Advanced Care Practitioner

Thisis a great opportunity for a registered Paramedic/Nurse practitioner or atrainee advanced care practitioner who is currently undertaking Advanced CarePractitioner training.

Main duties of the job

You will work in a friendly, multi-disciplinaryteam, working alongside GPs assessing and triaging patients in the minorillness clinics and conducting home visits. This will include same day triageand as appropriate provide a definite treatment or make necessary referrals toother members of the primary care team.

Youwill also:

• Act as a key contactfor Care Homes and patients on the frailty register, offering proactive care.
• Advise patients ongeneral healthcare, including self-management and signposting,
• Undertake thecollection of pathological specimens,
• Support the team withclinical emergencies,
• Liaise with externalservices/agencies to ensure patients are supported appropriately (vulnerablepatients etc)

About us

Flansham Park Health Centre is atraining Practice with 4 dedicated GP Partners and 8 Salaried GP's supported bya team of highly professional clinical and non-clinical staff to provide thehighest possible standard of care to over 13,200 patients.

Applicants who are patients of Flansham Park Health Centre:

FlanshamPark Health Centreconsidersthat employing staff who are patients of the practice has significantdisadvantages both to the patient and to the practice. Please note therefore that if yourapplication is successful, you will be required to register elsewhere.

Job responsibilities

Thefollowing are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Care Practitioner. Theremay be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will bedependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
• Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and asappropriate provide a definite treatment (including prescribing medicationsfollowing policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinicalguidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to othermembers of the primary care team.
• Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-managementwhere appropriate, including signposting patients to the organisations socialprescribing service and where appropriate, other community or voluntaryservices
• Provide advanced, care topatients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and Undertakethe collection of pathological specimens
• Request pathology/investigatory procedures
• Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extantlegislation
• Ensure read/SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extantguidance, working towards or willing to undertake this training
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or overthe counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually asrequired
• Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with localand regional guidance
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient issupported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safepractice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters inaccordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse andaddictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Performspecialist health checks and reviews within their scope of practice and in linewith local and national guidance
• Performand interpret ECGs
• Supportthe delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain services (e.g.,monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients)
• Communicateat all levels across organisations ensuring that an effective, person-centeredservice is delivered
• Communicateproactively and effectively with all colleagues across the MDT, attending andcontributing to meetings as required
• Communicateeffectively with patients and, where appropriate, family members and theircarers, where applicable, complex and sensitive information regarding theirphysical health needs, results, findings and treatmentchoices

Person Specification Qualifications

• Currently training as an Advanced Care Practitioner
• Educated to degree level in paramedicine/Nursing or equivalent experience
• Registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council as a paramedic or registered with the NMC
• Post graduate qualifications in minor injury/illness and advanced patient assessment

Experience

• Experienced in dealing with a range of clinical conditions
• Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period when a newly qualified paramedic
• Experienced in triage
• Experience of working in a primary care environment

Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person centered support in a non-judgmental way
• Courteous, respectful and helpful at all times
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential
• Ability to use discretion and sensitivity
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload and individual patient contact
• Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
• Knowledge of when to seek advice and refer to a registered care professional
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
• Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines
• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety

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.