatory training, are available.
Our PCN was one of the very first to develop a dedicated
PACTeam (Proactive Care Team), undertaking proactive reviews of housebound
patients and interfacing with other professionals such as physiotherapists,
occupational therapists and social prescribers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
- In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed,
the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties comprising
mainly visiting patients at home, but may include surgery consultations,
telephone consultations and queries, care home ward rounds, checking and
signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork
and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Making decisions in relation to presenting
problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
within the organisation.
- Assessing the health care needs of patients with
undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and
early signs of illness in consultation with patients and in line with current
practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Referring to other care providers as
appropriate.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation
notes to general medical practice standards.
- Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute
and repeat prescriptions.
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice
prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication
styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Recognise the need for alternative methods of
communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural
background and preferred ways of communicating.
Delivering a quality service
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in
a manner that maintains and promotes quality, including participating in shared
learning across the practice, PCN and wider organisation. Work as part of the
team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to
business planning.
Managing information
- Use technology, read codes and appropriate
software as an aid to planning, implementing and monitoring care, communicating
information and reviewing and processing data for audit purposes.
Learning and development
- Take responsibility for own learning and
performance through continuous professional development, including
participating in supervision, acting as a positive role model and assessing own
learning needs.
- Actively engage with the annual appraisal
process, and produce the relevant evidence to external appraiser in a timely
manner.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning
environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external
good practice.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to
other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about
current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences).
Equality and diversity
- Support the equality and diversity of patients,
carers and colleagues by recognising the importance of peoples rights and
interpreting them in a way that is consistent with policy, procedures and
current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues by behaving in a manner which is
welcoming, non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities
and rights.
Professional development
- Participate in an annual individual performance
review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own
professional development
- Work as an effective and responsible team
member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of
working
- Work with your line manager to undertake
continual personal and professional development, access regular supervision and
take an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities
of the post.
Miscellaneous
- Work as part of the team to seek feedback,
continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
- Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of
the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely
and effective manner.
Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical responsibilities:
- In accordance with the practice rota, as agreed,
the post-holder will be available to undertake a variety of duties comprising
mainly visiting patients at home, but may include surgery consultations,
telephone consultations and queries, care home ward rounds, checking and
signing/authorising repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork
and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- Making decisions in relation to presenting
problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
within the organisation.
- Assessing the health care needs of patients with
undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
- Screening patients for disease risk factors and
early signs of illness in consultation with patients and in line with current
practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health.
- Providing counselling and health education.
- Referring to other care providers as
appropriate.
- Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation
notes to general medical practice standards.
- Expectation to complete a mandatory induction.
- Compiling and issuing computer-generated acute
and repeat prescriptions.
- Prescribing in accordance with the practice
prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication
styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Recognise the need for alternative methods of
communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural
background and preferred ways of communicating.
Delivering a quality service
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in
a manner that maintains and promotes quality, including participating in shared
learning across the practice, PCN and wider organisation. Work as part of the
team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to
business planning.
Managing information
- Use technology, read codes and appropriate
software as an aid to planning, implementing and monitoring care, communicating
information and reviewing and processing data for audit purposes.
Learning and development
- Take responsibility for own learning and
performance through continuous professional development, including
participating in supervision, acting as a positive role model and assessing own
learning needs.
- Actively engage with the annual appraisal
process, and produce the relevant evidence to external appraiser in a timely
manner.
- Actively promote the workplace as a learning
environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external
good practice.
- Disseminate learning and information gained to
other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about
current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences).
Equality and diversity
- Support the equality and diversity of patients,
carers and colleagues by recognising the importance of peoples rights and
interpreting them in a way that is consistent with policy, procedures and
current legislation.
- Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues by behaving in a manner which is
welcoming, non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities
and rights.
Professional development
- Participate in an annual individual performance
review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own
professional development
- Work as an effective and responsible team
member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of
working
- Work with your line manager to undertake
continual personal and professional development, access regular supervision and
take an active part in reviewing and developing the roles and responsibilities
of the post.
Miscellaneous
- Work as part of the team to seek feedback,
continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.
- Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of
the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely
and effective manner.
Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
- Experience of providing home visits and or working in the community with housebound patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience of System one
- Experience in triage (digital or telephone) (the process of quickly examining/assessing patients to decide which ones are the most seriously ill and must be treated first)
Qualifications
Essential
- For a Newly qualified GP:
- -within 2 years of completion of specialist GP training; AND
- - hold full GMC registration and license to practice
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
- Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision
- Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Assessing and managing acute deteriorations/exacerbations of Long-Term Conditions
- In the case of an ACP/paramedic, have appropriate radiology training to enable requesting and interpreting of imaging
- Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
- Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) including recording of accurate clinical notes
- Strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
- Effective time management (Planning, Organising and Prioritising), with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work autonomously, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to listen and empathise whilst being honest and caring
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure with and understanding of the audit process
- Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker with ability to use own judgement and common sense
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
- Observance of strict confidentiality
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle
Desirable
- Knowledge of Quality and Outcomes Framework ( QOF) and or Investment and Impact Fund( IIF)
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
- Knowledge of health-promotion strategies
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions
- Experience of providing home visits and or working in the community with housebound patients
Desirable
- Experience of working in a GP practice
- Experience of System one
- Experience in triage (digital or telephone) (the process of quickly examining/assessing patients to decide which ones are the most seriously ill and must be treated first)
Qualifications
Essential
- For a Newly qualified GP:
- -within 2 years of completion of specialist GP training; AND
- - hold full GMC registration and license to practice
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice
- Understanding of evidence-based practice
- Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision
- Ability to effectively triage, assess and diagnose
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Assessing and managing acute deteriorations/exacerbations of Long-Term Conditions
- In the case of an ACP/paramedic, have appropriate radiology training to enable requesting and interpreting of imaging
- Understands the importance of evidence-based practice
- Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral) including recording of accurate clinical notes
- Strong IT skills and competent in the use of Microsoft Office and Outlook
- Effective time management (Planning, Organising and Prioritising), with excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work autonomously, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to listen and empathise whilst being honest and caring
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure with and understanding of the audit process
- Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker with ability to use own judgement and common sense
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
- Observance of strict confidentiality
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Full UK driving licence with access to own vehicle
Desirable
- Knowledge of Quality and Outcomes Framework ( QOF) and or Investment and Impact Fund( IIF)
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
- Knowledge of health-promotion strategies
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
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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).