Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job responsibilities

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will be primarily based within the PCN Enhanced Access Hub, working alongside other ACPs, ANPs, GPs and other health professionals, delivering care to PCN patients, including home visits.

The post holder will:

• provide advanced clinical skills for patients attending the service.
• have at least 1 years Advanced Clinical Practice experience
• be responsible for contributing to the ongoing development of clinical practice, research and standards of care within the service, including development of policies and guidelines and contribute to service development to ensure patients have a seamless pathway.
• be expected to practice autonomously, formulate clinical decisions and treatment pans within local guidelines/policy to manage both acute and chronic illness.

The post holder will require excellent communication skills which should include

• communicating clearly, sensitively and effectively with patients, families and professionals.
• Be able to signpost patients to the most appropriate services and be enthusiastic to apply acquired knowledge and skills.

The post-holder will have a positive can do attitude, working with colleagues to deliver safe, kind and effective care.

The successful post holder will be required to:

• Work autonomously, carrying out in-depth clinical assessment of patients with complex multiple healthcare needs.
• Perform advanced skills in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment as appropriate.
• Use specialised theoretical and practical knowledge to solve problems and make appropriate decisions.
• Work collaboratively, maintaining effective communication, with other professionals and agencies to ensure patient needs are met.
• Demonstrate advanced communication skills and provide psychological support when delivering diagnosis.
• Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintaining accurate patient records.
• Participate in the development of services and assists the implementation of change
• Provide education and development opportunities for others.
• Develop own specialist clinical knowledge and participate in the development of others clinical knowledge

Leadership and Management Responsibilities

• Be responsible and accountable for your own actions demonstrating effective leadership.
• Act as a positive role model through provision of strong and effective leadership across professional and organisational teams and boundaries at local level.
• Pro-actively initiate, and develop effective relationships, fostering clarity of roles within teams, to encourage productive working.
• Evaluate own practice and participate in multi-disciplinary service and team evaluations with the guidance of the Lead Clinician and the management team.
• Lead projects that fulfil strategic planning and service objectives, making use of excellent time, people-influencing negotiating skills and management skills.
• Create a supportive ethos to empower teams to achieve agreed targets, with mutual accountability and contribute to the development of flexible and responsive services.
• Engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, formulating strategies to act on learning and make improvements.
• Actively identifies the need for change and proactively generates practice innovations and leads new practice and redesign solutions to better meet the needs of patients and the service.
• Works across professional, organisational and system boundaries and proactively develops and sustains new partnerships and networks to influence and improve health, outcomes, and healthcare delivery systems.
• Demonstrates effective communication mechanisms using skills of negotiation, persuasion and empathy to enable timely and effective communication with staff, the wider MDT team and other agencies.
• Delegates tasks effectively within the clinical environment whilst retaining the professional responsibility of appropriate delegation.
• Respond constructively and confidently to queries and complaints, negotiating with others in a way that suits the situation, demonstrating a high level of theoretical and practical knowledge.
• All employees have a responsibility for their own health and wellbeing, to inform their manager and seek timely support.
• All employees have the responsibility to comply with the Infection Prevention and Control policies and procedures at all times. Strict adherence to effective hand hygiene is essential.

Education Responsibilities

• Develop the ability to use reflective practice as required by NMC/HCPC revalidation to demonstrate how you prioritise people, practice effectively, preserve safety and promote professionalism and trust.
• Identify own personal objectives and development opportunities (and those of other team members) through further education and research and audit, therefore continuously developing this advanced practice role.
• Engage in self-directed learning, critically reflecting to maximise clinical skills and knowledge, as well as own, the potential of others.
• Actively engage and contribute to the educational development of other staff members and the ongoing educational strategies within the PCN as directed from the Lead Clinician.
• Facilitate collaboration of the wider team and support peer review processes to identify individual and team learning.
• Advocate for and contribute to a culture of organisational learning to inspire future and existing staff that supports continuous learning and development, evidence-based practice and succession planning.
• Prepare for and take an active part in the Appraisal/Revalidation process.
• Support the wider team to build capacity and capability through work-based and professional learning applying this to practice.
• Facilitate medical, nursing and other Health care professional students on clinical attachments within the PCN.

Resource Responsibilities

• All staff will support their managers to make efficient and effective use of resources.
• All staff must ensure they use resources in a manner consistent with organisational objectives and policies, ensuring that resources are realistic, justified, and of clear benefit to the organisation.
• To ensure safe and effective use of equipment through staff training, appropriate maintenance, and repair.

Health and Safety

• The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the PCN Health & Safety Policy, to include:
• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines
• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
• Reporting potential risks identified.

Equality and Diversity

• The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with PCN procedures and policies, and current legislation
• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues
• Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Information governance / GDPR

• The post-holder will ensure that they follow and are compliant with all requirements as stipulated in the PCN policies for Data Security and protection and that any breaches are reported and acted upon.

Quality

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the PCN, and will:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision
• Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources
• Ensure that any incidents, no matter of the harm caused, are reported, investigated and the learning shared via the governance structure of the PCN
• Ensures and works with others to ensure the PCN meets the Health and Social Care Act regulatory standards as monitored by the Care Quality commission
• Ensure that they and others uphold the PCN Vision, Values and Objectives Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our population
• Working together for patients
• Respect and dignity
• Commitment to quality of care
• Compassion
• Improving lives
• Everyone counts

Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers
• Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly
• Communicate effectively with other agencies as appropriate.

Contribution to the Implementation of Services

The post-holder will:

• Apply agreed PCN policies, standards and guidance

• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

• Participate in audit where appropriate.

Physical and Personal Attributes

Essential

• Able to undertake the requirements of the post
• Reliable
• Flexible
• Excellent attendance record
• Ability to work independently
• Awareness of own sphere of competence & level of support required to practice safely
• Current UK/EU driving license and access to car
• Motivated, enthusiastic, can do attitude
• Effective time-management skills
• Self-directed
• Team player

Other

Essential

• Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse (NMC)
• Current registration
• Relevant MSc qualification or equivalent
• Independent non-medical prescriber

Desirable

• Mentorship qualification

Experience

Essential

• 12 months experience as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within Primary Care Setting
• Evidence of working autonomously, with some support and supervision
• First contact care
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own clinical practice

Desirable

• ARTP Trained confident in spirometry testing and interpretation
• Feno Trained
• Diabetes qualification
• Working within sexual health including cervical screening
• Working in an acute primary care setting (Walk in centre, Triage)

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Awareness of accountability of own role & that required of a Registered Practitioner
• Ability to assess & manage patient risk effectively & safely
• Good communication (oral & written) and inter-personal skills
• IT skills
• Change management skills & ability to support patients to change lifestyle
• Ability to form good working relationships with a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to listen and empathise
• Understanding of evidence-based practice
• Ability to organize & prioritise workload
• Demonstrable evidence and commitment to professional development

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).