Clinical Practitioner - Burren

BrisDoc Healthcare Services; West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

BrisDoc in the Severnside area seeks a Clinical Practitioner to work across Severnside Integrated Urgent Care (IUC) services including The Burren, Out of Hours, CAS, CMDU and ACE. The role involves autonomous prescribing, managing care for patients discharged into community placements, and contributing to high-quality primary medical care within the clinician’s scope.

Supported by the Nursing and AHP Leadership Team and Primary Care GPs, you will work within a multidisciplinary team to provide

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for undifferentiated or complex conditions.
• Clinically examine needs and plan care from physiological and psychological perspectives.
• Undertake home visits as required to support patients in the community.
• Compose robust safety netting and risk management for service users.
• Make effective referrals to system partners to ensure holistic care.
• Participate in MDT discussions to drive best practice and patient outcomes.
• Prescribers: prescribe and review medications within evidence-based practice and protocols.
• CMDU: participate in antivirals service as applicable.
• Communicate clearly to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

Job description

The Clinical Practitioner will work across Severnside Integrated Urgent Care (IUC), including The Burren, Out of Hours, Clinical Assessment Service (CAS), Clinical Medication Delivery Unit (CMDU) and Frailty Assessment and Coordination for Emergency and Urgent Care (ACE).

The Burren is an innovative collaborative service bringing together secondary, community, urgent and primary care within an intermediate care setting. The post holder will be an autonomous prescribing clinician, providing high-quality primary medical care while working within their professional scope of practice. The role involves managing the day-to-day clinical needs of patients discharged from secondary care into community placements with rehabilitation needs. The successful candidate will have advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills, be confident in managing clinical risk, and work independently while contributing to excellent patient outcomes. Experience in urgent care and chronic disease management would be advantageous.

Supported by the Nursing and AHP Leadership Team and Primary Care GPs, the Clinical Practitioner will provide patient-centred care and ensure individual health needs are met.

As a key member of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), the post holder will participate in ward rounds and work closely with Nurses, GPs, Therapists, Social Care and Operational colleagues to support patients and deliver the right care at the right time.

Clinical

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, complex needs, acute and chronic conditions for both physical, mental health and psycho-social needs.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• To undertake visits to patient’s homes as required

Compose and ensure robust safety netting and risk management for patients presenting to the service

• Make effective referrals to system partners and other care providers to ensure a holistic provision of care for patient’s needs
• Participate in team discussions to ensure and drive best practice, using the best available evidence to provide exemplary world class care to every patient.

Prescribers Only

• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice

CMDU Only

• This is a service for North Somerset prescribing antivirals for Covid. This service is run during set hours and has one allocated clinician.

Communication

• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

BrisDoc is a proud provider of NHS Healthcare. We have been delivering 'patient care, by people who care' for over twenty years.

We run an exciting range of Primary Care Services, including an Urgent Care Service, GP Practices, and the Homeless Health Service. This enables BrisDoc to offer excellent healthcare 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to over one million people across Bristol, North Somerset & South Glos.

We're a Social Enterprise and an Employee-Owned Business. This means the decisions we make are for the good of our patients, workforce, and wider community. This involves prioritising the health of our patients, protecting our environment, and improving the social and economic status of our population. Our 'Community Fund' is a staff lead team who work closely with health-based charitable causes, both local and international, to invest time and money in improving the lives of people in disadvantaged communities.

By joining BrisDoc, you will be part of an innovative organisation that prides ourselves on being a fantastic place to work; somewhere that you will feel valued, supported, developed and part of a family. We strive to make sure every member of the team feels proud of the work they do and the service that we offer.