Advanced Practitioner - Care Homes
Job Description
Job summary
Note interview date will likely be Friday 9th May 2025
This role requires the successful candidate to have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route.
Role Summary
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced registered practitioner / nurse to help PCN Care Home Residents while also providing proactive care to patients with complex needs.
The successful candidate will be a caring, compassionate, and dedicated experienced registered practitioner / nurse who, within their professional bounds, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking to clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care.
They will make safe, competent clinical decisions and provide professional treatment, including evaluation and diagnostic skills.
The postholder will commit to using critical thinking in the safe clinical decision-making process.
They will interact and collaborate with the PCN and general practice teams to address patients' needs while also supporting policy and procedure implementation.
When not visiting patients in their homes or care homes, the poster holder will work on-site at Abbey Manor Medical Centre in Yeovil.
PCN's core business hours are Monday through Friday, 0830 - 1630.
Main duties of the job
Responsibilities
- Participate in regular MDT meetings and Care Home ward rounds to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients.
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
- Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs.
- Support patients and Care Home staff to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
- Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
- Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
Please see attached job description for full details.
About us
The Yeovil Primary Care Network (PCN) is an exciting and creative place to work. Yeovil PCN was founded in 2019 and has continued to improve and enhance the services it provides to its community.
We are a cooperation of five GP practices in Yeovil and a central PCN Hub team situated at Abbey Manor Medical Centre, and we aspire to provide clinical excellence and proactive patient-centered care.
Our successful services currently include a thriving Community Investigation Hub, the County's top performing covid and flu vaccination programme, our supportive and engaging Care Home and Proactive Care team, our highly regarded Physiotherapy team and the NHS Health Check Service, which we were recently awarded.
We also have fresh and interesting initiatives in the works, and we think that our employees are the primary drivers of innovation and delivery, therefore we invest in their training and development.
We are committed to strengthening our connections with community services and other system partners in order to overcome obstacles and establish an Integrated Neighbourhood Team that will enable us to deliver significant patient-centered care. Yeovil is a charming rural town situated on the border of Somerset and Dorset. There are lots of family-friendly nearby amenities and excellent transport options.
Staff also benefit from the NHS Pension Scheme, Blue Light Card and other discount opportunities and competitive annual leave and bank holiday entitlement.
Job responsibilities
This role requires the successful candidate to have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route.
Responsibilities
- Participate in regular MDT meetings and Care Home ward rounds to assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients.
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
- Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs.
- Support patients and Care Home staff to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
- Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
- Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
Communication
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
- Communicate with and support patients and their families who are receiving bad news
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating
- Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication
- Maintain effective communication within the PCN environment and with external stakeholders
- Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues
- Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate
Delivering a quality service
- Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC
- Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
- Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
- Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care
- Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
- Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate
- Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care
- Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation
- Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance
- Working with PCN management to ensure the whole team have skills and knowledge regarding domestic violence, vulnerable adults, substance abuse and addictive behaviour. Provide guidance and support to ensure appropriate referral if required
Leadership personal and people development
- Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model
- Support staff development to maximise potential
- Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers to bring about new developments in the provision of services
- Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards
- Maintain active involvement in the planning and processes of PCN commissioning or similar initiatives
Team working
- Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working
- Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence
- Create clear referral ...
