Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Paramedic - Ventnor Medical Practice
Please note, this role is advertised by One Wight Health - GP Federation, on behalf of Ventnor Medical Practice. Ventnor Medical Practice will be the employer for this post.
Hours: Part time - Up to 3 days per week
Salary: Dependent on experience
Ventnor Medical Practice is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Paramedic to join our team as an important clinical member of the practice. This is an opportunity to develop new clinical skills in a supportive and well-supervised environment.
For the right candidate, the practice is committed to excellent terms and conditions including remuneration, training, and development. Most importantly, you will have the chance to truly shape the health outcomes of our population and fulfill your aspirations.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Work as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team to provide safe and high-level first contact care.
2. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing relevant expert advice.
3. Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
4. Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patient's health.
About Us
At Ventnor Medical Practice, we aim to provide holistic patient care within a safe, effective, caring, responsive, and friendly environment. To help us achieve this, we have well-trained, highly skilled clinical and non-clinical teams who enjoy a good work-life balance to ensure resilience of our team. Our GP Partners and Management team ensure this is maintained in accordance with local and national policies and is achieved in a responsible financial way.
Job Responsibilities
1. Practice in compliance with the respective code of professional conduct and within the scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for decisions, actions, and omissions at this level of practice.
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the broadened level of responsibility and autonomy, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty, and incomplete information.
3. Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change.
4. Work in partnership with individuals, families, and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate.
5. Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care, or seeking to make a positive change.
6. Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning.
7. Initiate, evaluate, and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, lifestyle advice, and care.
8. Exercise professional judgement to manage risk.
9. Be a professional role model for the organisation.
10. Actively engage in peer review to inform own and others' practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements.
11. Critically assess and address own learning needs, negotiating a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of ongoing professional development across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research).
12. Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required.
13. Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation and ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively.
14. Develop, implement, and embed an effective call/recall system.
15. Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research, evaluation, and audit, using the results to underpin own practice and to inform that of others.
16. Develop and implement robust governance systems and contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance.
17. Chaperone patients where necessary.
18. Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
19. Support the team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies.
20. Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately.
21. Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
Person Specification
Skills and Knowledge
* Clinical knowledge and skills.
* Understand the importance of evidence-based practice.
* Broad knowledge of clinical governance.
* Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
* Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs.
* Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
* Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy.
* Polite, confident, flexible, and cooperative.
* Motivated, forward thinker.
* Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
* High levels of integrity and loyalty.
* Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations.
* Knowledge of public health issues in the local area.
* Awareness of issues within the wider health arena.
Experience
* Experience of practice within the four pillars.
* Job plan that demonstrates advanced clinical practice and has equity with peers working at this level.
* Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews.
* Experience of working in a primary care environment.
Qualifications
* Educated to Master's degree as detailed within the HEE document titled Multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England.
* Registered on their appropriate professional register.
* Qualified independent prescriber - V300.
* Teaching qualification.
* ALS and PALS.
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.
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