Frailty and Urgent Care - Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Carnforth; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Annual leave increasing with length of

Comprehensive induction and training计划

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS discount scheme

Tea and coffee provided

Job summary

Ash Trees Surgery is recruiting an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to lead frailty and urgent care work alongside its home visiting team. The post focuses on frailty assessment, care planning and case management for older adults, care home residents and housebound patients, including independently run same-day urgent care clinics.

The role requires an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (or an equivalent degree with RCN accreditation) and active professional registration, with a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• Core professional qualification
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, or a degree with further RCN accreditation
• Membership of a professional body

Responsibilities

• Independently run same-day urgent care clinics, assessing undifferentiated presentations and deciding treatment, referral or escalation
• Perform comprehensive frailty assessments and personalised care and support plans for complex needs
• Deliver proactive case management for housebound patients, care home residents and those with moderate to severe frailty
• Undertake home visits, care home reviews and urgent community assessments
• Provide rapid assessment and intervention for patients at risk of deterioration, supporting admission avoidance
• Manage acute and complex presentations, including treatment, follow-up and ongoing management
• Conduct telephone, digital and face-to-face consultations, including clinical triage of urgent and unscheduled needs
• Request and interpret clinical investigations, act on results and prescribe within scope of practice
• Refer patients to internal and external services for timely specialist assessment and treatment
• Coordinate care across primary care, community, secondary, social care and voluntary sector services, including MDT meetings and case reviews
• Provide clinical leadership, advice and education to colleagues, patients and carers as a resource for advanced practice
• Contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development

Skills

Collaborative working

Good written and verbal presentation

Ability to build good therapeutic

Planning and prioritising of workload

Sound judgement, resourcefulness and当地

Understanding of and adherence to conf

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Degree with RCN accreditation

Membership of a professional body

Job description

Ash Trees Surgery, a GP practice, is recruiting an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to lead frailty and urgent care work alongside its home visiting team. The post centres on frailty assessment, care planning and case management for older adults, care home residents and housebound patients. It is distinct for pairing that caseload with independently run same-day urgent care clinics. Fit depends on an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, or a degree with RCN accreditation, and membership of a professional body.

What the job involves

• Independently run same-day urgent care clinics, assessing undifferentiated presentations and deciding treatment, referral or escalation
• Perform comprehensive frailty assessments and personalised care and support plans for complex needs
• Deliver proactive case management for housebound patients, care home residents and those with moderate to severe frailty
• Undertake home visits, care home reviews and urgent community assessments
• Provide rapid assessment and intervention for patients at risk of deterioration, supporting admission avoidance
• Manage acute and complex presentations, including treatment, follow-up and ongoing management
• Conduct telephone, digital and face-to-face consultations, including clinical triage of urgent and unscheduled needs
• Request and interpret clinical investigations, act on results and prescribe within scope of practice
• Refer patients to internal and external services for timely specialist assessment and treatment
• Coordinate care across primary care, community, secondary, social care and voluntary sector services, including MDT meetings and case reviews
• Provide clinical leadership, advice and education to colleagues, patients and carers as a resource for advanced practice
• Contribute to safeguarding, clinical governance, audit, quality improvement and service development

What’s required

Qualifications

• Core professional qualification
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, or a degree with further RCN accreditation
• Membership of a professional body

Experience

• Self-directed practice in frailty and urgent care

Skills & knowledge

• Collaborative working, with evidence of teamwork
• Good written and verbal presentation skills
• Ability to build good therapeutic relationships with patients
• Planning and prioritising of workload
• Sound judgement, resourcefulness and local knowledge in responding to patient needs
• Understanding of and adherence to confidentiality

Other

• Continual professional development, with CPD evidence or portfolio
• Use of training to update knowledge and skills for practice and service need
• Flexibility, openness to change and high motivation for the role

Nice to have

• Experience of working in General Practice
• Non-medical prescribing qualification

What’s offered

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
• Annual leave that increases with length of service
• Comprehensive induction and training plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS discount scheme
• Tea and coffee provided