Advance Care Planning Practitioner/s

Integrated Care System; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in healthcare seeks an Advance Care Planning Practitioner to enhance palliative care services across Blackburn. This role involves coordinating care, conducting assessments, and collaborating with GPs to ensure effective planning for end-of-life care. Ideal candidates must hold a nursing qualification and possess advanced communication skills.

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse with recent experience.
• MSc in Palliative and End of Life Care.
• Advanced communication skills training completed.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate palliative care with GPs and other services.
• Conduct holistic assessments of patients' needs.
• Lead data collection and quality improvement reporting.

Skills

Communication skills

Holistic assessment skills

Clinical validation process

Education

Registered General Nurse

Advanced Communication Skills training

1st degree in related field

MSc Palliative and End of Life Care

Job description

LPC are looking to appoint ACPPs, initially until 31st March 2026 (although there may be possibility of permanent roles at that point).

The Advance Care PlanningPractitioner (ACPP) will be part of the Quality Improvement project to supportgeneral practices and care homes across Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Networks to identify individuals whomay be at the end of their life utilising the EARLY clinical search tool andsupport the clinical validation process.

They will lead the coordinationof the palliative care register and subsequent advance care planning with theindividual and those close to them regardless of the setting in which theylive, with GP input into the care of the individual as needed

Evaluation of the ACPP role andproducing an end of Quality Improvement project report will be integral to therole.

Main duties of the job

Liaise with GP's regarding the practice palliative care register, promoting the use of the EARLY clinical search tool to proactively identify those who may be in the last 12 months of their life but not on the palliative care register.

Support with the clinical validation process and where clinically appropriate review those who may benefit from having an advance care planning discussion

Ensure correct documentation and coding is recorded via EMIS to allow information sharing via EPACCS and other modes of information sharing

Act as a core member of the wider PCN MDTs liaising with other providers of palliative and end of life care to refer and/or signpost to other services to meet the needs of the person and those important to that individual.

Coordinate palliative care register meetings

Holistic assessment of the individuals physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs to elicit their preferences and wishes.

Recognising inequalities in palliative and end of life care, to lead on the collection of quantitative and qualitative data, the development of a quality improvement plan and reporting to monitor progress

Auditing and reporting on the key deliverables and progress of the quality improvement pilot to the Pennine Lancashire Palliative and End of Life Care Steering Group, sharing best practice across Lancashire & South Cumbria primary care organisations

About us

Local Primary Care works with member practices to provide excellent services to patients. Supporting practices to develop their workforce and leadership.

Our Focus Is On:

Working with practices at scale to provides primary care services.

Preserving personalised healthcare and improving continuity of care.

Support practices to develop their practices, their workforce and their leadership.

Working in partnership with other health and care organisations in promoting new collaborations.

Our Values

In order to achieve the best care outcomes for patients, Local Primary Care believes we must all work towards our core values.

Our Core Values Are:

Caring

Ethical

Transparency

Trust

Job responsibilities

1.PrimaryDuties and Areas of Responsibility

Liaise with GP'sregarding the practice palliative care register, promoting the use of the EARLYclinical search tool to proactively identify those who may be in the last 12months of their life but not on the palliative care register.

Support with theclinical validation process and where clinically appropriate reviewthose who may benefit from having an advance careplanning discussion

Ensure correctdocumentation and coding is recorded via EMIS to allow information sharing viaEPACCS and other modes of information sharing

Act as a core memberof the wider PCN MDT liaising with other providers of palliative and endof life care to refer and/or signpost to other services to meet the needs ofthe person and those important to that individual.

Coordinate palliativecare register meetings, ensuring individuals have access to equitable carewhilst ensuring those with complex needs, includingsymptom management, have a GP review

Utilising advancecommunication skills undertake a holistic assessment of the individualsphysical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs to elicit theirpreferences and wishes.

With regards to theabove, formulate the individuals advance care plan ensuring they, and thoseclose to them, are central to the future care shared decision-makingprocess.

Recognising inequalities in palliative and endof life care, to lead on the collection of quantitative and qualitative data,the development of a quality improvement plan and reporting to monitor progress

Auditing and reporting on the key deliverables andprogress of the quality improvement pilot to thePennine Lancashire Palliative and End of Life Care Steering Group, sharing bestpractice across Lancashire & South Cumbria primary care organisations

Feed into themanagement and development of the ACPP role

Feed into the NationalPalliative Care Agenda and program of work

2. Education,Training and Development

Demonstratesself-development through continuous professional development activity; workingalongside clinical pharmacist to identifying areas to develop

Participatesin the delivery of formal education programmes

Demonstratesan understanding of current educational policies relevant to working areas ofpractice and keeps up to date with relevant clinical practice.

Toparticipate/undertake staff surveys and routine audits as and when required

Reviewand agrees new ways of working to ensure best use of systems

Participatewithin team competencies to ensure quality of service.

3. Healthand Safety/Risk Management

Thepost-holder must comply at all times with the organisations Health and Safetypolicies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures andreporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System.

Thepost-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access toHealth Records Act (1990).

4. Infection Control

Allstaff must comply with Prevention and Control of Infection Policies andcomplete any related mandatory training.

5. Equality and Diversity

Thepost-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensureequality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treatedequally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexualorientation, religion etc.

6. Respectfor Patient Confidentiality

Allmembers of staff are bound by the requirements of the Data Protection Act1998. Information relating to patients,carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the organisationmay only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with policies andprocedures, IG regulations and Data Protection Act relating to confidentialityand the protection of personal and sensitive data

7. SpecialWorking Conditions

Thepost-holder is required to travel independently between sites (whereapplicable), and to attend meetings etc. hosted by other agencies.

Thepost-holder may have contact with body fluids i.e. wound exudates, urine etc.while in clinical practice.

Person Specification

Other Essential Criteria

• Ability to prioritise workload, balancing clinical and non-clinical activities
• Ability to travel within the West Blackburn Primary Care Neighbourhood
• Excellent general communication skills, both written and verbal, with a personable nature
• Ability to work autonomously but also feed into a team dynamic

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse
• Advanced Communication Skills (ACST) training completed or equivalent
• 1st degree in related field
• Recent evidence of related study
• MSc Palliative and End of Life Care

Experience

• Extensive clinical experience in a palliative and end of life care role within the last 2 years
• Relevant face to face interaction within the last 2 years
• Experience of leading on relevant audit process including interpretation and reporting of the data
• Experience in feeding into meetings across neighbourhoods
• Experience of liaising with external agencies/organisations and services to refer on/signpost
• Experience of presenting verbal and written reports

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Head of HR and People Management Services

Depending on experienceBand 7 equivalent