Out of Hours ACP - Cumbria
Job Description
Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for Advanced Clinical Practitioners to join our Out of Hours teams at our Treatment Centres across Cumbria. This is on a Salaried basis, primarily at our sites in Penrith and Kendal.
The role is critical in providing high-quality care out of hours, ensuring our patients receive timely and effective care.
We have various shifts available covering evenings, weekends and nights. These are mostly car shifts and are primarily covering Penrith and Kendal.
CLOSING DATE: 15 April 2025
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We encourage you to apply as early as possible as this job may close earlier than the advertised closing date once enough applications have been received
Please note that we are unable to offer an Employer Sponsored Visa for this role.
Main duties of the job
You will work as a member of the clinical team, responsible for recognising, negotiating and implementing processes to enhance the delivery of care in the Treatment centres.
Patient centred care will be delivered by assessing patients 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.
All staff are expected to work to Cumbria Healths Values:
Clinically Focussed: Everything every one of us does is for the patient
Responsive: We listen and we respond quickly in a patient focussed way
One Team: We work together to provide a high quality service which is organised and consistent, and in partnership with both the local Acute and Community Trusts
High Standards: We provide skilled professionals working to the highest standards who are passionate about improving patient care
Growth & Sustainability: With our strong roots we will continue to thrive and grow
Communities: Connecting and engaging to meet local needs
About us
Cumbria Health places the patient, their family and their community at the heart of everything we do. We are an award-winning organisation, the first out-of-hours organisation in the country to be rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We provide primary health care services, both in and out of hours, across Cumbria. We are values-driven and place great emphasis on inclusivity and the wellbeing and development of our staff, while striving to provide a consistently high-quality service. Our service is designed to improve health and wellbeing.
Working for Cumbria Health can offer flexible opportunities in terms of location, hours and working patterns so you can enjoy a great work life balance. In order to provide the best patient care we understand the importance of ensuring staff satisfaction and are consistently trying to ensure we offer our staff a positive working environment whether that be though training or social events.
Listen to your heart. Have the work life balance you'd love.
Job responsibilities
This list of duties and responsibilities, which follows, 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.
a. Refers when necessary to general practitioners, Paramedics, Accident and Emergency, Secondary Care, District nurses, Night rapid response nurses, Emergency social workers, Emergency mental health team, and Emergency dental services.
2. With Primary care nurses giving support, advice and leadership.
3. With reception staff regarding patient information.
4. Recognise and effectively manages situations where there are barriers to effective communication.
5. 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.
a. Functions at a high level to a carry out clinical decision making such as diagnosing and discharging patients with minimal input from a medical practitioner remaining with the scope of professional practice.
b. Practices as an autonomous practitioner where possible with non-medical prescribing authority.
2. Functions at a high level in relation to communication skills through patient consultation and nursing assessment of physical, psychological and social needs.
a. Takes an accurate history, building rapport towards a therapeutic relationship.
b. Assess, plan and implements patient centred plan of care for patients with in the out of hours treatment centres, independently discharge patients from your care and refer when necessary to other healthcare professionals for further specialised care.
3. Demonstrates clinical competence in the assessment and management of patients of all ages from infants to the elderly and management of lifelong illness such as diabetes, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease during the time of acute illness and managing minor illness.
4. Adapts to change within working situation managing unscheduled emergency situations.
a. Basic life support, severe breathing problems, serious cardiovascular problems, collapsed patients and seriously ill patients.
5. Performs investigations to reach a differential diagnosis using core clinical skill and competence. Initiate treatment including diagnostic investigations.
a. Recognition of abnormal vital signs observing paediatric and adult respiratory rate and effort, heart rate rhythm and volume, temperature and blood pressures as appropriate.
b. Performs investigatory procedures including; Performing ECGs, Urinalysis, Blood Glucose monitoring, Venepuncture, measuring and interpreting Peak Flow.
6. Demonstrates competence in examination techniques
a. Examination of the Ear Nose and Throat system
b. Basic Neurological examination of Headaches and Head injury
c. Basic Muscular-skeletal examination in the assessment of injury
d. Basic eye examination in the assessment of injury, foreign body and infection.
e. Respiratory Examination
f. Abdominal Examination
g. Cardiovascular Examination
h. Vaginal Examination and sexual health screening
7. Performs safe manual handling techniques.
8. Recognises own limitations, seek assistance and refer appropriately.
9. Delivers a high standard of care without discrimination to all ages, sexes and ethnic origins of the population through continuum of life.
10. Deliver safe, effective evidence based care and advice to ease patient problems.
11. Promotes improving the health of the individual through advice and education to aid adjustment of lifestyle, including Contraception advice.
Organisational Skills
1. Aware of and complies with Cumbria Health policies and procedures.
2. Able to adapt to change in the workplace being involved in new developments in the delivery of care.
3. Ensures faulty clinical equipment is reported and repaired and adequate for use.
4. Ensures store supplies are adequately ordered and maintained.
5. Participates and supports the implementation of clinical governance, clinical audit and clinical risk assessment, setting and monitoring standards of care.
6. Promotes improving the health of the community through reporting and preventing occurrences of infectious disease, proving advice and education.
7. Has a flexible approach to geographical locations across county sites.
Professional
1. Ensures practice and implementation of care is evidence based by adhering to local and national guidance.
2. Complies with NMC. HCPC, GPC code of conduct and works within scope of professional practice
3. Maintains confidentiality of information regarding patients.
4. Ensures accurate, concise documentation.
5. Reports any adverse incidents or near miss events through agreed Cumbria Health system.
6. Maintains professional development in risk awareness, health and safety, fire safety at work, Child and Adult safeguarding, conflict resolution, information governance and basic life support by attending annual mandatory training.
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