Job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic, well-motivated individual
to enable us to expand our well-established team of General Practitioners GPs & Advanced Clinical Practitioners ACPs working across the Urgent and
Emergency Care Centre Primary Care stream & GP Out of Hours service.
Rotherham UECC operates in
an innovative and exciting way, using GPs and ACPs to provide primary care
consultations. This role will involve clinicians providing high quality
clinical assessment, intervention, and treatment plans for undifferentiated
patients, including children presenting to the primary care stream of the UECC
and or the GP out of hours service. You will work as an autonomous
practitioner making appropriate referrals or discharging patients whilst utilising
critical thinking and a sound evidence base. You will be expected to work
across services delivering a wide range of consultation skills, including the
provision of a primary care streaming, face to face consultations, telephone
triage/consultations and home visiting within the local area. You will be
expected to offer support for our trainee ACP workforce and junior
colleagues.
The successful applicant will hold a Masters in
Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent with experience of out of hours,
urgent & primary care.
You will be required to work unsociable hours on a
rotational basis to meet the demands of the service.
Posts are full or part-time.
Applicants must be registered with either the NMC or
HCPC.
Main duties of the job
Successful
applicants will work over the Primary Care and GP Out of Hours work streams as
demand requires.
This
work will include:
Face
to face assessments and management of patients self-presenting to the Urgent
and Emergency Care Centre.
Telephone
advice for patients directed via the 111 NHS pathways
Out of
hours home visits
Seeing patients in
booked appointments in our clinics
About us
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community Trust serving a population of over 260,000 with over 4,500 staff. Our vision is to always act the right way and be proud to provide exceptional healthcare to the communities of Rotherham. We are working successfully with partners across South Yorkshire as part of the Integrated Care Board where we are leading and collaborating in several key work streams and service areas, including workforce development. We combine our patient first approach with innovation and care against a backdrop of system working, as encapsulated in our Trust values
AMBITIOUS - We set high standards for the services we deliver. We aim to be an outstanding Trust and we are enthusiastic about delivering excellent health care for our patients.
CARING - We embrace the importance of giving the highest possible quality of care for our patients. We also care for each other as colleagues and for the community, our resources, our environment and our future.
TOGETHER - We value the importance of working together with patients, carers and families to ensure that we provide high quality patient centred care. We are committed to working with partners and stakeholders across Rotherham, South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw to develop sustainable services for the population we serve. Getting the right leaders in the Trust is critical to achieving.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion, for both our patients and our workforce.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the Job description and person specification
for full details about the role and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the Job description and person specification
for full details about the role and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse or Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Professional.
-
- Possess a Level 7 (Masters) degree in a relevant subject.
-
- Independent prescribing qualification.
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence of Multi-disciplary team working
- Competent and confident to approach in practice
-
- Highly motivated and flexible
- Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team
- Prioritise and manage own work load
Professional Registration/PIN
Essential
- Please enter your NMC/HCPC PIN
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness/knowledge of clinical research
-
- Current up-to-date understanding of
- Urgent & primary Care
-
- Understands own regulatory requirements in accordance with NMC Code / HCPC Standards of proficiency
-
- Understand the range of activity and services provided in both primary and community care settings
-
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of an autonomous practitioner.
-
- Understand equality, inclusion and diversion issues and how these impact on the provision of appropriate health and care services.
-
- Evidence of portfolio of practice
-
- Study of therapeutics/diagnostics
- Ability to undertake comprehensive health assessment and make appropriate management plan
- In depth knowledge of pathophysiology of disease and its management
- Understanding of Integrated Care
- Partnerships, Primary Care Networks and changes in Urgent Care provisions.
Desirable
- Knowledge of pathways relating to primary care conditions
- Understanding of community services and how to refer to them
-
- Knowledge of community guidelines for management of primary care conditions
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work independently, managing and leading others, using own initiative
-
- Be a highly organised, self-directed learner with the ability to study under own initiative in order to remain current in all aspects of clinical practice
- Ability to take responsibility for learning
- Ability to provide learning and
- development to other professionals within own and other clinical areas
-
- Ability to participate in governance and clinical audit processes maintaining a patient focus with attention to accuracy
-
- Ability to appraise others and assist them in maintaining professional competence, including for ACPs evidencing the four pillars of professional practice
Directorate Specific
Essential
- Flexibilty around working patterns, 24 hours 7 days a week rota
- Understanding of triage process
- Understanding of the streaming processes
Desirable
- Ability to use system one in Urgent Care/GP OOH module
- Ability to use Meditech Emergency care module
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse or Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Professional.
-
- Possess a Level 7 (Masters) degree in a relevant subject.
-
- Independent prescribing qualification.
Desirable
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Evidence of Multi-disciplary team working
- Competent and confident to approach in practice
-
- Highly motivated and flexible
- Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team
- Prioritise and manage own work load
Professional Registration/PIN
Essential
- Please enter your NMC/HCPC PIN
Knowledge
Essential
- Awareness/knowledge of clinical research
-
- Current up-to-date understanding of
- Urgent & primary Care
-
- Understands own regulatory requirements in accordance with NMC Code / HCPC Standards of proficiency
-
- Understand the range of activity and services provided in both primary and community care settings
-
- Understand the roles and responsibilities of an autonomous practitioner.
-
- Understand equality, inclusion and diversion issues and how these impact on the provision of appropriate health and care services.
-
- Evidence of portfolio of practice
-
- Study of therapeutics/diagnostics
- Ability to undertake comprehensive health assessment and make appropriate management plan
- In depth knowledge of pathophysiology of disease and its management
- Understanding of Integrated Care
- Partnerships, Primary Care Networks and changes in Urgent Care provisions.
Desirable
- Knowledge of pathways relating to primary care conditions
- Understanding of community services and how to refer to them
-
- Knowledge of community guidelines for management of primary care conditions
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work independently, managing and leading others, using own initiative
-
- Be a highly organised, self-directed learner with the ability to study under own initiative in order to remain current in all aspects of clinical practice
- Ability to take responsibility for learning
- Ability to provide learning and
- development to other professionals within own and other clinical areas
-
- Ability to participate in governance and clinical audit processes maintaining a patient focus with attention to accuracy
-
- Ability to appraise others and assist them in maintaining professional competence, including for ACPs evidencing the four pillars of professional practice
Directorate Specific
Essential
- Flexibilty around working patterns, 24 hours 7 days a week rota
- Understanding of triage process
- Understanding of the streaming processes
Desirable
- Ability to use system one in Urgent Care/GP OOH module
- Ability to use Meditech Emergency care module
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
