Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) - PC24 - Face To Face Only

The Methodist Church in Britain; Stanton Hill; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unsocial hours enhancements

Job summary

NEMS Community Benefit Services is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to work across urgent care services, with a focus on face-to-face consultations and safe decision-making for undifferentiated presentations.

You will assess, diagnose, treat, discharge or refer, while supervising and supporting trainee ACPs and nursing staff, and contributing to governance and service improvement.

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent evidence of advanced practice capability.
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification, or willingness to complete where required.
• Evidence of working at an advanced level of clinical practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Work autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner across urgent care services with face-to-face consultations.
• Assess, diagnose, treat and discharge or refer patients with undifferentiated presentations.
• Make safe decisions on admission, transfer, referral, follow-up and safety-netting.
• Provide senior clinical presence on shift and supervise junior staff.
• Maintain clear clinical records and participate in governance activities.

Skills

Advanced decision making

Clinical supervision

Record keeping

Leadership on shift

Education

Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice

Independent non-medical prescribing qualification

Tools

Adastra

SystmOne

EMIS

Nervecentre

Job description

This Advanced Clinical Practitioner post sits within NEMS Community Benefit Services' urgent care services at the Kings Mill Hospital PC24 site. The clinician assesses, diagnoses, treats and discharges or refers patients with undifferentiated presentations, while supervising and supporting the wider team and contributing to governance. The role is face-to-face only, across urgent treatment centres and other agreed service models, with senior clinical presence on shift. Current professional registration and evidence of advanced practice are required.

What the job involves

• Work autonomously as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner across NEMS urgent care services, focusing on face-to-face consultations
• Assess, examine, diagnose, treat and safely discharge or refer patients with undifferentiated urgent care presentations
• Make safe decisions on admission, transfer, referral, follow-up and safety-netting within agreed local pathways
• Recognise and act on serious illness, deterioration, safeguarding concerns, mental health risk and presentations needing escalation
• Request and interpret investigations including blood tests, urine tests, ECGs and imaging, in line with local policy and competence
• Prescribe, review and advise on medicines where qualified, or use agreed local medicines mechanisms within scope
• Maintain clear, accurate and timely clinical records of assessment, reasoning, advice and onward plans
• Carry out clinical procedures where trained, competent and required for patient care
• Provide safe clinical handover to ED, specialties, GPs and community services where ongoing care is needed
• Act as a senior clinical presence on shift and provide advice, supervision and support to trainee ACPs, UCPs, nurses, AHPs, UCAs and non-registered staff
• Take part in incident reviews, significant event analysis, complaint responses, audit and quality improvement
• Contribute to the development and review of clinical guidelines, SOPs, pathways and local standards

What’s required

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice, or equivalent evidence of advanced practice capability
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification, or willingness to complete where required
• Evidence of working at an advanced level of clinical practice
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• Current NMC, HCPC or equivalent professional registration

Experience

• Clinical experience in a primary, community, urgent care, emergency care or out-of-hospital setting
• Autonomous assessment and management of undifferentiated patients
• Face-to-face urgent care consultations
• Supervising, supporting or teaching other clinical staff or students

Skills & knowledge

• Assessment and management of urgent care presentations, including red flags and clinical deterioration
• Safeguarding adults and children
• Mental capacity, consent and mental health risk
• Medico-legal aspects of advanced practice
• Making safe autonomous clinical decisions and knowing when to seek advice or escalat[e]
• Clinical governance, audit, incident learning and quality improvement

Other

• Values including being non-judgemental, kind, co-operative, proactive and willing to learn

Nice to have

• Knowledge of NEMS services, local urgent care pathways and system partners
• Experience in urgent treatment centres, GP out-of-hours, clinical assessment services or emergency departments
• Experience as shift lead, clinical co-ordinator or senior clinician on duty
• Minor illness or minor injury qualification
• IR(ME)R or imaging requesting training where relevant
• ILS, ALS or equivalent urgent care training
• Competence in Adastra, SystmOne, EMIS, Nervecentre or other relevant clinical systems
• Ability to contribute to audit, service improvement and pathway development

What’s offered

• Unsocial hours enhancements