Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Beechfield Medical Centre; South Witham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five weeks annual leave

NHS Pension Scheme

Training and development opportunities

Daily clinical Huddles

Competitive salary

Job summary

Beechfield Medical Centre in Lincolnshire seeks an Advanced Clinical Practitioner/Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join a growing team. The role focuses on assessment, treatment and signposting for minor illness within a Primary Care Network framework.

Responsibilities include on-site and home visits, patient education, and developing an on‑the‑day emergency service, with a strong emphasis on NICE guidelines and clinical governance.

Qualifications

• Registered practitioner with acute/minor illness management qualification and urgent care/GP setting experience.
• Experience in triage/initial assessment and autonomous practice.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines and NHS professional codes (NMC/HPC).
• Experience with non-medical prescribing and PGDs.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients with minor illness.
• Perform home visits for acute conditions as needed.
• Provide education to patients to promote self-care.
• Support on-day emergency patient service development.
• Maintain accurate documentation and patient records.
• Signpost to appropriate services and referral pathways.

Skills

Autonomous working

Teamwork

Non-medical prescribing

PGDs

ECP/Advanced Practitioner

NICE guidelines

Record keeping

ECG

Telephone advice

Health promotion

Education

Acute and minor illness management qualification

Tools

Electronic health records

GP IT systems

Job description

Job summary

Beechfield Medical Centre is a well-established and highly regarded practice based in the heart of the Lincolnshire market town of Spalding. We operate from modern purpose built premises and we are now looking to strengthen our team further with the appointment of a further Advanced Clinical Practitioner or Advanced Nurse Practitioner as we look to develop and enhance the services we are able to offer to our 22,000 patients, particularly as we integrate our services for the wider community of a Primary Care Network within our locality. This is an exciting role where proactivity, initiative and a can do approach to service development will be as important as the professional experience and range of clinical skills that you can offer the Practice.

Main duties of the job

Duties will include:-

• To assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions relating to minor illness.
• To undertake home visits, primarily for acute conditions, as assessed by the Duty Doctor, and within the boundaries of professional qualifications.
• To use your advanced clinical skills to provide education to patients, promoting self-care and empowering them to make informed choices about their treatment.

About us

We Offer:

• Highly competitive salary depending on experience and qualifications
• Significant relevant training and development opportunities
• Five weeks annual leave initially, plus Public Holidays
• The support and mentorship of an established Nurse and Paramedic Practitioner team
• Membership of the NHS Pensions Scheme
• Daily clinical Huddles

Job responsibilities

Duties will include:-

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs either over the telephone, in the Practice or patients homes.
• To support and continue the development of an on the day emergency patient service in the Practice.
• To accurately prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.
• To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
• To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To use broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted.
• To signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.
• To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.
• To discharge or treat, as appropriate and within the scope of practice.
• To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events as per practice policy.
• To advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention including where possible data collection for QoF during patient contact.
• To provide clinical advice and facilitate learning to other members of the clinical team where appropriate.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Ability to manage and prioritise workload.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Previous experience of non-medical prescribing and using PGDs.
• Experience of the ECP/Advanced Practitioner role within Primary or Secondary Care.
• Current knowledge of government targets and initiatives and N.I.C.E. guidelines and their impact on clinical practice.
• Understanding of the N.M.C/H.P.C Code of Professional Conduct.
• Knowledge of child protection issues.
• Understanding of clinical governance and its significance and impact upon practice.
• Good communication skills.
• Basic IT skills in word processing and e-mail.
• Experience in using I.T based patient documentation systems.
• Sound organisational skills.
• Able to professionally and appropriately challenge differing opinions as a patient advocate.
• Record keeping skills.
• Experience of triage/initial assessment.
• Able to work autonomously, using own clinical judgment to form a diagnosis.
• Skills for managing minor injuries.
• Dispensing skills as per protocols and patient group directives.
• Skills of multi system assessment.
• Knowledge of medical model of documentation.
• Able to give appropriate telephone advice.
• Understanding of health education/promotion.
• Able to give relevant discharge advice.
• Experience of following referral pathways.
• Able to record/ interpret ECG.

Desirable

• Experience as an autonomous practitioner within a minor injury/illness centre or mobile service
• Experience of research projects.
• Leadership skills.

Personal qualities

Essential

• Able to work cooperatively with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Able and willing to develop professionally.
• Able to use own initiative.
• Able to act as a role model.

Desirable

• Able to motivate other team members.
• Able to promote a learning environment.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Practitioner with acute and minor illness management qualification and experience at urgent care/GP surgery settings.

Desirable

• Already working or experience at Primary care/Urgent care setting and confidentally able to deal with acute and minor Illness management.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).