Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Post: Advanced Clinical Practitioner InclusionHealth

Pay: £28.48 - £31.73 depending on qualifications and experience

Hours: 21.5 hours per week

Please note that our roles are not being considered for sponsorship at this time

We are looking for individuals with a passion and enthusiasm to work with some of the most vulnerable and complex people within our community. The right candidate should be approachable and display excellent communication skills, compassion and a non-judgemental attitude. We are looking for an advanced clinical practitioner to join the team who can work autonomously within the special allocation scheme, as well as the wider inclusion health services.

Main duties of the job

Compass Medical Practice is a GP practice for those who are difficult to manage in mainstream practice. Patients are either consulted via telephone/video link or face to face. When a face to face appointment is required, a risk assessment is undertaken to assess what support the clinician requires. Consultations are supported with the use of patient liaison officers and consultations are carried out in our mobile clinic van or in an agreed prebooked venue.

Compass Medical Practice also provides medical cover to temporary patients residing at Thornton House. These are short term patients that are residing at Thornton house for either rehab, rest or recovery. There is a weekly ward round and multidisciplinary team meeting. Compass Medical practice also offers medical support through out the week, outside of the ward round, during opening hours.

About us

The ethos of FCMS as a social enterprise, health and wellbeing services provider is to be passionate in its drive to ensure that patients and callers remain the central focus of all that it does. Coupled with excellent and well established clinical governance systems and extremely effective operational expertise, it has meant that the company has the ability to strategically visualise, develop, and implement award winning services.

Over many years we have invested in our staff so that we have a core team of highly trained individuals who can manage the needs of our patients and callers. Our staff are able to significantly improve the service delivery and user experience due to their considerable experience and commitment to what they do.

Benefits

• NHS Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Attendance Bonus
• Free Tea & Coffee
• Eye Care Contributions

Job responsibilities

• Practice autonomously, as an independent practitioner/prescriber, participating in the care of and undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment / referral, and discharge of patients presenting with minor illness or injury within agreed parameters
• Support the Management team to ensure all QOF Targets are met
• Provide support for junior members of staff
• Working closely with the management team to develop and support new opportunities
• Provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a client group whilst working autonomously
• Identify the need for and initiate and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and results
• To safely and competently undertake invasive and non-invasive procedures to establish a diagnosis
• To work within the parameters of current nurse prescribing legislation
• Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi disciplinary team
• Produce accurate, contemporary, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality
• Deliver care according to local and national guidelines
• Obtain and document consent for any treatment undertaken and keep the patient at the centre of his/her own care, ensuring full participation in decision making
• Work within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g., infection control, chaperoning and risk management
• Safeguarding responsibilities for adults and vulnerable groups, reporting concerns appropriately at the correct time and engaging with services as needed
• The Head of nursing may also ask for other duties to be carried out to the benefit of the organization

Clinical practice

• Autonomously assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis and those with long term conditions in line with national and local policies and practice/network guidelines
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non drug-based treatment methods into a management plan
• Prescribe medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice
• Work with patients to support concordance with and adherence to prescribed treatments, provide information and advice on prescribed or over the counter medication, medication regimens, side effects, and interactions
• Promote health and well being using health promotion, health education, screening, and therapeutic communication skills
• Communicate highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives, and carers
• When required, ensure patients are referred to other members of the primary health care team e.g., podiatry, or secondary care as necessary
• Clinically examine and assess patients' needs from a psychological and physiological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly
• Ensure the correct use of clinical templates, read codes and protocols
• Inform the Clinical Manager / practice manager of any untoward incidents e.g., falls, verbal aggression, criminal damage, safeguarding concerns
• Contribute when required to internal and external multi disciplinary meetings and the decision making of complex vulnerable patients

Key expectations

• Self awareness, living authentically
• Adaptability - being ready to adjust depending on the situation
• Openness - what you see is what you get
• Positivity - with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
• Generosity of spirit - every day should be an opportunity to act with kindness
• Ability to have fun - taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Values

• Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!
• Awesome: We are here to be average, no we are here to be awesome!
• Humble: We are here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become
• Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done
• Oompf: We have natural oompf! Its infectious!
• Go getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity

Disability confident employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

DBS and background check

The role is subject to a DBS check which will require three forms of valid ID to be produced and verified. The onboarding process is also subject to an Occupational Health check, suitable professional references and eligibility to work in the UK (with the requirement to provide relevant documentation as evidence).

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.

Person specification Experience

• Experience of working in GP practice or community
• Able to perform telephone consultations
• Experience of dealing with the general public
• Willing / able to attend appropriate training
• Commitment to own personal development
• Basic computer skills
• Health promotion
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of working with people with multiple disadvantage
• Knowledge of EMIS computer system

Other

• Flexible
• Positive and confident disposition
• Resilience

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education
• Registered Nurse holding a current NMC registration
• Nurse prescriber qualification or evidence of advanced practice at level 7.
• Independent / supplementary prescriber
• MSc in advanced practice or evidence of credentialling

Communication

• Ability to communicate effectively within a multidisciplinary set up
• Evidence of de escalation skills
• Trauma informed training