Advanced Care Practitioner

Integrated Care System; England; On-site; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a qualified Advanced Practitioner to lead multidisciplinary teams within their network. The ideal candidate will possess a master's degree in a relevant field and have experience in clinical governance and leadership. This role involves overseeing patient care and ensuring high standards within healthcare delivery, offering a competitive salary of £55,690 annually.

Qualifications

• Masters qualified in Nursing, Clinical Pharmacy, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, or Paramedicine.
• Registered practitioner with relevant professional body and the HCPC.
• Experience in clinical governance and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead multidisciplinary teams to assess and triage patients.
• Provide clinical supervision and manage patient care.
• Ensure compliance with clinical governance and quality assurance.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical governance

Risk management

Communication

Emotional intelligence

Education

Masters degree in relevant field

Independent prescribing qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Clinical management systems

Job description

We are looking to recruit a suitably qualified and registered AdvancedPractitioner under ARRS to lead our multidisciplinary team on behalf ofHarthill Primary Network member practices.

This is a new role; you will have experience as an Advanced Practitionerin one of six key specialities: nursing, clinical pharmacy, physiotherapy,podiatry, dietetics, occupational therapy, or paramedicine. You will be a mastersqualified, registered level 7 practitioner with an independent prescribingqualification looking to move into or already working in a community focusedrole.

Main duties of the job

On a day-to-day basis, youwill take both a clinical leadership role, solving complex and more challengingdiagnosis and provide supervision to support growth, enhance services andreduce risk. In this role, you will build capacity by successfully influencing,challenging, and leading. Your approach alongside your knowledge, skills andexperience will make a tangible and quantifiable difference across the PCN. Youwill be valued and feel a strong sense of job satisfaction as you work todeliver Primary Care Services with our NHS partners.

About us

Harthill Primary CareNetwork (PCN) is a network of five NHS GP Practices within the Haltemprice andMarket Weighton areas of the East Riding of Yorkshire which includes practicesin Cottingham, Willerby, Anlaby, North Ferriby and Market Weighton. We are one of seven PCNs across the EastRiding and cover a registered population of around 34,000 patients.

Yorkshire HealthPartners Ltd (YHP) is managing the recruitment, employment and leadership ofpeople under NHS Englands Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) forHarthill PCN.

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

Asan advanced practitioner this post holder will lead our team of AdditionalRoles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) First Contact Practitioner (FCP) colleaguesworking collaboratively across the PCN to play a crucial role in clinicalgovernance, building capacity and capability and providing resolution andcritical thinking to some challenging patient diagnosis or issues. This role will primarily work initially withour care home residents but will support development plans for a widerProactive Care Team across our practices.

Job Summary

Whileoperating at an advanced practitioner level in your area of expertise, Nursing,Clinical Pharmacy, First Contact Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Podiatry, OccupationalTherapy, Paramedicine) you will lead and drive forward service improvements andclinical governance alongside seeing patients face to face. The PCN will greatlybenefit from your level of knowledge, skills, experience, and leadership to buildcapacity and capability across the network.

Key Areasof Responsibility

To lead themulti-disciplinary team across the PCN to assess and triage patients, includingsame day triage.

Provide definitivetreatment such as the prescription of medications in accordance with guidelines(locally and nationally) and make referrals to other members of the primarycare team.

Manageundifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlyingserious pathology and take appropriate action.

Undertake complexdecision making to inform the diagnoses, investigation, and complete the managementof episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.

Proactively take apersonalised care approach and population centred care approach to enableshared decision making with the presenting patient.

Leading on MDT workto achieve on the PCN DES, associated IIF KPIs and related QOF indicators.

Buildingcapacity through effective leadership

Provide clinicalsupervision to others in clinical roles within primary care such as firstcontact practitioners and personalised care roles.

RiskManagement and Quality Assurance

Ensure robust clinical governance is in placefor your practice which includes regular audit and evaluation, supervision, andCPD.

Managementof workload and personal development

Act on own initiative in prioritising and managingworkload, delegating tasks appropriately and referring to designated MDT or BoardMembers in respect of clinical, managerial, and administrative areas, asnecessary.

Maintain own personal and professional development asagreed at your annual review.

STANDARDPARAGRAPHS

Tobe read in line with relevant Organisation Policy and Employee Handbook

It is the responsibility ofeach member of staff to maintain confidentiality, in line with theorganisations Confidentiality Code of Conduct.

Staff must be aware of andmaintain up to date knowledge and skill to adhere to the provisions of Healthand Safety legislation, to ensure their safety and the safety of others.

Under the Health Act Code ofPractice for the Prevention of HCAI 2006, staff have a personal responsibilityto ensure that their work adheres to this Code to preserve safe patient care.

Staff will be required to workflexibly to meet the needs of the organisation, whilst working within theculture of improving working lives and working time directive

Develop and deliver services which puts the patients ofHarthill PCN at the heart of what we do.

Person Specification

Other

• Drive and have access to transport to attend visits or sites across the PCN, this may include home visits
• Applicants must be willing to obtain and maintain Class 1 Business Insurance for any vehicle used in the performance of their duties, at their own expense.
• Immunisation status for Covid -19 (unless exempt in accordance with regulations)

Values

• Working Together
• Improvement and Development
• Respect and Compassion
• Engagement and Involvement

Behaviours

• Communicates with colleagues well to ensure the smooth delivery of services
• Proactively supports others to deliver team objectives
• Takes responsibility for actions and looks to enhance the service and its reputation in all activities undertaken
• Actively engages with building personal capacity and resilience

Qualifications

• Masters degree level in area of specialism (Nursing, Clinical Pharmacist, Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Podiatry, Occupational Therapy, Paramedicine) and independent prescribing qualification
• Registered clinical practitioner with their relevant professional body and the HCPC

Experience

• Working at a level where you encompass the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies
• Has a detailed knowledge and understanding in practice of applying Caldicott Principles, Data Protection Act 2018 and appropriately protects an individuals personal data, disclosing where appropriate only
• To deliver outcomes based on set targets
• Liaise with other colleagues to promote the success of YHP and its Partner organisations in primary care
• Communicate effectively in a calm and timely manner, respecting the views, autonomy and culture of others
• Demonstrates a professional approach including emotional intelligence and resilience.
• Effectively manages more challenging communication including sharing difficult to hear information and making this understandable
• Highly skilled at influencing in an evidence base way, not telling, engaging
• Addresses issues swiftly nipping issues in the bud to prevent escalation (including the performance management of colleagues)
• Awareness of and has well-developed IT skills to facilitate quick and confident learning of new systems to support the management of patients in a primary care setting (including Microsoft packages)
• Work to perpetuate a culture that is transparent and open
• A good listener who demonstrates empathy
• Working well with others to deliver goals
• Being motivated to deliver excellent services to support Primary Care in our region
• Evidence of previous service improvement involvement, with a positive mindset towards development, engaging others effectively to achieve this at individual and organisational levels
• Demonstratable success in the performance management, coaching and supervision of colleagues
• Demonstrates commitment to CPD

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.

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