ARRS Advanced Care Practitioner - Care Homes Burnley West PCN

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment, including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE national and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways, or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team

Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action

Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice

Actively takes a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person

Complete the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional clinical practice and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care, for example first contact practitioners and the personalised care roles

Primary Duties and Areas of Responsibility

Clinical Practice

The post-holder will

Provide a first contact for Care Homes for advice in regard to medical and nursing conditions of patients, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and high-quality care

Carry out clinical practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements and knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care

Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate

Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of holistic care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved

Where the post holder is an independent prescriber; prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice

Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan

Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills

Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency

Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisation and other organisation where it may be necessary

Professional Role

The post holder will

Maintain up to date skills and knowledge, maintaining awareness of professional issues at an advanced level

Assess effectiveness of own clinical practice and care delivery through self-reflection and peer review, as well as benchmarking and formal evaluation

Promote evidence-based practice through the use of latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice based research

Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure up to date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspect of the role is maintained

Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan

Maintain their professional registration

Work within the latest Code of Professional Conduct relevant for their professional registration.

Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest guidance and other pertinent standards

Keep up to date with the pertinent health-related policy and work with Locality team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation

Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the PCN

Participate in multi-disciplinary protocol and clinical pathways

Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate

Participate in PCN meetings reporting progress as required

Teaching and Mentoring Role

The post-holder will

Promote a learning environment for patients, care home staff and other health professionals.

Contribute to the planning and implementation of the teaching for existing staff, such as medical students, nursing students, GP registrars and health care assistants within the PCN

Health and Safety/Risk Management

The post holder must always comply with the Practices Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System.

The post holder will also comply with the Data Protection Act 1984 and the Access to Health Records Act 1990.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with sensitive information relating to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy. The post holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their careers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Equality and Diversity

The post holder must cooperate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.

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.

The Successful candidate will automatically be enrolled onto the NHS Pension Scheme.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration, For further information please see NHS Careers website

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
• Experience in the management of long-term conditions for example asthma, COPD, diabetes, coronary heart disease
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up to date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the role
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice

Desirable

• Interpreting and implementing local and National policy agendas for health
• Experience of undertaking audit

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified ACP Currently registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council NMC/HCPC Independent Non Medical Prescriber, Masters Degree Qualification, Advanced Digital badge - obtained through an accredited programme or the eportfolio supported route or Enrolled as a trainee at Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or enrolled on and progressed past the initial Learning Needs Analysis LNA stage of the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio supported Route, linked with subsequent guaranteed progression onto a reimbursable Advanced Practitioner role on completion of the ePortfolio process.

Desirable

• Teaching or Mentoring experience and/or qualification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Understanding and knowledge of policy developments in regards to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS/PMS contract, Clinical Governance, Quality and Outcomes Framework and Local/Directed Enhanced Service contracts Understanding of evidence-based practice Knowledge of national standards that inform practice for example National Service Frameworks, NICE guidelines Understanding of their accountability arising from the relevant Code of Professional Conduct and medico-legal aspects of the practitioner role Understanding of equal opportunity and diversity issues Understanding and maintaining effective communication pathways within the organisation, the PCN and with key external stakeholders Effective time management and ability to prioritise workload Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills Able to analyse data and information; drawing out implications for the patient/impact on care plan Working at a masters level aware or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies

Desirable

• Experience of using medical software package
• Flexibility to work outside core hours
• Proven record of effective use of networking and influencing skills

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

East Lancashire Alliance

Address

Burnley Business Centre

Empire Way

Burnley

BB12 6HH

Employer's website

https://eastlancashirealliance.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)