Primary Care Hub Practitioner

Kernow Health CIC; Truro; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cornwall seeks experienced prescribing clinicians for practitioner-led minor illness units. Responsibilities include treating patients with minor ailments and ensuring high-quality clinical care. Successful candidates will possess a GP or non-medical prescriber qualification, and autonomy in managing patient care. The role offers flexible working patterns and a pay rate ranging from £100 to £231.75 per session, depending on qualifications. Join us to enhance primary care in Cornwall.

Qualifications

• Registered practitioner with experience of minor illness.
• Comfortable managing a level of risk autonomously.
• Capable of providing care for patients within professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Treat and advise patients seeking on-the-day support for minor illnesses.
• Demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert care.
• Work collaboratively with local multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Autonomous working

Clinical decision-making

Communication

Experience in General Practice

Education

GP/Non-Medical Prescriber

Minor Illness course or equivalent

Clinical Assessment Level 7 or equivalent

Tools

Electronic health record systems (SystmOne, Emis)

Job description

You have an opportunity to be part of this exciting projectof practitioner-led minor illness units throughout Cornwall, which will free uppractices to focus on proactive care, prevention and continuity of care.

As we approach winter and pressures increase across thesystem due to seasonal minor illnesses, it is even more important to supportand proactively bolster Primary Care in readiness. Hence, we are looking for prescribing cliniciansto join our team, especially for the winter months. However, we would welcome longer-terminterest.

These hubs will provide additional appointments for peoplewho present on the day with minor illness symptoms. Practices can direct someof their patients to attend the hubs against set criteria.

You will be a confident practitioner who will be comfortableworking under your own autonomy, and you will not be expected to work outsideof your competency. Less experienced individuals will be paired with GPs orothers more experienced. We understand this work may be a little outside of whatpractitioners are used to; however, it is a really exciting opportunity tochange how we deliver care to people in Cornwall and will go some way to makingprimary care a sustainable space to work in the longer term.

The pay rates for Non-Medical Prescribers is £100 - £120 per session (four hours) dependant on competencies and experience and the pay rates for GP's is £231.75 per session (four hours)

Main duties of the job

You will be a registered practitioner with experience ofminor illness, such as a GP or a prescribing advanced practitioner. These rolesare being offered as a short-term portfolio opportunity in addition to yourexisting working hours. It is essential that you are able and comfortable towork autonomously, although clinical oversight will be available either on siteor remotely.

The roles offer flexible working patterns to fit around timecommitments across 5 days a week. However, if you have availability on aweekend, please let us know.

Potential locations are:

• Launceston
• Liskeard
• Callington
• Bodmin
• Newquay
• Truro
• Falmouth
• Redruth
• Pool
• Mount Hawke
• Helston

About us

To apply for this role, please visit our Kernow Health website job opportunities page to complete an expression of interest form, which is a short application that will capture your details, availability and suitability for the role.

Once we have received your expression of interest or application, we will arrange a short informal conversation to confirm your suitability for this role.

To enable us to rapidly recruit you, we have created a Passport to Employment and Employer Waiver form, this form will be sent to you following an expression of interest. You need to ask your current employer to complete this form. By doing so, your employer is endorsing your suitability for this role and is acknowledging that you are picking up additional hours.

Job responsibilities

Practitionerled Primary Care Hubs are being stood up throughout locations across Cornwallto ease the on the day demand from General Practice throughout the winterperiod. This enables General Practice to proactively manage their more frailregistered population supporting them to remain in their own homes andcommunity.

As a practitioner working in thePrimary Care Hub you will see, treat and advise patients seeking on the daysupport for minor illness presentations, who have been booked into the Hub bytheir GP practices. You will see age ranges from 2 years up wards who have beensignposted by their practice against a referral criteria suitable to be seen ata Primary Care Hub.

Youmust be a GP or a non-medical prescriber such as a registered nurse or alliedhealth professional with post graduate qualifications, or suitable equivalentexperience relevant to the position. You must act within your professionalboundaries, providing care for the presenting patient, working within yourcompetencies. This will involve history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis,treatment and evaluation of their care. Youwill demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patientswithin the Primary Care Hub. Workingcollaboratively with the local multi-disciplinary general practice andcommunity teams where necessary to meet the needs of patients, abiding by localpolicy and procedures.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Care

• Act as an expert practitioner, demonstrating clinical competence and a sound knowledge base.
• Utilise the medical model of history taking to identify diagnoses and differential diagnoses for patients presenting with unspecified presentations.
• Undertake systems based physical assessment of patients in order to diagnose and manage conditions autonomously.
• Undertake appropriate assessment, diagnosis, treatment or referral of patients booked into the minor illness clinic initiating any treatment as required and ensuring robust safety netting conversations are undertaken with each patient (or the patients carer).
• Make direct referrals to primary, secondary and social services within locally agreed pathways, guidance and protocols.
• Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner.
• Ensure complete and accurate documentation for each and every patient contact
• Competent in the use of electronic health record systems, such as SystmOne and/or Emis.
• Work as an independent practitioner, in order to ensure patients needs are met.
• Ensure that professional standards are maintained and within the guidance of the Department of Health and professional accountable bodies.

Professional

• Adhere to own professional body requirements and always work within the scope of professional practice.
• Ensure that professional practice adheres to organisational policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Maintain a professional manner and act as a role model for others.
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to information pertaining to patients and staff.
• Ensure that the service interfaces with other partner organisations where necessary in a professional and productive manner.

Communication

• Communicate effectively with patients and families regarding complex information about their care.
• Taking a Health Coaching approach by providing advice and information to patients, carers and their families where appropriate.
• Communicate effectively and work collaboratively with medical, nursing and allied health professionals, to ensure delivery of a co-ordinated service.
• Ensure accurate documentation and record keeping, in line with local policies and own professional body guidelines.
• Promote and demonstrate effective communication networks within the organisation, with partner organisations and other service providers.

Clinical Governance and Freedom to act

• Work autonomously making complex clinical decisions with limited supervision within local and national policies, being responsible for how these policies are interpreted.
• Adhere to Primary Care Hub operating procedures and guidelines.

Service Improvement

• Contribute to quality improvement within the service through the identification and initiation of changes, which lead to better evidence-based practice and improved standards of care.
• Participate in clinical audit, identifying areas of best practice and areas for improvement.
• Contribute to the setting and monitoring of standards of care.
• Help develop the services available to the urgent care population to reflect identified needs.
• When in a senior position act as a mentor /supervisor of staff as appropriate.

Educational/Personal Development

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of an excellent learning environment.
• Adhere to professional registration requirements.
• Participate in defining your own developmental plan to maintain and develop own clinical skills and ensure own professional development.
• Ensure completion of all statutory and mandatory training.

General

• Demonstrate commitment to flexible working patterns, to meet the needs of the service and staff
• Actively contribute to the Organisations values and behaviours ensuring that relevant processes are open and transparent and encourage the confidence of staff, patients, partner organisations, the public and other agencies.
• Promote a positive organisational image.
• Promote own personal and others health, safety, and security, taking the appropriate action to report risk in accordance with policy.
• Ensure that equipment and resources are managed effectively to reduce waste and promote cost efficiency.
• Ensure the safe keeping and maintenance of equipment in accordance with policy, reporting defect or loss.
• Maintain personal development to meet the changing demands of the job, participate in an annual appraisal and appropriate training activities.
• Ensure compliance with all Kernow Health CIC statutory and mandatory training requirements, policies and protocols.

Person Specification

Skills and Abilities

• Experience of autonomous working and being comfortable to manage a level of risk
• Maintain a professional manner at all times
• Adherence to own professional body requirements and work within the scope of professional practice
• Ability to identify when onward referral is required within locally agree pathways
• IT skills on clinical systems
• Maintain confidentiality

Personal Qualities

• Able to communicate effectively with patients and their families
• Ability to remain calm and focussed when under pressure
• Able to work with people at all levels
• Natural collaborator and team contributor
• Honesty and openness
• Listening to instruction and tact and sensitivity when passing on information
• Flexibility/Adaptive especially when there are conflicting pressures

Experience

• Experience in General Practice or a role with minor illness exposure

Qualifications

• GP/Non-Medical Prescriber
• Minor Illness course or equivalent experience in the assessments and management of a wide array of minor illness presentations within your employment history
• Clinical Assessment Level 7 or equivalent experience in undertaking whole system physical assessment
• MSC Advanced Healthcare Practice
• Up to date Intermediate Life Support / Advanced Life Support

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£100 to £231.75 a sessionDepending on whether you're a Non-Medical Prescriber or GP