Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) - Waterloo House Surgery, Millom
Join Our Team as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner at Waterloo House Surgery!
Are you passionate about delivering exceptional patient care? Do you have a Prescriber qualification and experience working with care homes and undertaking home visits for housebound patients? We're thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our team at Waterloo House Surgery in Millom.
This is a 22.5-hour-per-week over 3-4 days, fixed term until 31.03.2026.
Closing Date: 24 February 2025
Don't wait to apply; this position may close early if we receive a high number of applications.
Please note that we are unable to offer an Employer Sponsored Visa for this role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a member of the Practice Team. The post holder will be responsible for recognising, negotiating, and implementing processes to enhance the delivery of care.
Patient centred care will be delivered by assessing patients both in care homes and at home with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems; initiating treatment, investigations, advice, and management of problems using professional autonomous decision-making processes, liaising when appropriate with other healthcare professionals and service providers to ensure safe and effective patient care.
The post holder will contribute to development and delivery of a high-quality innovative service to the community through the implementation of evidence-based clinical practice, supported by continual professional development and mentorship/supervision.
A Prescriber qualification is an essential requirement for this role.
Job Responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities represents the broad range of tasks which may be required to be undertaken either routinely or periodically. This list is not exhaustive and the role may include additional duties which are not listed here.
Communication
1. Communicates effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
2. Refers when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency, Secondary Care, District nurses, Community MTD, social workers, mental health team, and Social Care Teams including third sector organisations.
3. With Primary care nurses giving support, advice, and leadership.
4. With reception staff regarding patient information.
5. Communicates effectively and respectfully with patients and their family and carers assisting them to navigate the care pathway.
6. Recognises and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective communication.
Clinical Skills
1. Works independently as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner within the scope of professional practice assessing both adults and children.
2. Functions at a high level to carry out clinical decision making initiating investigation, treatment, advice, and management of undetected and undiagnosed problems.
3. Practices as a non-medical prescriber.
4. Demonstrates clinical competence in the assessment and management of patients of all ages from infants to the elderly and management of lifelong illness.
5. Delivers a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes, and ethnic origins of the population through the continuum of life.
Person Specification
Experience
* Significant post-registration experience (minimum 3 years in relevant field acute or primary care setting).
* Evidence of autonomous practice assessing & managing patients with undifferentiated presentations.
* Leadership Skills.
* Experience of working within primary or urgent care.
Qualifications
* Current NMC.
* Independent Non-Medical Prescriber V300.
* Evidence of recent Continual Professional Development.
* MSc Advanced Practice.
Other Requirements
* Willingness to undertake further training and to teach others.
* Current driving licence and access to own vehicle.
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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