DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Clinical Responsibilities: Patient Care: Deliver advanced and complex clinical care, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing for patients with acute, chronic, and complex conditions. Autonomous Practice: Work independently within the scope of practice to manage complete clinical episodes, using advanced diagnostic skills and clinical judgment. Case Management: Manage patient cases from initial assessment to conclusion, including follow-ups and referrals, ensuring continuity of care. Prescribing: Utilise prescriptive authority responsibly following current guidelines and protocols to enhance therapeutic outcomes for patients. Home visiting: undertake home visiting as and when required, including triage of home visits. Leadership and Guidance: Mentorship: Provide mentorship and supervision to nursing staff, trainee advanced practitioners, and other healthcare professionals to enhance team competencies. Service Development: Lead the development and implementation of new clinical services and pathways, improving processes and patient care. Professional Development: Engage in continuous professional development to keep abreast of medical advancements and to further develop clinical skills. Research and Quality Improvement: Research Participation: Participate in clinical audits and research activities to contribute to the evidence base for practice. Quality Assurance: Implement quality improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with health care standards and best practices in patient care. Educational Activities: Training Provision: Deliver training sessions to healthcare staff on clinical skills, advanced practice techniques, and case management. CPD Activities: Facilitate and participate in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities within the practice. Administrative and Organisational Duties: Record Keeping: Maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records using SystmOne. Meetings: Attend and contribute to team meetings, providing updates and insights on patient care strategies and outcomes Miscellaneous: The Practice recognises that the role of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner is wide and varied is evolving in nature. Therefore, this job description is not intended to be exhaustive and there will be other tasks and duties that the post holder will be expected to perform within what is ordinarily expected of this role.