Advanced Clinical Practitioner

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits for progressive ACPs to join a high-performing team in a dynamic urgent treatment center. This role offers a chance to work collaboratively with a passionate management team dedicated to quality patient care. You will be encouraged to expand your clinical and leadership skills while working in a supportive environment. Your expertise will be pivotal in assessing and managing patients with urgent needs, ensuring they receive the best possible care. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a vibrant healthcare setting, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

NHS pension scheme

Employee benefits scheme

Access to gym membership

Well-being events

Qualifications

• Experience working independently with patients with urgent needs.
• Ability to prescribe medications under scope of practice.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate treatment for patients with undiagnosed illnesses.
• Triage referrals and arrange investigations as needed.
• Support patients in navigating the healthcare system.

Skills

Clinical decision-making

Assessment skills

Triage skills

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Education

MSc in Advanced Practice

Diploma in Advanced Practice

Job description

An exciting opportunity exists for progressive forward-thinking ACPs to join our high performing enthusiastic team in the Urgent Treatment Centre collocated to the Emergency Department at the Royal London Hospital site. We are proud to be rated GOOD by the CQC and consistently achieve above 95% KPI for the 4 hour KPI.

We are a passionate and kind management team that is committed to providing a quality service for our patients and supporting our staff to develop. We are primary and secondary care working together being collocated to the Emergency Department of the acute trust where we have close working relationships.

What we offer:

Working in a diverse supportive environment committed to the personal and professional development of our team you will be encouraged to expand your working horizons and consolidate newly developed clinical skills across both primary and secondary care. We will encourage and support you to expand your leadership and management skills as well as audit to fulfil the 4 pillars of advanced practice. The THGPCG offers the NHS pension scheme and employee benefits scheme for accessing gym membership and well-being events.

Main duties of the job

The postholder is an experienced clinician who, acting within their professional boundaries, will work flexibly and collaboratively with other members of the UTC team to provide care for the presenting patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment to evaluation of care within the urgent care setting.

The postholder will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills to manage patients out of hospital taking NHS 111 Direct booking calls to patients streamed to UTC.

The postholder will understand complexity, demonstrate critical thinking, in the clinical decision-making process whilst supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, providing clinical leadership as required in line with the 4 pillars of advanced practice.

Job responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with undiagnosed and undifferentiated illness and injury (children and adults) often with complexity.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Triage telephone referrals, calls from external clinicians, patients and others into a range of services appropriately as required.
• Arrange and interpret investigations within the remit of the Urgent treatment service such as blood tests and X-rays.
• Act as an autonomous practitioner within agreed protocols guided by organisational policies and within Scope of Professional Practice and governing body.
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and local protocols, and within scope of practice.
• Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Adapt to clinical services which may be new, innovative and challenging at times with a flexible approach to learning the skills required to perform optimally in the role.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
• Maintain competence in clinical practice in line with the practitioners professional regulatory body in line with regulations and revalidation requirements.
• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment including patients that are receiving bad news.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
• Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance such as online/electronic evidence-based leaflets, signposting patients to relevant services and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
• Coordinating care for complex patients with consent to help them navigate the often complex healthcare system and support them through effective communication to remain well at home.
• To communicate with external stakeholders and other parties to share a positive image and message of Tower Hamlets GP Care Group.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of working independently with patients with urgent need

Skills and Abilities

• Able to prescribe medications under scope of practice according to formulary
• Ability to interpret blood tests and X-rays

Qualifications

• MSc in Advanced Practice/Dip He (N) Advanced Practice

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the 4 pillars of advanced practice

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.