Job summary
Blossom Health is
looking to recruit a Prescribing ANP/ Prescribing Paramedic for up to 10
sessions working across our Havant & Bedhampton sites Monday to Friday.
This is a career defining opportunity to
join a well-established friendly practice where innovation is the normal way of
operating; you will be working alongside an exceptional Clinical team who are
very active in our PCN and with NHSE.
We are a very friendly practice
with a vision for innovative development working together across two sites. The
practice has exceptional staff retention among their existing clinical and
non-clinical team. We have a strong Multi-Disciplinary Team via the PCN
including Home Visiting Team, First Contact Physios and Health & Wellbeing
coaches.
Main duties of the job
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner
(ACP) at Blossom Health working as part of a team, your role is so very
important in providing an efficient primary care service to our patients with a
caring and respectful disposition. Working independently but with a supportive
team, through face-to-face consultations in a planned care and urgent care
clinic or home visits, or via remote telephone triage you will be accountable
for delivering safe, clinical decision-making and expert care to a high
standard. Acting within your professional boundaries, your duties will include
aspects of the patient journey including initial history taking; clinical
physical assessment; diagnosis; treatment; prescribing medication and
evaluation of their care.
You will be required to work completely
independently in an autonomous role at an advanced level of practice. Advanced
practice will include evidence of working within the four pillars, clinical,
education, research and leadership.
About us
The
surgery offers an incredible friendly atmosphere to work in, with an open-door
policy and regular meetings with the multi-disciplinary team and the practice
team including weekly Clinical Huddles to share best practice and provide
support.
Everyone
has an opportunity to voice opinions as to how the practice could be improved
and the development of new services.
Our Patient Support Teams are
highly organised and are implementing additional workflow management systems to
reduce the administrative burden for everyone.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work autonomously and be accountable for their own professional actions.
- Assess undifferentiated patients (with no restrictions on age ranges from babies to adults) with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.
- Take history, make appropriate physical examinations, formulate differential diagnoses and formulate/manage treatment plans when working in any clinical environments.
- Refer and facilitate patient pathways through appropriate referrals to primary, community, secondary and tertiary care for patients when necessary, such as 2-week wait, urgent and routine referrals to specialities.
- Request
investigations and be able to interpret pathology and radiology results to
ensure appropriate treatment and/or onward referrals.
- Prescribe
medication as required within your clinical competence.
- Recognise
the need and initiate emergency treatment to save life or to safeguard the
interests of the patient and refer to emergency services when appropriate.
- Recognise
any social needs, safeguarding concerns and act appropriately to safeguard the
patient.
- Recognise
any social needs, safeguarding concerns and act appropriately to safeguard the
patient.
- To
ensure that patients are safely discharged from our care with appropriate
instructions for after care and follow up
- Identify
opportunities to proactively encourage health promotion and health education to
all patients.
- To
be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of
clinical decision making within your clinical competence
- To
take an active role within the cross-disciplinary, multi-skilled team to ensure
service quality in line with corporate goals and strategies and provide
mentorship and support to junior staff when required.
- Take
a person-centred approach to service delivery, based on clear understanding and
experience of the modes for service delivery.
- To
assist in the development of new models for service delivery which have a
positive impact on the health economy.
- Adherence
to KPIs without jeopardising the safety of the patient.
- Maintain
and develop clinical competence and knowledge of care delivery within the
health care setting taking responsibility for your educational and
developmental requirements and continued professional development.
- To
work within the professional Code of Conduct and other directives as defined by
the NMC/HCPC.
- To
be responsible and accountable for legible and contemporaneous clinical records
- To
undertake appropriate personal and professional development to meet the
requirements of NMC/HCPC Registration.
- To
participate in regular performance review with your professional line manager
- Engage with additional
activities under direction of your line manager that may not be detailed within
your job description.
Clinical
Governance- Actively
participate in investigation of incidents, complaints and investigations as
required.
- Engage
with education and development and take responsibility to meet learning
objectives as set out in your appraisal and maintain levels of CPD in line with
your professional registration.
- Integrate
within the clinical and operational team to identify and deliver service
requirements/improvements.
- Support junior members of the team, offer educational
and clinical supervision opportunities and guidance through clinical discussion
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Work autonomously and be accountable for their own professional actions.
- Assess undifferentiated patients (with no restrictions on age ranges from babies to adults) with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.
- Take history, make appropriate physical examinations, formulate differential diagnoses and formulate/manage treatment plans when working in any clinical environments.
- Refer and facilitate patient pathways through appropriate referrals to primary, community, secondary and tertiary care for patients when necessary, such as 2-week wait, urgent and routine referrals to specialities.
- Request
investigations and be able to interpret pathology and radiology results to
ensure appropriate treatment and/or onward referrals.
- Prescribe
medication as required within your clinical competence.
- Recognise
the need and initiate emergency treatment to save life or to safeguard the
interests of the patient and refer to emergency services when appropriate.
- Recognise
any social needs, safeguarding concerns and act appropriately to safeguard the
patient.
- Recognise
any social needs, safeguarding concerns and act appropriately to safeguard the
patient.
- To
ensure that patients are safely discharged from our care with appropriate
instructions for after care and follow up
- Identify
opportunities to proactively encourage health promotion and health education to
all patients.
- To
be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of
clinical decision making within your clinical competence
- To
take an active role within the cross-disciplinary, multi-skilled team to ensure
service quality in line with corporate goals and strategies and provide
mentorship and support to junior staff when required.
- Take
a person-centred approach to service delivery, based on clear understanding and
experience of the modes for service delivery.
- To
assist in the development of new models for service delivery which have a
positive impact on the health economy.
- Adherence
to KPIs without jeopardising the safety of the patient.
- Maintain
and develop clinical competence and knowledge of care delivery within the
health care setting taking responsibility for your educational and
developmental requirements and continued professional development.
- To
work within the professional Code of Conduct and other directives as defined by
the NMC/HCPC.
- To
be responsible and accountable for legible and contemporaneous clinical records
- To
undertake appropriate personal and professional development to meet the
requirements of NMC/HCPC Registration.
- To
participate in regular performance review with your professional line manager
- Engage with additional
activities under direction of your line manager that may not be detailed within
your job description.
Clinical
Governance- Actively
participate in investigation of incidents, complaints and investigations as
required.
- Engage
with education and development and take responsibility to meet learning
objectives as set out in your appraisal and maintain levels of CPD in line with
your professional registration.
- Integrate
within the clinical and operational team to identify and deliver service
requirements/improvements.
- Support junior members of the team, offer educational
and clinical supervision opportunities and guidance through clinical discussion
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC/HCPC. Non-medical prescriber. Completion of MSc Advanced Practice Pathway or equivalent. Minor illness and minor injury qualification. Teaching and mentorship qualification. Level 3 safeguarding of adults and children. Must be able to demonstrate and meet competencies of all mandatory training as required within the policies of the organisation. Must be authorised to work in the EEC. Must be able to clear and enhanced DBS check. IRMER qualification (service specific). Red dot qualification (service specific). Experience in lab result interpretation.
Experience
Essential
- 3 years of experience working in a primary care GP practice. 3 years of experience in an urgent care setting such as an urgent treatment centre or Emergency Department. At least 6 years post qualification. Excellent knowledge and experience in the assessment and management of minor injury and illness presentations with evidence of competency completion of role. Experience of working autonomously at a level that demonstrates the four pillars of advanced practice. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team including mentoring of junior staff. Good knowledge of primary care referral pathways such as 2-week-wait referrals.
Desirable
- Experience of chronic disease management. Accident and emergent experience. Experience of telephone triage assessment and relevant pathways/electronic
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered with the NMC/HCPC. Non-medical prescriber. Completion of MSc Advanced Practice Pathway or equivalent. Minor illness and minor injury qualification. Teaching and mentorship qualification. Level 3 safeguarding of adults and children. Must be able to demonstrate and meet competencies of all mandatory training as required within the policies of the organisation. Must be authorised to work in the EEC. Must be able to clear and enhanced DBS check. IRMER qualification (service specific). Red dot qualification (service specific). Experience in lab result interpretation.
Experience
Essential
- 3 years of experience working in a primary care GP practice. 3 years of experience in an urgent care setting such as an urgent treatment centre or Emergency Department. At least 6 years post qualification. Excellent knowledge and experience in the assessment and management of minor injury and illness presentations with evidence of competency completion of role. Experience of working autonomously at a level that demonstrates the four pillars of advanced practice. Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team including mentoring of junior staff. Good knowledge of primary care referral pathways such as 2-week-wait referrals.
Desirable
- Experience of chronic disease management. Accident and emergent experience. Experience of telephone triage assessment and relevant pathways/electronic
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).
