Job summary
Rother House are recruiting an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary PCN team. You will be based in one practice Rother House Medical Centre.
We are a dynamic general practice in Stratford upon Avon looking for someone to join our amazing team looking after 16500 patients. We are looking for someone with a can-do attitude who is passionate about patient care and values everything primary care can offer. We put patient care at the centre of everything we do and work closely as a team to provide the best possible care within the resources available to us .
Main duties of the job
The candidate should be able to demonstrate that they can
1. Assess, diagnose and treat patients, using evidence-based care
2. Implement and review treatment plans as appropriate
3. Ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance and use advanced skills appropriate to the role
4. Ensure clinical competencies are maintained in accordance with framework for advanced clinical practice
5. Make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate
6. Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc
7. Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.
8. Proactively assess and manage frail patients within their own homes to develop advance care plans to support care in the community
About us
SWGP Federation is made up of GP practices from areas including Warwick, Leamington, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Kenilworth. We work together to deliver enhanced services for the 300,000 patients we cover, as well as improving working practices for our staff. We are proud to offer high levels of patient care across South Warwickshire. Our purpose is to grow, support and enable Primary Care in South Warwickshire by offering additional services and enabling individual practices to focus more time on delivering patient care. .
o 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
o NHS Pension
o Health & Wellbeing support
o Vivup Employee Assistance Programme
o Bike2work Scheme
Job description
Job responsibilities
In this role, you will assess diagnosis, plan, and implement programmes of evidenced-based care for primary care patients, undertaking re-evaluation and implementation of treatment plans as appropriate. In addition, you will ensure interventions are undertaken in line with best practice guidance and use advanced skills appropriate to the role, ensuring clinical competencies are maintained in accordance with framework for advanced clinical practice.
You will need to hold a Postgraduate qualification within your clinical discipline, together with the certification to prescribe.
You will act as an autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other healthcare professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending clinics and initiating direct referrals as appropriate.
You will also lead PCN clinical projects in line with the PCN DES contract, these involve, but are not limited to, health inequalities, Learning Disabilities, Long Term conditions and Flu and Covid vaccination campaigns.
You will preferably have prior experience in a Primary Care setting with the ability to make professionally autonomous decisions. You will hold clinics for patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems and make an assessment of their health care needs, based on highly-developed knowledge and skills, including skills such as physical examination, applied pharmacology and evidence-based prescribing.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
9. Registered Nurse with additional Masters level Advanced Practice qualification.
10. Qualified Independent Prescriber
Desirable
11. Minor Illness qualification
12. Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential
13. Previous experience working in Primary Care
14. Competent in the use of EMIS
15. Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
16. Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
17. Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
18. Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
19. Good interpersonal skills
20. Problem solving & analytical skills
21. Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
22. Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
23. Experience with clinical risk management
Desirable
24. Triage experience
25. Experience of working in primary care/out of hours clinic
Knowledge & skills
Essential
26. 6 months post qualification experience working in primary care
27. Qualified independent prescriber able to undertake medication reviews