Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic for Frailty team

Carnon Downs Surgery; United Kingdom; Vor Ort; GBP 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Coastal Primary Care Network (PCN) seeks an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner and/or Paramedic Practitioner to join our Integrated Neighbourhood Frailty Team. The post-holder will work autonomously within a GP practice environment while being fully integrated into the wider community MDT, focusing on proactive frailty care and reducing hospital admissions.

Responsibilities include home visits, urgent care management, independent prescribing, referrals, and high-quality documentation.

Qualifikationen

• Advanced clinical assessment, examination and diagnostic skills.
• Ability to manage acute and long-term conditions.
• Safe and effective independent prescribing within scope of practice.
• Ability to initiate, follow up and appropriately manage referrals.
• Ability to review, action and communicate investigation results.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage own workload.
• Knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding and risk management.
• Understanding of referral pathways and escalation processes.

Aufgaben

• Undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients from primary care
• Support delivery of PCN priorities and improved access in line with PCN DES requirements
• Carry out planned and urgent home visits across the PCN population
• Prescribe independently and safely within scope of practice and competence
• Initiate, manage and follow up referrals, ensuring appropriate onward care
• Review, action and communicate investigation results in a timely and clinically appropriate manner
• Manage acute, urgent and complex clinical presentations autonomously
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other ARRSfunded roles
• Maintain accurate, timely and highquality clinical records
• Contribute to service development, transformation and continuous improvement

Kenntnisse

Advanced clinical assessment

Independent prescribing

Home visits

Frailty care

Clinical governance

Team collaboration

Patient communication

Jobbeschreibung

Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic for Frailty team

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Advanced NursePractitioner and/or Paramedic Practitioner to join our IntegratedNeighbourhood Frailty Team.

The post-holder will work autonomously within a supportiveGP practice environment while being fully integrated into the wider community multidisciplinaryteam. The role supports the INT Frailty team objectives by improving the careof our frailty patients, reducing hospital admissions and stay at home care todeliver highquality, patientcentred care.

The role includes undertaking home visits, managing urgentand sameday demand, and supporting patients our over 65 population with acuteand longterm conditions. The post-holder will also be responsible for managingtheir own clinical workload, including referrals and results.

Main duties of the job

• Undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients from primary care
• Support delivery of PCN priorities and improved access in line with PCN DES requirements
• Carry out planned and urgent home visits across the PCN population
• Prescribe independently and safely within scope of practice and competence
• Initiate, manage and follow up referrals, ensuring appropriate onward care
• Review, action and communicate investigation results in a timely and clinically appropriate manner
• Manage acute, urgent and complex clinical presentations autonomously
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other ARRSfunded roles
• Maintain accurate, timely and highquality clinical records
• Contribute to service development, transformation and continuous improvement

About us

Coastal Primary Care Network (PCN) is a partnership of four practices: Carnon Downs Surgery, Chacewater Surgery, Perranporth Surgery and St Agnes Surgery. Together, we provide high-quality, patient-centred care to our local population and are committed to developing innovative services that deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

We are excited to be establishing a new Integrated Neighbourhood Team Frailty Service, created to provide proactive, coordinated support for people living with frailty across our communities. Working closely with GPs, community services, social care and voluntary sector partners, the service will focus on improving patient outcomes, supporting independence, reducing avoidable hospital admissions and helping people remain well in their own homes for longer.

This is a unique opportunity to join a brand-new service. The successful candidate will be involved in establishing and shaping the Frailty Team from the outset, helping to develop pathways, processes and ways of working that will support the long-term success of the service. As part of a MDT, you will contribute to service innovation, collaborative working and the delivery of high-quality care for some of the most vulnerable people. The post is offered on a fixed-term basis for and would suit an individual who thrives in a developing environment, enjoys building new services and is passionate about improving care for older people and those living with frailty.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of patients from primary care
• Support delivery of PCN priorities and improved access in line with PCN DES requirements
• Carry out planned and urgent home visits across the PCN population
• Prescribe independently and safely within scope of practice and competence
• Initiate, manage and follow up referrals, ensuring appropriate onward care
• Review, action and communicate investigation results in a timely and clinically appropriate manner
• Manage acute, urgent and complex clinical presentations autonomously
• Work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, pharmacists and other ARRSfunded roles
• Maintain accurate, timely and highquality clinical records
• Contribute to service development, transformation and continuous improvement

Person Specification

Knowledge and Abilities

• Advanced clinical assessment, examination and diagnostic skills
• Ability to manage acute and long-term conditions
• Safe and effective independent prescribing within scope of practice
• Ability to initiate, follow up and appropriately manage referrals
• Ability to review, action and communicate investigation results
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and ability to manage own workload
• Knowledge of clinical governance, safeguarding and risk management
• Understanding of referral pathways and escalation processes