Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner

NHS; Camberley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join a Primary Care Network. The role involves supporting local GP practices with patient access, managing urgent care needs, and working collaboratively within a clinical team to provide high-quality care for children.

Qualifications

• First-level professional registration with an appropriate body (e.g., HCPC, NMC, GPhC).
• Advanced Clinical Practice / MSc or equivalent, evidenced through a recognized credentialing process.
• Extended/independent prescribing qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support core general practice capacity and work as part of a collaborative primary care clinical team.
• Manage a caseload of booked appointments for urgent and on-the-day care needs.
• Provide comprehensive care from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice skills

Clinical examination skills

Effective communication skills

Strong clinical leadership

Negotiation and conflict management

Education

Relevant health-related degree

Advanced Clinical Practice / MSc or equivalent

First-level professional registration

Job description

Paediatric Advanced Clinical Practitioner

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Job summary

This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric advanced clinical practitioner (PACP) with existing prescribing skills to join our Primary Care Network (PCN). You will support our local GP Practices with additional patient access on Saturdays and weekday evenings, working across our 7 GP Practices.

You will work under a Fixed Term Contract. Your work will primarily focus on urgent and on-the-day appointments, with some routine general practice appointments depending on the PCN/practices' needs and your skills and experience.

Main duties of the job

You will support core general practice capacity and work as part of a positive, proactive, and collaborative primary care clinical team supporting children aged 0-17 years in Surrey Heath. You will be experienced in general practice, able to work autonomously, managing a caseload of booked appointments for urgent and on-the-day care needs, with minimal supervision from onsite GPs under a Primary Care Consultant model. You will need skills in providing urgent care, managing minor illnesses, and supporting children with long-term conditions.

You will expertly manage an identified caseload or cohort(s) of patients and presenting complaints; providing comprehensive care from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation, demonstrating safe, competent clinical decision-making and evidence-based care.

About us

We are Surrey Heath Community Providers Limited, a federation of 7 GP practices across 10 sites, covering over 97,000 patients in Surrey Heath. Established in 2016, we employ around 200 staff across clinical and support teams. Since 2019, we have hosted the Primary Care Network in Surrey Heath.

As a GP Federation and Primary Care Network, we are committed to representing our practices and championing primary care by working with local general practices and system partners to provide community-based healthcare services. We are dedicated to safe, compassionate care and continuous quality improvement for our patients.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure they feel safe, supported, communicated with, and respected, especially during vulnerable times.

Our vision is to deliver high-quality, seamless healthcare that enables people to lead healthier lives while feeling supported and cared for.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Supporting Documents for the full Job Description, responsibilities, and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Maths and English GCSEs (C and above) or equivalent
• First-level professional registration with an appropriate body (e.g., HCPC, NMC, GPhC)
• Relevant health-related degree
• Advanced Clinical Practice / MSc or equivalent, evidenced through a recognized credentialing process
• Extended/independent prescribing qualification
• Community or Primary Care specialist qualification
• Care of the elderly specialist qualification
• Additional qualification in managing a specific long-term condition
• Clinical supervision training and experience

Knowledge

• Accountability of own role and others'
• Local and national health policies
• Clinical governance in primary care
• Patient group directions and policies
• Determinants of health in Surrey Heath / Frimley ICS
• Public health issues in Surrey Heath / Frimley ICS

Skills

• Advanced clinical practice skills, including management of children with long-term conditions, urgent needs, and complex needs
• Clinical examination skills
• Strong clinical leadership
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal
• Negotiation, resource, and conflict management
• Change management and service improvement
• Teaching and mentorship in clinical settings
• Supervision/facilitation for clinical supervision
• Competence in spirometry performance and interpretation

Experience

• Recent paediatric primary or community experience
• Management of paediatric minor illnesses, ailments, and injuries
• Paediatric triage experience
• Developing protocols and clinical guidelines
• Clinical leadership
• Audit and research experience
• Non-Medical Prescribing (NMP) qualification
• Project management
• Community development initiatives
• Health needs assessment
• Experience supervising or facilitating clinical supervision

Other

• Highly motivated and enthusiastic
• Flexible and adaptable
• Team player
• Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and deadlines
• Self-aware of strengths and weaknesses
• Committed to CPD/Revalidation
• Access to suitable transport

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1975 (Exceptions Order). A Disclosure check will be required to identify any previous convictions.