Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job responsibilities

The post holder will:

• Work with and champion the unit in conjunction with Senior Managerial colleagues
• Support the Management team and Clinical manager to ensure all service KPIs/Targets all are met and looking for improvement over and above the set commissioned targets.
• Ensure mandatory training is kept up to date and receive suitable training/CPD for their ongoing development needs.
• Practice autonomously, as an independent practitioner and non-medical prescriber, participating in the care of and undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment / referral and discharge of patients presenting with minor injury.
• Identify the need for and initiate and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and results (X-Ray).
• To safely and competently undertake invasive and non-invasive procedures to establish a diagnosis.
• Be able to independently undertake telephone triage.
• To work within the parameters of current non-medical prescribing legislation
• Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.
• Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda within the service by leading audit and research as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the area of expertise.
• Act in accordance with ones own Governing professional body
• Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team.
• There may be occasions where Practitioners are asked to work across various sites in our Lancashire team within FCMS.

Knowledge, skills and experience required:

• Relevant professional qualification
• Experience of working independently as an unsupervised practitioner in the primary or urgent care setting.
• Experienced in undertaking telephone triage and remote prescribing.
• Teaching and mentorship
• Up to date CPD Portfolio
• Demonstrate the ability to work in highly demanding environment.
• Maintained development of clinical leadership skills
• Evidence of diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Able to demonstrate imaginative and effective use of resources
• Able to articulate personal development needs
• Implementation of audit/research recommendations and demonstrates ability and knowledge on how to undertake audit and feedback to clinicians.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Evidence of significant involvement in change
• Competent in use of IT packages such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Awareness of impact of evidence-based practice within unscheduled care
• Ability to work collaboratively with an appropriate range of multi-agency and inter-professional resources, maintaining and evaluating links to manage risk across organisation and setting.
• Ability to identify risk assessment and act accordingly.

Key results areas -Clinical:The post holder will:

• Assess, treat, and advise patients presenting with minor injury needs.
• Lead the shift within a small team
• Provide supervision of the clinical team, assisting and developing their team and individuals
• When required ensure patients are referred on to other members of the primary health care team or secondary care as necessary and support and guide others as required.
• Ensure all practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries and scope of competence of individuals and to acknowledge limitations.
• Work at an advanced level of practice reflected under the 4 pillars of advanced practice of the HEE.
• Perform investigatory procedures, including assessing patients with minor injuries, request, and review x-rays, treat minor injuries /implement expanded roles in practice.
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the duties and responsibilities associated with an expert practitioner working within Unscheduled Primary Care and out of hours.
• Develop and maintain clinical policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Ensure any patient information is up-to-date and produced in appropriate formats.

Professional -The post holder will:

• Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.
• Act as a role model for standards of behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within the role and workplace
• Analyse relevant local and national policy, within their area of expertise and advise on the impact for service, leading the implementation of changes and evaluation of processes.
• Maintain professional registration and practice through CPD
• Maintain a professional portfolio to demonstrate competency in line with NMC competency framework or other professional body.
• Maintain their personal standards of conduct and behaviour consistent within FCMS, NMC guidelines or other professional body.
• Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess own workload within an accepted time frame.
• Ensure appropriate use of resources to meet service needs.
• Recognise and act as an advocate for patients, carers, service, and the organisation.
• Carry out annual review of best practice/national standards and implement recommended changes.
• Promote workforce integrity (empower professional accountability within the clinical team, ensure accreditation process followed, complaints management, competency assessment, ensuring mandatory training requirements fulfilled, robust clinical induction)
• Maintain a sound knowledge of NHS policy and NICE guidance in relation to scheduled and unscheduled care.

Our key expectations are:

• Self-awareness Living authentically
• Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation
• Openness What you see is what you get
• Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
• Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness
• Ability to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Any other duties considered relevant to the post and commensurate with the post holders grade and as agreed by their manager - Please see the attached Job Description for more details.

The main duties and responsibility shown above are not an exhaustive and should merely be regarded as a guide. The job holder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the service needs at that time. These are subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the service. The job holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes.

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy

DBS - The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).

The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

Please note that our roles are not being considered for sponsorship at this time

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Teaching

Essential

• Willing / able to attend appropriate training
• Experience of training and development of staff
• Commitment to own personal development

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Practitioner
• Advanced Practice qualification/ RCN Credentialled practitioner with experience dealing with both children and adults / HEE portfolio.
• Substantial clinical experience within an unscheduled care setting, working at an Advanced level
• Non- medical prescribing qualification

Desirable

• Recognised training in minor injury management, consultation, and examination skills
• IRMER trained
• Practice assessor certificate
• Telephone triage qualification

Communication

Essential

• Excellent oral, aural, and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal with difficult situations

Experience

Essential

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience and a passion for working in an integrated urgent care system and working with partner organisations
• Experience of expert autonomous practice within an unscheduled care setting managing minor injuries of all ages
• Evidence of clinical competence in a wide range of relevant clinical skills, local anaesthesia infiltration, suturing, x-ray interpretation, fracture management
• Health Promotion experience
• Experience using clinical computer systems
• Understanding of current Urgent Health care issues and initiatives
• Ability to work effectively under pressure, intense conditions and within time constraints
• Understanding and awareness of CQC compliance and essential standards of quality and safety
• Teaching experience/clinical supervision experience

Desirable

• Experience of working within a community Urgent Care setting or ED or an appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, and strategies for improving prescribing practice
• Innovative practice to deliver patient centred care
• Use of Adastra IT

Teamwork

Essential

• Commitment to working with multiple organisations to manage patient flows
• Commitment to multi-disciplinary team approach to care

Desirable

• Evidence of leadership experience

Management

Essential

• The ability to demonstrate an understanding of the current issues affecting Primary Care services
• Time management of work productivity
• Ability to challenge the norm and get the best out of team members
• Commitment to support, develop and manage change
• Evidence of good organisational and leadership skills
• Information governance understanding and awareness

Desirable

• Evidence of project management

Personal

Essential

• Must have a positive can-do attitude
• Leadership qualities
• Commitment to personal and professional development
• Willing to work unsociable hours
• Able to deal with difficult and sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy
• Committed to service development
• Adaptable to the changing needs of the service.
• Kindness and empathy

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).