Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The Hollies Medical Practice; Sutton Coldfield; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hollies Medical Practice is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our busy team. This full-time role offers 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working closely with GP partners, pharmacists, nurses and support staff to deliver high-quality care.

The successful candidate will be an experienced prescriber with a Masters-level qualification and will provide clinical leadership, triage patients, and participate in home visits within the catchment area.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years general practice experience.
• Experience in managing common minor illnesses.
• Broad knowledge of general practice and chronic conditions.
• Experience with clinical governance and audits.
• Knowledge of evidence-based healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality primary care in a safe practice setting.
• Triage acutely ill patients and manage chronic conditions.
• Lead in prescribing within professional boundaries.
• Collaborate with GPs and multidisciplinary team across the practice.
• Attend home visits and travel within the catchment area.
• Support in quality improvement and CPD activities.

Skills

Advanced clinical practitioner

Prescribing

Communication

Time management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Clinical governance

Evidence-based healthcare

Education

MSC in Advanced Clinical Practice

Prescribing at Masters level

Tools

EMIS Web

Docman

Job description

Advanced clinical practitioner (ideally with digital badge)

Full time - 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

We have a new and exciting opportunity for an advanced clinical practitioner to join our busy team at the Hollies Medical Practice.

The Hollies is a friendly, high achieving practice based on the edge of Tamworth town centre and provides care to 15,000 patients. As part of the Mercian network we are a forward thinking practice and are keen to embrace new methods of working, for the benefit of our staff and patients.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for providing a high quality of care to our practice population by delivering health care in a safe and responsible manner. The successful applicant will have advanced clinical skills (post graduate qualifications) and be a prescriber who acts within their professional boundaries and works in accordance with the relevant standards of conduct, performance and ethics.

The ideal candidate will have a full MSC and prescribing at level and have been working in primary care for at least 2 years.

About us

If you join us at the practice, you will:

• Be part of this supportive team, which includes 6 GP partners, 5 salaried GPs, clinical pharmacists, a pharmacy technician, a senior practice nurse/ACP, practice nurses, healthcare assistants, nursing associates and care coordinators. In addition to the clinical staff, we have a strong management and administrative team.
• The Hollies is a well-established training practice and we support GP registrars from the Burton VTS and medical students from Keele University.
• Enhanced employee assistance programme
• Team building/social events
• 25 days annual leave (rising to 28 days after 5 years, 30 days after 10 years)

Job responsibilities

You will work closely with our GPs to advise ontreatment and healthcare for patients, to include those presenting in theprimary care setting and those in the community.

You will triage acute patients presenting in thesurgery environment.

You will attend home visits to include residentialand nursing homes

You will work collaboratively with themulti-disciplinary team to meet the needs of our patients.

Job Description:

• Assess patients presenting with acute illness or for review ofchronic disease conditions.
• Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions andcare for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiologicaland psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluateinterventions/treatments for patients with complex needs and follow up asappropriate.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans forpatients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
• Provid a first point of contact within the practice for patientspresenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use ofskills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving andclinical decision-making to establish a diagnosis and management plan
• To provide assessment, treatment and diagnosis at point of firstcontact by attending to patients in a variety of clinical or non-clinicalsettings according to patients needs
• To undertake home visits in accordance with the relevant protocols
• To make professionally autonomous decisions for which they areaccountable
• To refer patients to an alternative care setting or treat anddischarge as appropriate
• To instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic testsor investigations and interpret findings/reports
• To ensure that professional standards are maintained and within theguidance provided by the Department of Health, the Health and CareProfessions Council (HCPC)
• To contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets tosustain high standards of patient care and service delivery
• To support in the delivery of enhanced services and other servicerequirements on behalf of the practice.
• To participate in the management of patient complaints whenrequested to do so and participate in the identification of any necessarylearning brought about through clinical incidents and near-miss events
• To undertake all mandatory training and induction programmes
• To provide effective visible leadership that fosters a culture ofprofessionalism, compassion, excellence and the development of effectiveteam working
• To develop yourself and the role through participation in trainingand service redesign activities

Person Specification

General practice

• A minimum of 2 years general practice experience

Experience

• Experience of managing common minor illnesses
• Clinical examination skills
• Knowlege of the needs of patients with long term conditions
• Broad knowledge and experience of general practice
• Experience of clinical governance, including audit
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence based healthcare

Qualifications

• Prescribing at masters level 7
• Masters in advanced clinical practice
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively.
• Effective time management.
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
• Knowledge of IT systems to create simple plans and reports.
• Good clinical system knowledge - EMIS web, docman

Other requirements

• Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity.
• Respect different lifestyles and diversity.
• Flexible and co-operative.
• Able to identify risk, assess and manage.
• Knowledge of confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Access to own transport and ability to travel in the catchment area, including visiting people in care homes or their home.

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.