Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Wellbeing Team

Boston Primary Care Network; Boston; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Primary Care Network is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Home Visiting Wellbeing Team, covering Boston area. The role focuses on urgent on-the-day home visits, triage and managing acute and minor illnesses for housebound patients and care home residents.

You will be part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team, employed by Boston PCN Ltd, working closely with GP practices to deliver patient-centered care in the community.

Qualifications

• Advanced history-taking, physical assessment and clinical examination skills.
• Recognise and respond to red flags, clinical risk and deterioration.
• Safe prescribing and medicines management knowledge.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, consent, capacity, confidentiality and information governance.
• Excellent communication, consultation and shared decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload, manage uncertainty and work effectively under pressure.
• Competent use of clinical IT systems, ideally including SystmOne.

Responsibilities

• Carry out urgent on the day home visits, including triage.
• See patients for acute and minor illness, including housebound and care home residents.
• Work on behalf of Boston PCN practices.
• Be employed and supported by Boston PCN Ltd and collaborate with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Advanced history-taking

Clinical assessment

Clinical examination

Recognise red flags

Safe prescribing

Medicines management

Safeguarding & confidentiality

Communication skills

Decision making under pressure

IT systems literacy (SystmOne)

Education

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice

Independent prescribing qualification

Regulatory registration (NMC/HCPC/GPhC)

CPD evidence

GP/primary care experience

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced ACP to join our Home Visiting Team, working in and around Boston. You will be an enthusiastic and motivated ACP who wishes to influence patient care in this bespoke area of primary care.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will be to carry our urgent on the day home visits, including visit triage, seeing on the day patients for acute and minor illness, for housebound patients and care home residents, working on behalf of Boston Primary Care Network (PCN) practices.

About us

Boston PCN covers six practices across Boston, Kirton and Swineshead areas.

Our Vision

Our vision is a community where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and can achieve what is important to them.

Our Mission

Our mission is to join up our practices with other health and care providers, charities and community groups, so that everyone in our community receives the level of support they need, when they need it, close to their home.

Our Values

• We put people at the centre of all that we do
• We are united in purpose standing together; one team, one voice, one heart
• We build trust and are honest, acting with integrity and compassion
• We are inclusive, valuing and championing diversity
• We are brave to positively challenge the status quo to bring innovation and real change for a better future
• We are responsible, using our existing strengths and assets effectively and bringing new resources to level up our community

Job responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced ACP to join our Home Visiting Wellbeing Team, working in and around Boston. You will be an enthusiastic and motivated ACP who wishes to influence patient care in this bespoke area of primary care.

Your main duties will be to assist daily with home visits including visit triage, seeing on the day patients for acute and minor illness, for housebound and care home patients, working on behalf of Boston Primary Care Network (PCN) practices.

You will be employed and supported by Boston PCN Ltd and will work with a diverse, multi-skilled, experienced professional team of clinical and non-clinical, friendly and committed staff.

Boston PCN covers six practices across Boston, Kirton and Swineshead areas.

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

• Advanced history-taking, physical assessment and clinical examination skills.
• Ability to recognise and respond to red flags, clinical risk and deterioration.
• Safe prescribing and medicines management knowledge appropriate to the role.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, consent, capacity, confidentiality and information governance.
• Excellent communication, consultation and shared decision-making skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload, manage uncertainty and work effectively under pressure.
• Competent use of clinical IT systems, ideally including SystmOne.

Qualifications

Essential

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• Current registration as a healthcare professional with the relevant regulatory body, for example NMC, HCPC or GPhC.
• Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice, or evidence of working towards an approved programme where the role permits trainee status.
• Independent prescribing qualification
• Evidence of advanced clinical assessment and consultation skills.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the post
• Experience of working within a demanding primary care clinical setting, preferably GP practice.
• Full and clean UK Driving Licence and access to transport.

Desirable

• Experience of working in a community health / home visiting care setting linked to GP Practice.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary health care team.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-registration clinical experience in a relevant setting.
• Experience of autonomous assessment, clinical decision-making and management planning.
• Experience of managing acute, chronic, complex or undifferentiated presentations.
• Experience of multidisciplinary and integrated team working.
• Experience of clinical governance, audit or quality improvement.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Boston Primary Care Network

Address: Boston Location, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8RU, United Kingdom

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:
PCN Manager
Emma Woods
[e-mail]