Clinical Practitioner Perioperative Medicine For Older People Surgery

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group; Poole; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group in Poole seeks a clinically independent practitioner to lead high-quality care for older patients undergoing surgery within the UHD Surgical Directorate. You will work autonomously within your scope, managing a defined patient caseload and contributing to service development.

The role requires expert clinical skills in geriatrics, perioperative care, and the ability to provide specialist advice to the surgical team and carers.

Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification with current registration in a relevant professional body.
• Level 6 (or equivalent) Extended Clinical Practitioner experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and CPD for perioperative/geriatric care.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical care for older patients undergoing surgery within the perioperative pathway.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate complex care, with high level decision-making and documentation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver optimal, evidence-based outcomes for older patients.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Geriatric perioperative care

Advanced clinical assessment

Non-Medical prescribing

Education

Degree Level Qualification

Level 6 or equivalent ECP experience

Current registration with relevant professional body

Job description

Detailed job description

and main responsibilities

· To work as a clinically independent and autonomous practitioner within own scope of practice, to participate and manage a

defined patient caseload.

· To work with the multidisciplinary team for Surgery

· To act as a source of expertise and knowledge for older patients within the SurgicalDirectorate, their carers and their families within UHD, within the remit of a developed clinical practitioner for older people undergoing surgery.

· To provide expert clinical older persons surgical patient care, assess patients, plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive programmes of care, providing highly specialist advice andmaintaining associated records, utilising older persons developed clinical knowledge and skills specifically tosupport older patients within the surgical directorate. Utilising skills as high level of decisionmaking, expert problem solving abilities, physical examination and health assessment,diagnostic testing, pharmacology and disease processes.

·To facilitate the development of advanced clinical skills and knowledge for ownCPD and for other member so the Surgical Team and to meet other specific education anddevelopment needs, to meet service needs.

· To identify future requirements to ensure sustainability of reduced length of stay at UHD usingquantitative and qualitative data.

· To participate and contribute to all aspects of patient/carer education for both individuals andgroups, including managing surgical older persons education programmes.

· Uses developed levels of precision, dexterity, coordination and sensory skills for the provision ofassessment, implementation, management and evaluation of patient care involved in theactivities for practice.

· Utilises communication, knowledge, experience, training, analytical, planning, organisationaland physical skills in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of all aspects of patientcare.

· If in scope of practice and holds relevant qualification, advises on and or prescribes for older frail patients with surgical conditions, to contribute to safe and effective patient care by incorporating the use of Non-Medical prescribing competencies in relation to the national guidelines, evidence based practice and local Trust policies.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Degree Level Qualification
• Level 6 or equivalent ECP experience
• current registration with relevant professional body

Desirable criteria

• Level 7 Post registration/post graduate qualification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrable experience of managing a discrete aspect of a patient’s care at a developed level of practice with specific knowledge and skills in a field of expertise within perioperative/surgical and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment.
• Experience of working in partnership with all levels of staff, evidencing the ability to plan and co-ordinate the provision of specialised care.

Desirable criteria

• Attendance at QI Lite or equivalent quality improvement course.