Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Primary Care North Cumbria; Egremont; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

NCPC (North Cumbria Primary Care) in Copeland is looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our supportive team and help provide access for patients across the Copeland area, increasing appointment capacity.

You will see and treat acute patients, support management of chronic conditions, and work with GPs and the multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care while complying with standards and regulations. This role offers professional development within a collaborative practice.

Qualifications

• Registered Advanced Clinical Practitioner qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Providing access for patients and increasing appointment capacity across Copeland.
• See and treat acute patients and support management of chronic conditions.
• Work with GP and multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care.
• Maintain patient records and comply with regulatory requirements.

Education

Registered Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job description

We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to joinour supportive and experienced team.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, you will work across Copeland as part ofa diverse team of clinicians to provide access for patients- increasing the capacity to meet the demand for appointments. The Advanced Clinical Practitioner willsee and treat acute patients and support the management of ongoing and chronicconditions.

Main duties of the job

Please see the full job description for a more comprehensive list of responsibilities

Clinical

Making professionally autonomous decisions

Managing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Provide comprehensive healthcare sensitive to patients needs

Conducting physical assessments to diagnose patients conditions

Direct and participate in provision of continuing care

Managing and participating in Chronic disease management

Supporting and developing work towards agreed GMS targets

Any other duties as may be required by the practice in providing quality health care to patients

Provide comprehensive healthcare sensitive to patient needs

Performance and Quality

Ensure that accurate performance data is recorded

Ensuring patient records are maintained accurately

Ensure that significant events are recorded and actions implemented

Where appropriate share and or escape complaints and significant events

Liaison with other service providers to ensure effective care is delivered

Maintain clinical knowledge and skills and identify training needs

Comply with any regulatory, professional or registration requirements relevant to the role

Relationships and Communication

Develop and maintain effective professional relationships with other members of the clinical, administrative and management teams of NCPC

Demonstrate the NCPC values of Kindness, Respect, Collaboration and Ambition

About us

NCPC (North Cumbria Primary Care) was established in August2019 in response to an increasingly fragile general practice provision withinNorth Cumbria. NCPCs vision is to bring practices together to develop asustainable, fully integrated primary care- built locally and deliveredtogether.

The Copeland NCPC area consists of 3 major practices,Fellview Health Care, Lowther Medical Centre and Seascale Health Centre as wellas a shared PCN (Primary Care Network) which delivers services to patientsacross all 3 practices.

We are a not-for-profit company with all money we receive infunding and other business activities going towards supporting theorganisation, our staff, and our services.

This Advanced Clinical Practitioner role provides support to the surgeries within the Copeland area including Beech House Surgery, but is not limited to this location. For more information about NCPC and the Copeland area, please visit the supporting links for this advert.

Job responsibilities

Job Description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Role Purpose

The Advanced Clinical Practitioners will work as part ofteam of diverse clinicians to provide access for patients and increase capacityand meet patient demand for appointments. The Advanced Clinical Practitionerwill see and treat acute patients and support the management of ongoing andchronic conditions.

As part of the wider Healthcare Team there is theopportunity for practitioners to bring or develop particular specialities whichsupport the health needs of our population. The post holder will work with theclinical and management team to ensure that staff and patients remain safe andservices are delivered in adherence to agreed standards, policies andprocedures.

Duties and Responsibilities

Clinical

Making professionally autonomous decisions

Managing patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosedproblems.

Provide comprehensive healthcare sensitive to patientsneeds, including assessment, diagnosing, prescribing, and referrals whereappropriate. Complementing the roles of GPs and the multidisciplinary team.

Conducting physical assessments to diagnose patientsconditions and provide appropriate self-care advice, prescribing treatment, orreferral using evidence based guidelines.

Direct and participate in provision of continuing care,health maintenance, screening and health promotion to patients as part ofpatient centred multidisciplinary team.

Managing and participating in Chronic disease management

Supporting and developing work towards agreed GMS targets.

Any other duties as may be required by the practice inproviding quality health care to patients.

Provide comprehensive healthcare sensitive to patient needs,including assessment, diagnosing, prescribing, and referrals where appropriate.Complementing the roles of GPs and the multidisciplinary team.

Performance and Quality

Ensure that accurate performance data is recorded.

Ensuring patient records are maintained accurately and usedin accordance with agreed data security and management policies andregulations.

Ensure that significant events are recorded and actionsimplemented.

Where appropriate share and or escape complaints andsignificant events

Liaison with other service providers to ensure effectivecare is delivered.

Maintain clinical knowledge and skills and identify trainingneeds.

Comply with any regulatory, professional or registrationrequirements relevant to the role.

Relationships and Communication

Develop and maintain effective professional relationshipswith other members of the clinical, administrative and management teams ofNCPC.

Demonstrate the NCPC values of Kindness, Respect,Collaboration and Ambition.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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.