Job summary
Mid Yorkshire Urgent Treatment Centre has an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Practitioner who has urgent and primary care experience to join a dynamic and diverse multi-professional team.
The primary aim of the role is to ensure that a high quality
urgent and primary care service is delivered to patients attending the Urgent
Treatment centre in a timely manner. Our vision at the UTC is to deliver excellent service for patients attending with urgent and primary care conditions.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated autonomous Advance Practitioner who has completed the Independent Prescribing module at Level 7 and has registered this qualification with their relevant professional body.
Main duties of the job
The Urgent
and Primary Care Advanced Practitioner will act as an autonomous, accountable
practitioner working on their own initiative and in collaboration with nursing,
medical and allied health professionals. To assess individual patients who
present with urgent and primary care condition, initiate investigations,
determine a differential diagnosis and initiate appropriate holistic evidence-based
treatment and care.
The Advanced Practitioner will:
Manage their own caseload of patients who
present with urgent and primary care undifferentiated and undiagnosed illness.
Undertake audit within the clinical setting to
develop an evidence base.
Provide formal and informal teaching, support
and clinical supervision to nursing staff and junior medical staff.
Provide support to more junior members of the
advanced practitioner team and the wider clinicians within the urgent treatment
centre.
Ensure maintenance of clinical excellence.
Support the wider multidisciplinary team, undertaking
independent comprehensive assessment and management of patients to incorporate
physiological, psychological and pharmacological considerations, making
clinical decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes,
including, where appropriate, the discharging patients from the service when
treatment is complete/optimum outcome is achieved.
About us
We provide care and support to over half a million
people in Wakefield and Kirklees in their homes, in community settings and
across our three hospital sites at Pontefract, Dewsbury and Pinderfields (in
Wakefield).
Always striving for excellence, we are at the
forefront of innovation and research and we invest in teaching and the
development of our workforce.
We live by our values of caring, improving, being
respectful and maintaining high standards. We listen and learn because we aim
to make Mid Yorkshire the best place to work and the best place to receive care.
We have a clear vision, and you could be part of
this! If you share our values and you want to make a difference to the lives of
our patients and their families and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To be competent in the assessment and treatment of
patients presenting with a range of urgent and primary care undifferentiated
and undiagnosed illnesses underpinned by extensive knowledge of a range of
chronic primary care.
-
To be competent in providing an initial clinical
diagnosis and in the decision to refer to an appropriate speciality.
-
To be competent in the ability to discharge patients
following appropriate assessment and treatment.
-
To be competent in the initial immediate assessment and
treatment of patients with a range of life threatening presentations such as
cardiac arrest and acute major illness.
-
If not already an Independent Prescriber, will be
expected to successfully complete the programme within a timely manner, in
order to continue in the role. To be undertaken and completed within 1 year of
qualifying.
-
To be able to see, treat and refer appropriately, a
broad range of patients with acute and chronic illnesses as an autonomous
practitioner.
-
Administration of medicines, e.g. in line with relevant
professional bodys guidance and Trust Policy.
-
Demonstrate
own personal development with self-directed learning and identifying and
accessing internal and external development opportunities, as per individual
advanced practice portfolio.
-
Conduct
physical assessments, examinations, and investigations to identify
abnormalities and make diagnoses and administer a comprehensive and appropriate
level of care.
-
Use
of advanced clinical skills and autonomous judgement to prescribe drug
treatments for patients following interpretation of clinical findings through
requested bloods and investigations across several broad and varied clinical
fields.
-
Use
best practice, analyse evidence-based practice, use of benchmarking to inform
clinical practice.
-
Provide
detailed and transparent reports of workload, outcomes, and recommendations for
future developments; demonstrated in advanced practice portfolio this should
include case based discussions, multi-source feedback, etc.
-
Be
accountable for the direct delivery and implementation of clinical care on a
day to day basis across the full spectrum of illnesses and therapy management.
-
Provide
personal care plans to patients and develop, implement and evaluate care
including independently prescribed medications, monitoring therapeutic
programmes and providing health education and promotion.
-
Be
proactive in developing new ways of working and lead initiatives to increase
the quality of the patient journey and the ward efficiency.
-
Provide
health education and advice to patients.
- Be a safe and competent
non-Medical Prescriber-providing responsible prescribing and adapting
medication therapies to meet the needs of patients.
Communication
-
Demonstrate
the skills required to communicate, establish and maintain therapeutic and
professional relationships and gain cooperation from others.
-
Demonstrate
the ability to provide information that requires detailed or involved
explanation including the balanced communication of risk and benefits of tests
and alternatives.
-
Utilise
skills to persuade, influence, negotiate, motivate, emphasise and communicate
unpleasant or bad news sensitively and provide counselling and reassurance.
-
Use
tact and diplomacy while communicating and influencing change.
-
Give
advice, instruction, training and present formally.
-
Advise
and support colleagues, where standard protocols do not apply, draw upon
advanced knowledge and skills make appropriate judgements and decisions to deliver
high standards of care.
-
Responsible
for recording, processing, and storage of information that is personally
generated.
-
Ability
to use relevant networks and clinical programs e.g. System one, IMPAX, Bluespier,
Vital Pack and email.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To be competent in the assessment and treatment of
patients presenting with a range of urgent and primary care undifferentiated
and undiagnosed illnesses underpinned by extensive knowledge of a range of
chronic primary care.
-
To be competent in providing an initial clinical
diagnosis and in the decision to refer to an appropriate speciality.
-
To be competent in the ability to discharge patients
following appropriate assessment and treatment.
-
To be competent in the initial immediate assessment and
treatment of patients with a range of life threatening presentations such as
cardiac arrest and acute major illness.
-
If not already an Independent Prescriber, will be
expected to successfully complete the programme within a timely manner, in
order to continue in the role. To be undertaken and completed within 1 year of
qualifying.
-
To be able to see, treat and refer appropriately, a
broad range of patients with acute and chronic illnesses as an autonomous
practitioner.
-
Administration of medicines, e.g. in line with relevant
professional bodys guidance and Trust Policy.
-
Demonstrate
own personal development with self-directed learning and identifying and
accessing internal and external development opportunities, as per individual
advanced practice portfolio.
-
Conduct
physical assessments, examinations, and investigations to identify
abnormalities and make diagnoses and administer a comprehensive and appropriate
level of care.
-
Use
of advanced clinical skills and autonomous judgement to prescribe drug
treatments for patients following interpretation of clinical findings through
requested bloods and investigations across several broad and varied clinical
fields.
-
Use
best practice, analyse evidence-based practice, use of benchmarking to inform
clinical practice.
-
Provide
detailed and transparent reports of workload, outcomes, and recommendations for
future developments; demonstrated in advanced practice portfolio this should
include case based discussions, multi-source feedback, etc.
-
Be
accountable for the direct delivery and implementation of clinical care on a
day to day basis across the full spectrum of illnesses and therapy management.
-
Provide
personal care plans to patients and develop, implement and evaluate care
including independently prescribed medications, monitoring therapeutic
programmes and providing health education and promotion.
-
Be
proactive in developing new ways of working and lead initiatives to increase
the quality of the patient journey and the ward efficiency.
-
Provide
health education and advice to patients.
- Be a safe and competent
non-Medical Prescriber-providing responsible prescribing and adapting
medication therapies to meet the needs of patients.
Communication
-
Demonstrate
the skills required to communicate, establish and maintain therapeutic and
professional relationships and gain cooperation from others.
-
Demonstrate
the ability to provide information that requires detailed or involved
explanation including the balanced communication of risk and benefits of tests
and alternatives.
-
Utilise
skills to persuade, influence, negotiate, motivate, emphasise and communicate
unpleasant or bad news sensitively and provide counselling and reassurance.
-
Use
tact and diplomacy while communicating and influencing change.
-
Give
advice, instruction, training and present formally.
-
Advise
and support colleagues, where standard protocols do not apply, draw upon
advanced knowledge and skills make appropriate judgements and decisions to deliver
high standards of care.
-
Responsible
for recording, processing, and storage of information that is personally
generated.
-
Ability
to use relevant networks and clinical programs e.g. System one, IMPAX, Bluespier,
Vital Pack and email.
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Teaching, mentoring and assessment skills
- Management and organisational skills
- Highly developed clinical assessment, analytical and problem solving skills, including generic healthcare aspects to accurately manage complex patient presentations to an excellent professional standard
- Evidence of ability to critique own practice
- Ability to manage time and workload effectively and to work in a high pressure environment
- Self-aware reflective practitioner able to envisage the role, and understand and manage inherent pressures of the role
- Ability to demonstrate high emotional intelligence and leadership skills
- Able to resolve conflict and overcome resistance
- Mentoring and counselling skills
- Change management skills
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Ability to motivate individuals and teams
- Evidence of consistently providing all aspects of care with compassion, empathy and kindness, showing sensitivity to the needs of individuals
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration nursing experience relating to Urgent and Primary Care care settings
- Experience of working autonomously as an advanced practitioner
- Evidence of audit and evidence based care
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1 or Professional equivalent
- Masters in Advance Practice or equivalent experience
- Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber or to undertake the programme within 1 year in order to continue in the role (V300)
- Recent and relevant continuous professional development
Desirable
- Advance Life Support - must be willing to undertake
- Advance Paediatric Life Support
Person Specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Teaching, mentoring and assessment skills
- Management and organisational skills
- Highly developed clinical assessment, analytical and problem solving skills, including generic healthcare aspects to accurately manage complex patient presentations to an excellent professional standard
- Evidence of ability to critique own practice
- Ability to manage time and workload effectively and to work in a high pressure environment
- Self-aware reflective practitioner able to envisage the role, and understand and manage inherent pressures of the role
- Ability to demonstrate high emotional intelligence and leadership skills
- Able to resolve conflict and overcome resistance
- Mentoring and counselling skills
- Change management skills
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Ability to motivate individuals and teams
- Evidence of consistently providing all aspects of care with compassion, empathy and kindness, showing sensitivity to the needs of individuals
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration nursing experience relating to Urgent and Primary Care care settings
- Experience of working autonomously as an advanced practitioner
- Evidence of audit and evidence based care
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1 or Professional equivalent
- Masters in Advance Practice or equivalent experience
- Qualified Non-Medical Prescriber or to undertake the programme within 1 year in order to continue in the role (V300)
- Recent and relevant continuous professional development
Desirable
- Advance Life Support - must be willing to undertake
- Advance Paediatric Life Support
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).
