Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Mastercall Healthcare; Stockport; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stockport seeks a Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner to deliver high-quality patient care in urgent settings. You will be involved in holistic assessments, prescribing, and supporting junior staff. This role offers flexible work between 7.5 to 30 hours per week with pay rates ranging from £33.27 to £42.44 per hour, depending on shifts.

Benefits

Flexible and homeworking

Competitive rates of pay

Generous holiday entitlement

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years post advanced practice experience.
• Proven experience working in urgent care, primary care, or OOH.
• Experience delivering training or teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide care from initial history taking to evaluation of care.
• Support clinical work and act as a role model for junior staff.
• Participate in change for benefit of patients and organization.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Decision-making

Excellent communication

Team-working abilities

Education

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent

Independent Prescribing qualification (V300 or equivalent)

BSc in relevant clinical subject

Tools

EMIS

Adastra

Job description

Are you an experienced, clinically driven autonomouspractitioner, keen to work in a fantastic team. Mastercall is a dynamic andpatient focused provider of urgent primary care services, including remotetriage, face to face consultations in the out of hours, urgent treatmentcentres and home visiting services across Stockport and Trafford.

This role will involve working as an expert practitioner,demonstrating advanced knowledge and clinical skills in undertaking a holisticassessment, prescribing where appropriate, making onward referrals and workingautonomously.

We are looking for confident Senior Advanced ClinicalPractitioners (ACPs) who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionateabout delivering high quality patient care.

We are seeking candidates towork 1 to 4 sessions per week 7.5 to 30 hours per week

Rates of pay £33.27per hour to £42.44 per hour dependingon day and times.

You must have right to work in the UK as we are unable tooffer graduate or visa sponsorship and no visa extensions can be offered forthis role.

Main duties of the job

ACP is an experienced clinician who, acting within theirprofessional boundaries, will work flexibly to provide care for thepresenting-patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment,diagnosis, treatment to evaluation of care. The clinician in this role will bea key to supporting the clinical work across Mastercall, whilst acting as apositive and enthusiastic role model, supporting junior staff and developingour workforce.

The post holder will demonstrate safe, clinicaldecision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills,for patients within the out-of-hours, , supporting new work streams andservices to manage patients out of hospital. The post holder will demonstratecritical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. They will workcollaboratively and flexibly with the wider healthcare team to meet the needsof patients, and at times using their own initiative.

Mastercall ACP's will be encouraged to participate inservice development and improvement for the benefit of patients and/or theorganisation, through identifying opportunities to innovate and workdifferently to meet the demands of the changing healthcare environment. Inorder to work at this level all pillars of advanced practice for NMC/ AHCPrequirements must be met.

About us

Mastercall Healthcare has over 29 years experience as aninnovative, highly performing, award-winning Social Enterprise organisation.

We are passionate about providing the very best patient careat the very best place for the patient.

Our Social Value ethos commits us to ensuring the very bestuse of the public pound, maximising the return on investment of ourcommissioners, and supporting the NHS deliver affordable, effective, safepatient centred services.

Our purpose is to ensure that we deliver safe, high quality,patient centred services that support people to live and age well. We are hereto support our community and our health and social care partners. We provide arange of highly effective urgent primary care services that support hospitaladmission avoidance and early supported discharge from hospital whereclinically safe and appropriate.

Employee benefits include:

Living wage employer

Flexible and homeworking

Competitive rates of pay

Generous holiday entitlement, long service enhancements andwith option to purchase additional leave.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is an experienced clinician who, actingwithin their professional boundaries, will work flexibly to provide care forthe presenting-patient, from initial history taking, clinical assessment,diagnosis, treatment to evaluation of care.

The clinician in this role will be a key to supporting theclinical work across Mastercall, whilst acting as a positive and enthusiasticrole model, supporting junior staff and developing our workforce.

The post holder will demonstrate safe, clinicaldecision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills,for patients within the out-of-hours, urgent care, IV service, alternative totransfer and walk-in-centre areas, supporting new work streams and services tomanage patients out of hospital.

The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in theclinical decision-making process. They will work collaboratively and flexiblywith the wider healthcare team to meet the needs of patients, supporting thedelivery of policy and procedures, providing clinical leadership as required,using their own initiative.

The post holder will participate in and lead change for thebenefit of patients and/or the organisation and be a key member of the seniorclinical team, identifying opportunities to innovate and work differently tomeet the demands of the changing healthcare environment. In order to work atthis level NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met.

Please see full Job description attached for further details.

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum 3 years post advanced practice experience
• Proven experience working in urgent care, primary care, or OOH.
• Advanced clinical assessment, diagnostics, and decision-making skills
• Experience in managing complex patients in community or OOH settings.
• Experience in telephone triage / clinical prioritisation
• Contribution to development of guidelines, pathways or policy
• Experience supervising junior clinical staff or trainees.
• Evidence of leading change or service improvement initiatives
• Experience delivering training or teaching.
• Project or programme management experience
• Experience working across system partners (e.g. PCNs, ICBs, 111)

General Qualities

• Self-directed, proactive, and solutions-focused
• Excellent communication and team-working abilities
• Approachable and supportive leadership style
• Commitment to high-quality patient care and safety
• Ability to work under pressure and adapt to change.
• Positive attitude to learning and development.
• Willingness to work unsocial hours including weekends and evenings.
• Experience of using EMIS/Adastra/111 systems

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC/HCPC as a Nurse, Paramedic
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent
• Independent Prescribing qualification (V300 or equivalent)
• BSc in relevant clinical subject
• Quality improvement or service development training

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.

£33.27 to £42.44 an hourdepending on time of shifts