Advanced Practitioners

FedBucks Ltd

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Job summary

Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feel safe, supported, communicated with, and respected, at a time when they may be feeling vulnerable. Our vision is to provide high quality, seamless health care that enables people to lead healthier lives, whilst feeling supported and cared for.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral, and discharge of a diverse range of patients with minor injuries/minor illnesses, without routine reference to a doctor and within their level of competence and agreed protocols.

Main duties of the job

The definition of advanced clinical practice as developed and agreed by all stakeholders is:

Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making. This is underpinned by a masters level award 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 competence.

Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance peoples experience and improve outcomes.

This definition therefore requires that health and care professionals working at the level of advanced clinical practice will exercise autonomy and decision making in a context of complexity, uncertainty and varying levels of risk, holding accountability for decisions made.

Health Education England multi-professional advanced clinical practice 2017.

About us

FedBucks is a federation of 47 GP practices covering a population of over 485,000 patients across Buckinghamshire. We began in 2016 and now employ around 200 members of staff across our head office sites, and our planned and unplanned care services.

As a GP Federation, we are proud to represent our member practices and to champion primary care by working with local general practice and system partners in the provision of community-based healthcare services. We provide safe and compassionate care to our patients across our range of planned and unplanned healthcare services in Buckinghamshire and believe in continuous commitment to quality service delivery and positive patient outcomes.

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£66,495 a year Plus out of hours enhancements

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0093-24-0032

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL


Wycombe General Hospital

Queen Alexandra Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP11 2TT


Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure Practitioners possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide safe and effective care, specific competencies for certain roles will need to be completed before working autonomously in that field. For example, streaming, remote triage, home visiting and base.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care

Act as an advanced practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and a knowledge

base beyond those associated with conventional clinical roles.

Triage patients presenting as walk-ins to the appropriate service.

Undertake consultations, both face to face and via the telephone, with patients of all ages (neonate to elderly) as an autonomous practitioner and using own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer and/or discharge patients.

Make direct referrals to primary, secondary, and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance, and protocols.

Provide clinical advice to operational and support staff where required.

Ensure that patient receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner.

Prescribe, supply, and administer medicines as indicated to address patient need.

Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each patient contact.

Work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams to ensure patients needs are met.

To undertake consultations via telephone.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To ensure Practitioners possess the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide safe and effective care, specific competencies for certain roles will need to be completed before working autonomously in that field. For example, streaming, remote triage, home visiting and base.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Care

Act as an advanced practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and a knowledge

base beyond those associated with conventional clinical roles.

Triage patients presenting as walk-ins to the appropriate service.

Undertake consultations, both face to face and via the telephone, with patients of all ages (neonate to elderly) as an autonomous practitioner and using own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer and/or discharge patients.

Make direct referrals to primary, secondary, and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance, and protocols.

Provide clinical advice to operational and support staff where required.

Ensure that patient receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner.

Prescribe, supply, and administer medicines as indicated to address patient need.

Ensure complete and accurate documentation of each patient contact.

Work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams to ensure patients needs are met.

To undertake consultations via telephone.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Clinician
  • Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical or Nursing Practice
  • Minor Illness and injury qualification
  • Independent Prescriber

Desirable

  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Management and Leadership skills
  • Autonomous Practitioner
  • Unscheduled care
  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Telephone triage consultations
  • 5 years post registration experience of which 2 years will have been spent in primary care, ED, unscheduled care, or related field.
  • Able to undertake consultations by telephone.

Desirable

  • Project Management skills
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Clinician
  • Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical or Nursing Practice
  • Minor Illness and injury qualification
  • Independent Prescriber

Desirable

  • Teaching and assessing qualification

Experience

Essential

  • Management and Leadership skills
  • Autonomous Practitioner
  • Unscheduled care
  • Excellent clinical skills
  • Telephone triage consultations
  • 5 years post registration experience of which 2 years will have been spent in primary care, ED, unscheduled care, or related field.
  • Able to undertake consultations by telephone.

Desirable

  • Project Management 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).

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).

Employer details

Employer name

FedBucks Ltd

Address

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

FedBucks Ltd

Address

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Date posted

15 April 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£66,495 a year Plus out of hours enhancements

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

E0093-24-0032

Job locations

Stoke Mandeville Hospital Nhs Trust

Mandeville Road

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

HP21 8AL


Wycombe General Hospital

Queen Alexandra Road

High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire

HP11 2TT


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