Senior Community Frailty ACP – Autonomous Practice

Cross Gates Primary Care Ltd; Ledston; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Part time

Job summary

Cross Gates Primary Care Network is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our established Proactive Care Team. This senior autonomous clinical role focuses on prevention, frailty, complex care, care homes and admission avoidance, working within an integrated neighbourhood model across East Leeds.

The ACP will work with the Proactive Care Clinical Lead, GP Lead for Proactive Care, PCN clinicians and wider neighbourhood partners to deliver personalised, preventative and coordinated

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent masters-level qualification demonstrating the four pillars of advanced practice.
• Current registration with an appropriate UK professional regulator (e.g. NMC or HCPC) relevant to the applicants advanced clinical practice role.
• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification with current prescribing competence.
• Advanced clinical assessment / physical examination qualification at postgraduate or masters level.
• Postgraduate qualification in frailty, older people, long-term conditions, palliative care or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and prescribing for people with complex, undifferentiated or deteriorating presentations.
• Undertake care home ward rounds, acute and planned home visits, proactive frailty reviews and community-based clinical reviews.
• Develop and review holistic personalised care plans, anticipatory care plans and treatment escalation plans with patients, carers and the wider MDT.
• Use population health data, Proactive Care dashboards, PQI reports and clinical judgement to identify people at greatest risk and target proactive intervention.
• Work collaboratively within care home and proactive care MDTs, contributing expert clinical assessment, decision-making, referral and follow-up.
• Support prevention, admission avoidance, medicines optimisation, self-management, independence and timely access to community alternatives to hospital.
• Actively participate in seasonal vaccination programmes for care home, housebound and proactive care cohorts, working with Clinical Care Coordinators and PCN clinicians to improve uptake and prevent avoidable illness.
• Contribute to service evaluation, audit, quality improvement, coding, data quality and delivery of Proactive Care and Enhanced Health in Care Homes requirements.
• Provide clinical advice, teaching and peer support to colleagues within scope of expertise, while participating in regular clinical supervision and continuing professional development.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Autonomous practice

Clinical reasoning

Education

Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice

UK clinical regulator registration

Independent non-medical prescribing

Postgraduate advanced assessment qualification

Job description

Cross Gates Primary Care Network is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our established Proactive Care Team. This senior autonomous clinical role focuses on prevention, frailty, complex care, care homes and admission avoidance, working within an integrated neighbourhood model across East Leeds.

The ACP will work with the Proactive Care Clinical Lead, GP Lead for Proactive Care, PCN clinicians and wider neighbourhood partners to deliver personalised, preventative and coordinated