Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job responsibilities

• Work with and champion the unit in conjunction with Senior Managerial colleagues
• Support the Management team and Clinical manager to ensure all service KPIs/Targets all are met, and looking for improvement over and above the set commissioned targets
• Ensure mandatory training is kept up to date and receive suitable training/CPD for their ongoing development needs
• Practice autonomously, as an independent practitioner, participating in the care of and undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment / referral and discharge of patients presenting with minor injury and illness within agreed parameters.
• Provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of a client group whilst working autonomously
• Identify the need for and initiate and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and results
• To safely and competently undertake invasive and non-invasive procedures to establish a diagnosis
• Be able to independently undertake telephone triage
• To work within the parameters of current Non-medical prescribing legislation / guidelines.
• Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership
• Contribute to the Clinical Governance agenda within the service by leading audit and research as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the area of expertise
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct or other relevant professional body
• Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team

Our key expectations are:

Self-awareness Living authentically

Adaptability- Being ready to adjust depending on the situation

Openness What you see is what you get

Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible

Generosity of spirit- Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness

Ability to have fun Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Our Why: To nurture an environment of inspiration, innovation and disruption so this people in our world receive exceptional healthcare for this generation, and the next.

Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours.

Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:

Fun:People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!

Awesome:We arent here to be average, were here to be awesome!

Humble:Were here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become

Brave:We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done

Oompf:We have natural oompf! Its infectious!

Go-getting:We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity

Clinical

• Assess, treat, and advise patients presenting with health care needs.
• Provide supervision of the clinical team, assisting and developing their team and individuals
• When required ensure patients are referred on to other members of the primary health care team or secondary care as necessary and support and guide others as required.
• Ensure all practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries and scope of competence of individuals and to acknowledge limitations.
• Work at an advanced level of practice reflected under the 4 pillars of advanced practice of the HEE
• Perform investigatory procedures, including assessing patients with minor injuries, request, and review x-rays, treat minor injuries /implement expanded roles in practice
• In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the duties and responsibilities associated with an expert practitioner working within Unscheduled Primary Care.
• Develop and maintain clinical/nursing policies, procedures, and protocols.
• Ensure any patient information is up-to-date and produced in appropriate formats

Professional

• Role model standards of care and behaviour through clinical practice.
• Act as a role model for standards of behaviour and professionalism, through commitment to the integration of policies and procedures within the role and workplace
• Analyse relevant local and national policy, within their area of expertise and advise on the impact for service, leading the implementation of changes and evaluation of processes
• Maintain professional registration and practice through CPD
• Maintain a professional portfolio to demonstrate competency in line with NMC competency framework or other professional body
• Prescribe medication in accordance with competency, professional guidelines and NICE / CKS guidelines.
• Maintain NMP competency and regularly review prescribing practice through CPD and reflective practice.
• Maintain their personal standards of conduct and behaviour consistent within FCMS, NMC guidelines or other professional body
• Allocate, coordinate, monitor and assess own workload within an accepted time frame
• Ensure appropriate use of resources to meet service needs
• Recognise and act as an advocate for patients, carers, service, and the organisation
• Carry out annual review of best practice/national standards and implement recommended changes
• Promote workforce integrity (empower professional accountability within the clinical team, ensure accreditation process followed, complaints management, competency assessment, ensuring mandatory training requirements fulfilled, robust clinical induction)
• Maintain a sound knowledge of NHS policy and NICE guidance in relation to scheduled and unscheduled care

Education and training

• Identify own development needs in line with service requirements within a personal development plan
• Develop and distribute educational leaflets in relevant formats, for patients relating to services and patient pathways
• Ensure personal, peer support and clinical supervision needs are met
• Contribute to clinical governance outcomes
• Understand and apply professional and national guidelines on confidentiality
• Be fully involved in the progress and development of clinicians and ...