Advanced Clinical Practitioner

NHS; Herne; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative healthcare practice in Herne Bay seeks a qualified Advanced Practitioner to join their team in providing medical services to approximately 24,500 patients. The role includes a focus on minor illnesses and entails both face-to-face and home visit consultations. With a commitment to staff development and training, successful applicants will have opportunities for growth within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

6 weeks annual leave

Scope for additional training and development

Qualifications

• Nurse, paramedic or other registered healthcare professional with no practice restrictions.
• Full UK Driving License required.
• Minimum three years post-registration experience.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality clinical care both in practice and on home visits.
• Assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning of patients.
• Working independently without direct supervision.

Skills

Clinical Assessment

Clinical Reasoning

Diagnostics

Safeguarding (Children)

Independent Prescribing

Education

Completion of recognised Advanced Practice qualification at Level 7

Job description

Park Surgery is looking for a qualified AdvancedPractitioner to join our innovative and forward thinking Practice helping us toprovide healthcare to approx. 24,500 patients in Herne Bay.

Salary is in a range equivalent to Agenda for Change bands7-8a depending on experience and qualifications. We offer 6 weeks annual leave,and there is scope for additional training and development.

This is a role funded under the Additional RolesReimbursement Scheme. Applicants will need to meet the requirements for theAdvanced Practitioner role under the PCN DES.

Main duties of the job

You will be an Advanced Clinical/Nurse Practitioner and preferablyan Independent Prescriber and able to manage patients autonomously. These willbe with a minor illness focus across the age range.

You will undertake a variety of duties including face toface consultations, telephone consultations, and home visits. This will be forpatients across the age range.

You will be responsible for providing NHS medical servicesto patients on the Practice list. This will have a minor illness focus but canbe shaped based on particular clinical knowledge and experience.

About us

We are a dynamic, enthusiastic and well regarded Practicelocated in the beautiful seaside town of Herne Bay in East Kent.

We have an extensive clinical team made up of GPs, AdvancedClinical Practitioners (Paramedics and Nurses), Specialist Nurses and HCA's. Wealso have a First Contact Physiotherapist, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician andSocial Prescribers together with a large administrative team.

As a training Practice we are passionate about theeducation and training of all health professionals and provide regulartutorials for our ACP team

We have a great relationship with our neighbouring Practicehaving worked well with them for many years developing new health services forthe population of Herne Bay. We work closely as part of an excellent PrimaryCare Network (PCN) to provide first class care to our patients, including anUrgent Treatment Centre, Ophthalmology, MSK and ENT services, and if you wantto develop special interests in the future, we would be happy to discuss howthis might fit in with the PCN and practice plans.

We have a large elderly population and provide regular wardrounds for our care homes as part of the local PCN.

Job responsibilities

The AP will work to deliver high quality clinical care bothin the practice and on home visits. The split is flexible and can be agreed tomeet the preference of the AP and the needs of the practice. The role willinvolve assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning of patients across the agerange with support from advanced practitioners and GPs.

Park Surgery is committed to the education and developmentof its staff, and APs will be supported to accredit with Health EducationEngland when this becomes available for their profession.

The position is open to nurses or paramedics meeting theAdvanced Practice Four Pillars in Primary Care Medicine.

Please view the attached Job Description for full details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nurse, paramedic or other registered healthcare professional, registered with the HCPC/NMC as appropriate, with no restrictions on practice or pending Fitness To Practice concerns.
• Full UK Driving License.
• Level 3 Safeguarding (Children).
• Completion of recognised Advanced Practice qualification at Level 7, demonstrating as a minimum advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning, diagnostics.
• Independent Prescriber or be willing to undertake prescribing within a mutually agreed timeframe (profession must be able to become an Independent Prescriber).
• Able to work independently without direct supervision.
• Qualified and competent to see children.

Experience

• Minimum three years post-registration experience.
• Advanced level of clinical practice within current scope of practice.
• Able to understand and analyse complex issues and balance competing priorities to make difficult decisions.
• Understanding of NHS principles and values.
• Experience of working in a Primary Care setting.
• Supervisory experience.
• Mentorship of peers and students.

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.

Depending on experienceEquivalent to Band 7-8a