Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Alnwick UCC
23 January 2025
About the role…
We’re recruiting Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) and Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANP) from a variety of professional backgrounds including nurses, pharmacists, and paramedics. If you’re experienced, with a Master’s level award or equivalent and keen to take on an expanded role within Primary Care, we would welcome your application.
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within our Urgent Care Centres, you will support existing clinical care to enhance the capacity and capability within our multi-professional teams.
You will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs of our patients, undertaking consultations as an autonomous practitioner, using your advanced clinical practice skills and clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer, or discharge patients. This role will be face-to-face, supported by a variable rota covering weekdays, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
We’re committed to investing in and developing our teams to create a diverse and contemporary workforce and support the four pillars of advanced practice (Leadership & Management; Education, Research, and Clinical Practice).
Your day to day…
1. Shift lead the clinical teams.
2. Carry out consultations with patients - taking a comprehensive patient history, performing physical examinations, and using your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify potential diagnoses.
3. Decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate.
4. Provide clinical advice and mentorship to junior clinical staff.
Qualifications, Experience & Training…
1. Registered Nurse, Paramedic, or Pharmacist.
2. Master’s Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice (equivalent or higher).
3. Evidence of completion of study in minor illness.
4. Independent prescriber.
5. Evidence of study in minor injury or willingness to develop these skills.
6. Evidence of completion of study in paediatric minor illness or willingness to develop these skills.
7. Evidence of study in paediatric minor injury or willingness to develop these skills.
We are looking for ACPs across a number of our sites in Staffordshire, Yorkshire, and the North East.
Successful candidates will be required to complete pre-hire checks, including, but not limited to, Right to Work in the UK and a Disclosure and Barring Background (DBS) check.
You can contact the team on email: recruitment@totallygroup.com
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