Advanced Care Practitioner (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic)

Southampton West PCN Limited; Southampton; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Southampton is seeking an Advanced Care Practitioner to deliver proactive home visits and acute care for housebound patients and care home residents. The role involves comprehensive assessments, treatment plans, and close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. A relevant advanced nursing qualification and registration are essential. An annual salary range of £58,000 to £61,000 based on experience is offered.

Qualifications

• Previous primary care experience in an Advanced Clinical Practitioner role.
• Own transport and driving license required.
• Experience of clinical audit and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic care to housebound patients and care home residents.
• Carry out comprehensive assessments and treatment plans.
• Liaise with GPs and other healthcare professionals for continuity of care.

Skills

Communication and consultation skills

Data gathering and interpretation

Managing medical complexity

Practising holistically

Clinical examination and procedural skills

Project management and leadership

Education

Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc

Registered with HCPC

Job description

Advanced Care Practitioner (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic)

We are looking for an Advanced CarePractitioner (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic), to join our already establishedHome Visiting and Care Home team. The practitioner will provide on the dayacute visits for housebound patients and care home residents within the PCN, aswell as delivering proactive home visits to support the ongoing health needs ofour population.

The post holder will be required to provide on the day visitsfor housebound patients who are acutely unwell and need a clinical assessment,as well as pre-planned proactive care assessments. The practitioner will alsoneed to visit patients living in care homes for both acute and proactive care,this will be in the form of either a ward round or an acute visit. The clinicianwill be responsible for prioritising visits according to clinical need and willbe required to take a comprehensive history and devise a treatment plan. Thiscould include liaison with the GP, secondary care and community colleagues tosupport coordination of patient care.

As part of the proactive care service delivery, the postholder will be required to complete comprehensive frailty assessments, advancedcare plans, end of life care planning, and medication optimisation whileworking closely with a wider MDT to identify patients who require input fromother services or agencies.

Main duties of the job

Uses expert knowledgeand clinical skills to deliver holistic care to housebound patients and carehome residents registered with Southampton West PCN

Provide safe, evidence-based,cost effective, individualised patient care

Assesses diagnoses andtreats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute,non-acute, and chronic medical conditions

Assesses diagnoses andtreats patients who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriateagencies.

Directly admitspatients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need

Refers patients, asappropriate, to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care andto other statutory and voluntary organisations

Interprets a range ofdiagnostic tests

Works withinprofessional guidelines and codes of conduct

Works within allrelevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control,chaperoning, risk management

Communicates informationwell and sensitively to patients and carers having due regard toconfidentiality

Contributes towardstargets under the primary Care Network Enhanced service and the Quality andOutcomes Framework

Undertake and completesquality improvement projects where necessary

Undertake annualreviews and care plans for patients including medication reviews (with supportof pharmacists where necessary).

Full Details can be found in the attached Job Advert

About us

Southampton West Primary Care Limited

Southampton West Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of the 9 GP surgeries in the west of the City and covers84,000 patients. Our mission is to work collaboratively to develop high quality services for our patients, so thatwe can improve health outcomes that enable people to live well, for longer,whilst developing resilient primary care.

The PCN already hosts astrong and supportive multi-disciplinary wellbeing team consisting of mental health practitioners, peer support workers,social prescribers, care coordinators, Health and Wellbeing Coaches,Pharmacists, and First Contact Physiotherapists.

Job responsibilities

Primary Duties

Uses expert knowledgeand clinical skills to deliver holistic care to housebound patients and carehome residents registered with Southampton West PCN

Provide safe, evidence-based,cost effective, individualised patient care

Assesses diagnoses andtreats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute,non-acute, and chronic medical conditions

Assesses diagnoses andtreats patients who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriateagencies.

Directly admitspatients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need

Refers patients, asappropriate, to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care andto other statutory and voluntary organisations

Interprets a range ofdiagnostic tests

Works withinprofessional guidelines and codes of conduct

Works within allrelevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control,chaperoning, risk management

Communicates informationwell and sensitively to patients and carers having due regard toconfidentiality

Contributes towardstargets under the primary Care Network Enhanced service and the Quality andOutcomes Framework

Undertake and completesquality improvement projects where necessary

Undertake annualreviews and care plans for patients including medication reviews (with supportof pharmacists where necessary).

Accurately recordsclinical consultations on practice clinical systems ensuring the correct use ofSNOMED codes and clinical templates

Understand andimplements safeguarding protocols and understand how and who to refer andescalate to when required

Develops meaningful positiveworking relationships with local frailty teams and Multi Disciplinary Teams

Helps to deliver vaccinationprogrammes for our housebound populations and care home residents

Professional Development

Maintain professionalregistration

Work within the latestCode of Professional Conduct of professional body

Partakes in monthlyclinical supervision with GP service lead and peer supervision.

Actively participatesin clinical PCN and Practice meetings

Participate in anytraining programme implemented by Southampton West PCN Limited as part of thisemployment, such training to include:

Participation in an annualindividual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaininga record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for owndevelopment, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activitiesto others who are undertaking similar work.

Person Specification

Experience

• Previous primary care experience in Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
• Own transport and driving license, in order to be able to travel regularly between sites around West Southampton
• Previous Care Home Primary Care experience
• Experience of clinical audit, evaluation research and implementation of evidence-based practice
• Background in community nursing

Qualifications

• Advanced Care Practitioner Requirements:
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc
• Current NMC Registration
• Membership of a professional body
• UK Driving license
• Paramedic Requirements:
• Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic
• has a further three years experience as a paramedic
• UK Driving license
• Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification

Knowledge / Skills / Training

• Communication and consultation skills
• Practising holistically
• Data gathering and interpretation
• Making a diagnosis or decision
• Managing medical complexity
• Project management and leadership
• Working in a team
• Maintaining an ethical approach
• Fitness to practise
• Clinical examination and procedural skills
• Learning and development
• PCN Core values
• Awareness of the legal and ethical issues of the role
• Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team as a key player
• Adult safeguarding level 3

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.

£58,000 to £61,000 a yearDepending on experience