Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for Proactive Care

The Methodist Church in Britain; Leeds; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Cross Gates Primary Care Ltd is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for a senior, autonomous role focused on preventing deterioration and unnecessary admissions among frail, multimorbid patients in homes and communities. The post involves prescribing and comprehensive care planning within an integrated neighbourhood model alongside GP leads and social care partners.

You will conduct autonomous assessments, develop treatment plans, and work with multidisciplinary teams to improve outcomes

Qualifications

• Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice from a recognised programme.
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification with current prescribing competence.
• Postgraduate or master's level advanced clinical assessment and physical examination qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
• Run care home ward rounds, home visits and frailty reviews.
• Write holistic care plans with patients, carers and MDT.
• Use population health data and PQI reports to identify at-risk people.
• Collaborate with care homes and MDTs for referrals and follow-up.
• Support prevention, medicines optimisation and community alternatives to hospital.
• Engage in vaccination programmes for care homes and housebound cohorts.
• Contribute to evaluation, audits, and data quality.
• Offer clinical supervision and CPD.

Skills

Autonomous working

Clinical assessment

Prescribing

Care planning

Education

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice

Independent non-medical prescribing qualification

Advanced clinical assessment & examination qualification

Job description

The Proactive Care Team at Cross Gates Primary Care Ltd needs an Advanced Clinical Practitioner for a senior, autonomous role. The post centres on preventing deterioration and avoidable admission for frail and multimorbid patients, many of them in care homes, and covers assessment, prescribing and care planning in homes and community settings. It sits within an integrated neighbourhood model working alongside GP leads, community teams and social care partners. Applicants need a masters-level advanced practice qualification, independent non-medical prescribing and a current UK professional registration.

What the job involves

• Provide autonomous advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and prescribing for complex or deteriorating patients
• Run care home ward rounds, acute and planned home visits, frailty reviews and community clinical reviews
• Write holistic, anticipatory and treatment escalation care plans with patients, carers and the MDT
• Use population health data, dashboards and PQI reports to identify people at greatest risk
• Work within care home and proactive care MDTs, contributing clinical decisions, referral and follow-up
• Support prevention, admission avoidance, medicines optimisation, self-management and community alternatives to hospital
• Take part in seasonal vaccination programmes for care home, housebound and proactive care cohorts
• Contribute to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement, coding, data quality and Proactive Care and Enhanced Health in Care Homes requirements
• Give clinical advice, teaching and peer support, and take part in clinical supervision and CPD

What’s required

Qualifications

• Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice, or equivalent masters-level advanced practice qualification covering the four pillars
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification with current prescribing competence
• Postgraduate or masters-level advanced clinical assessment and physical examination qualification

Registration & licences

• Current registration with an appropriate UK professional regulator, such as NMC or HCPC

Experience

• Managing complete episodes of care for undifferentiated, complex and deteriorating patients, including diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral
• Working with frailty, multimorbidity, complex needs or older people in community or primary care
• Undertaking home visits, care home clinical reviews or ward rounds
• Significant multidisciplinary and multi-agency working across health, social care and/or voluntary-sector boundaries

Other

• Working effectively across organisational and professional boundaries as a collaborative team member
• Resilience and adaptability in a changing community and primary care environment
• Commitment to person-centred care, prevention, health inequalities and better outcomes for people with complex needs

Nice to have

• Postgraduate qualification in frailty, older people, long-term conditions, palliative care or a related field
• Experience working within Primary Care Networks and/or integrated neighbourhood teams
• Experience of Enhanced Health in Care Homes delivery