Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Acp)

Our Health Partnership; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Our Health Partnership in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Primary Care team, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for individuals with acute and chronic illnesses. You will assess, diagnose, manage, and treat patients autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, providing same-day urgent care clinics and home visit assessments where required.

The role requires MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or current progression), registration with

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional (NMC/HCPC)
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (or working towards)
• Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills
• Ability to work autonomously and manage clinical risk effectively
• Strong communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills
• Non-medical prescribing experience, including managing patients with complex co-morbidities
• Understanding of NHS frameworks and primary care pathways
• Significant experience in primary care, urgent care, emergency care or community services
• Demonstrable experience in managing acute and chronic conditions
• Experience working in a GP practice or Primary Care Network
• Experience in frailty, respiratory, diabetes or cardiovascular care
• Experience in teaching, mentoring or leadership

Responsibilities

• Independently assess, examine, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with acute illness and acute exacerbations of chronic disease.
• Provide expert management of conditions including COPD and asthma exacerbations, diabetes complications, frailty and multimorbidity, hypertension and cardiovascular instability.
• Request, interpret, and act upon diagnostic investigations; prescribe medications within scope of practice.
• Develop and implement evidence-based management plans; identify deteriorating patients and elevate appropriately.
• Deliver same day urgent care clinics and home visit assessments where required.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Diagnostic skills

Autonomous working

Communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical risk management

Non-medical prescribing

NHS frameworks understanding

Primary care experience

Education

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Job description

Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) to join our Primary Care team, delivering high-quality, patient-centred care for individuals presenting with acute & chronic illness.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work autonomously and collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patients with complex symptoms that have not yet been diagnosed.
This role is well suited to an ACP with strong clinical decision-making skills, experience in urgent and same-day care, and a commitment to proactive chronic disease management that reduces avoidable admissions and improves patient outcomes.
About us
OHP was set up by local GPs who are passionate about providing high quality primary care and using their time and skills effectively to benefit patients..
We are currently a GP partnership of 30 practices with 38 surgeries, serving around 280,000 patients in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Shropshire.
Our head office is based in Cotteridge, but this role will be based at Selly Oak Health Centre.
Job responsibilities
Role Duties
Clinical Practice
Independently assess, examine, diagnose, and manage patients presenting with acute illness and acute exacerbations of chronic disease.

• Provide expert management of conditions including:
• COPD and asthma exacerbations
• Diabetes complications
• Frailty and complex multimorbidity
• Acute infections in patients with chronic disease
• Hypertension and cardiovascular instability
• Request, interpret, and act upon diagnostic investigations.
• Prescribe medications independently within scope of practice.
• Develop and implement evidence based management plans.
• Identify deteriorating patients and elevate appropriately.
• Deliver same day urgent care clinics and home visit assessments where required.

Please see attached job description/person specification for full details.
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered healthcare professional (NMC/HCPC)
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (or working towards)
• Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills
• Ability to work autonomously and manage clinical risk effectively
• Strong communication and multidisciplinary team-working skills
• Non-medical prescribing experience, including managing patients with complex co-morbidities
• Understanding of NHS frameworks and primary care pathways
• Significant experience in primary care, urgent care, emergency care or community services
• Demonstrable experience in managing acute and chronic conditions
• Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills
• Experience working in a GP practice or Primary Care Network
• Experience in frailty, respiratory, diabetes or cardiovascular care
• Experience in teaching, mentoring or leadership

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.
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