Home Acute Care Lead Advanced Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner post operates within the Acute Care at Home service, supporting the Community Rapid Intervention Service and Community Virtual Ward for NHS Trust. The role involves independent assessment, home visits, prescribing, and contributing to education and guidelines, with leadership over trainee ACPs and the delivery of training.

Applicants should have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, a leadership qualification, and ALS certification, plus NMC registration as a

Qualifications

• Clinical master’s degree in advanced clinical practice.
• Leadership qualification.
• Current Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess, diagnose and plan treatment for patients with undifferentiated acute presentations referred to the Virtual Ward.
• Examine patients and carry out clinical procedures in the home, including catheterisation, cannulation and arterial blood gas sampling.
• Request and interpret investigations (bloods, ECGs, ultrasound, X-ray, CT) per IR(ME)R.
• Prescribe and review medicines as an independent prescriber.
• Lead resuscitation and manage urgent and emergency situations.
• Continuously reassess patients and make referral, admission and discharge decisions.
• Provide clinical advice to nursing staff and other health professionals and hand over care to other specialties and GPs.
• Plan and deliver education and training for ACPs, nurses and medical staff.
• Develop local guidelines and clinical pathways by adapting national protocols.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Clinical reasoning

Decision making

Leadership

Teamwork

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice

Leadership qualification

ALS certification

Job description

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner post operates within the Acute Care at Home service, supporting the Community Rapid Intervention Service and Community Virtual Ward for NHS Trust. The role involves independent assessment, home visits, prescribing, and contributing to education and guidelines, with leadership over trainee ACPs and the delivery of training.

Applicants should have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice, a leadership qualification, and ALS certification, plus NMC registration as a