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Join a dynamic and forward-thinking team at a thriving medical center in beautiful Worcestershire as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner. This role offers the opportunity to provide high-quality, personalized care to patients, ensuring they receive timely treatment for acute and chronic conditions. You will work autonomously alongside the Duty Doctor, making critical decisions in patient care while being supported by a collaborative team. With a commitment to continuous learning and a positive work-life balance, this position is ideal for those passionate about patient-centered healthcare. Be part of an organization that values integrity, communication, and professional development.

Must have an Advanced Clinical Practitioner Qualification and experience in primary care.
Independent Prescribing qualification is essential for this role.

Provide patient-centered care, managing acute and chronic conditions.
Make autonomous decisions in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.

Advanced Clinical Practitioner Qualification

Independent Prescribing

Patient Assessment

Clinical Decision Making

Communication Skills

Nursing Degree

Postgraduate Qualification in Advanced Practice

Ombersley Medical Centre are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our dynamic and forward thinking team in beautiful rural Worcestershire.

We aim to provide high quality, personalized, patient centered care in a safe and effective setting. We ensure patients are involved at all points of their journey and strive to improve the health status of those we care for.

The ACP is a new role to our practice and will work alongside the Duty Doctor caring for patients who present with acute illnesses as well as some chronic disease management in a mix of face to face and telephone appointments. The team at Ombersley Medical Centre are encouraged to develop and progress, with supportive, organised and innovative thinking for our team as well as our patients.

The practice team hold regular meetings with opportunities for learning and discussion, deliver a wide MDT approach to patient care and offer a variety of enhanced services to our community.

For more information or to arrange an informal visit, please contact Andrea Hinton, Practice Manager on 01905 622900 or via email andrea.hinton@nhs.net.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner(ACP) will have the freedom and authority to act and make autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.

The role provides an opportunity for patients to avoid the need to be referred to a GP, thereby enabling them to receive timely care and negate unnecessary delay in receiving treatment for on the day, acute issues, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and evaluation of care. To include acute, minor and long term conditions in line with existing practice and national policies and guidelines.

The ACP will be autonomous in making decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and interpretation of test results and will initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, lifestyle advice and care.

About us

Ombersley Medical Centre is a thriving practice located in the heart of the Village. Our practice team is well established and committed to providing excellent care to our community.

Working in general practice is busy, and we are keen to ensure that our team experience a positive work life balance alongside working in a rewarding and patient-focused practice.

We have just over 7,000 patients andare a GP training practice hosting registrars and students from local universities.

Our aims and objectives have been developed by the practice team as a whole and include:

Providingwhole person care giving patients the time they need to receive highstandards of medical care.
Topromote patient well being through health promotion and social enablement atall times.
Commitmentto patients needs, working in partnership with our patients, their families andcarers to deliver personalized care.
Actwith integrity and complete confidentiality.
Encourageopen channels of communication with our patients through a variety of methodsincluding our patient forum.
Tobe a flexible and forward thinking organisation that continually improves usingaudit and monitoring intelligence.
Tobe an employer that staff are proud to work for, ensuring the workingenvironment is safe and happy, enabling staff to deliver the required standardsof care.
Maintaina continuous and supported learning and training environment for staff todevelop skill mix and ensure high care standards are met.

Date posted

15 April 2025

Other

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

A1966-25-0000

Job locations

Main Road

Ombersley

Worcestershire

WR9 0EL

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
Practice in compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and within their scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice
Demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and the limits of own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information
Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
Work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate
Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make a positive change
Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning
Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, lifestyle advice and care
Exercise professional judgement to manage risk
Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
Be a professional role model for the organisation
Actively engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements
Actively seek feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in the co-production of service improvements
Critically assess and address own learning needs, negotiating a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of ongoing professional development across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research).
Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation and to ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research, evaluation and audit, using the results to underpin own practice and to inform that of others
Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
Support the team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced Clinical Practitioner may be requested to:

a. Support the IPC lead, ensuring compliance, and undertaking audit as necessary

b. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

c. Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation

d. Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the organisation

e. Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

f. Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)

g. Commensurate with their role, support the development of clinical services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required

Job responsibilities

The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Clinical Practitioner.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
Practice in compliance with their respective code of professional conduct and within their scope of practice, being responsible and accountable for their decisions, actions and omissions at this level of practice
Demonstrate a critical understanding of their broadened level of responsibility and autonomy and the limits of own competence and professional scope of practice, including when working with complexity, risk, uncertainty and incomplete information
Act on professional judgement about when to seek help, demonstrating critical reflection on own practice, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and openness to change
Work in partnership with individuals, families and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate
Demonstrate effective communication skills, supporting people in making decisions, planning care or seeking to make a positive change
Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning
Initiate, evaluate and modify a range of interventions which may include prescribing medicines, therapies, lifestyle advice and care
Exercise professional judgement to manage risk
Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
Be a professional role model for the organisation
Actively engage in peer review to inform own and others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and make improvements
Actively seek feedback and involvement from individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues in the co-production of service improvements
Critically assess and address own learning needs, negotiating a personal development plan that reflects the breadth of ongoing professional development across the four pillars of advanced clinical practice (clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research).
Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation and to ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
Critically appraise and synthesise the outcome of relevant research, evaluation and audit, using the results to underpin own practice and to inform that of others
Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
Support the team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate