Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Lindley Medical Practice

The Methodist Church in Britain; North Waterhouse Farm; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

Annual leave 30 days

Salary increments

Flexible working hours

CPD time and GTD learning academy

Car salary sacrifice scheme

Cycle to work scheme

NHS discounts

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Lindley Medical Practice, operated by gtd healthcare, seeks an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to assess and manage patients with minor and complex needs across telephone, video, and face-to-face clinics using EMIS. The role includes prescribing within scope and contributing to urgent care and out-of-hours services.

You will provide clinical leadership, ensure safe discharge or referral, and work within a multidisciplinary team to meet NICE/NSF standards while driving quality improvement.

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse, paramedic, pharmacist or other AHP.
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, credentialing qualification or equivalent.
• V300 Non-Medical Prescriber, subject to gateway and professional eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Assess, examine and diagnose patients with minor and complex needs using history, examination and investigations.
• Consult patients by telephone, video or face to face using EMIS, according to need.
• Plan management and ensure safe discharge, referral or transfer, with safety-netting advice.
• Prescribe as a non-medical prescriber within scope, advising on medicines, side-effects and interactions.
• Manage complex, urgent or emergency situations, including starting emergency care.
• Triage telephone referrals and calls from patients, carers and external clinicians.
• Communicate with patients and carers, adapting to understanding, language and culture, and obtain informed consent.
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous patient records.
• Deliver care to NICE, NSF and evidence-based standards, meet QoF and KLOE targets, and lead quality improvement and change.
• Provide clinical leadership, act as a role model, and support staff development and shared learning.
• Take part in clinical supervision, self and peer review, and professional meetings.
• Recognise and act on safeguarding concerns for vulnerable and abused children and adults.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Clinical leadership

Communication

Safeguarding

Change management

Education

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Credentialing qualification

Tools

V300 Non-Medical Prescriber

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner post at Lindley Medical Practice, which gtd healthcare runs as part of its NHS primary and urgent care provision. The work centres on assessing and managing patients with minor and complex needs, by telephone, video or face to face through EMIS according to need, with prescribing and triage alongside. The role sits within a multidisciplinary team of GPs, a practice nurse, pharmacist and HCA, and offers exposure to urgent care and out-of-hours work. Applicants need registration as a nurse, paramedic, pharmacist or other AHP and an advanced practice or credentialing qualification.

What the job involves

• Assess, examine and diagnose patients with minor and complex needs using history, examination and investigations
• Consult patients by telephone, video or face to face using EMIS, according to need
• Plan management and ensure safe discharge, referral or transfer, with safety-netting advice
• Prescribe as a non-medical prescriber within scope, advising on medicines, side-effects and interactions
• Manage complex, urgent or emergency situations, including starting emergency care
• Triage telephone referrals and calls from patients, carers and external clinicians
• Communicate with patients and carers, adapting to understanding, language and culture, and obtain informed consent
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous patient records
• Deliver care to NICE, NSF and evidence-based standards, meet QoF and KLOE targets, and lead quality improvement and change
• Provide clinical leadership, act as a role model, and support staff development and shared learning
• Take part in clinical supervision, self and peer review, and professional meetings
• Recognise and act on safeguarding concerns for vulnerable and abused children and adults

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered first level nurse, paramedic, pharmacist or other AHP
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, credentialing qualification or equivalent

Registration & licences

• V300 Non-Medical Prescriber, subject to gateway and professional eligibility

Experience

• Experience working as a senior clinician
• Accountability for own role and others in a practitioner-led service
• Experience leading or managing quality improvement

Skills & knowledge

• Advanced clinical practice skills, including clinical examination
• Managing acute exacerbations of long-term conditions and complex needs
• Clinical leadership skills
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Change management experience and evidence

Other

• Highly motivated, flexible and enthusiastic team player

Nice to have

• Mentor or teaching qualification
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
• Resource management
• Experience leading or managing a team of nurses
• Experience in an unscheduled care service
• Experience in primary care

What’s offered

• NHS pension scheme with flexible pension benefits
• 30 days' annual leave, rising to 32 after five years' continuous service
• Yearly salary increments
• Flexible working hours and policies
• Weekly CPD time and access to the gtd learning academy and clinical forums
• Salary sacrifice car scheme and cycle to work scheme
• NHS staff discounts and a free Blue Light Card
• Employee assistance programme and wellbeing initiatives