Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Enhanced Health in Care Homes)

Lead Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Enhanced Health in Care Homes) PurbeckPCN runs the Enhanced Health in Care Home service which was designed to ensurecare home residents receive the same support as if they were living in theirown homes through collaborative and proactive care.

We look after 6 care homesin the Purbeck area and have a set day for each home in which we deliver a wardround for any residents that need a clinical review. The EHCH teamconsists of 2 ACPs, 1 Clinical Pharmacist, 1 Pharmacy Technician, 1 CareCoordinator and each Care Home has a GP lead.

Therole is to provide highly specialist, high-quality person-centred care whichalways considers peoples safety, privacy and dignity using advanced clinicalknowledge that is evidence based.

Aspart of a multi-professional team, the post holder will practice autonomously,whilst being accountable and self-directed in line with the relevant code ofprofessional conduct.

Main duties of the job The role comprises of a wide range of responsibilities, including: Clinical; Leadership; Human Resources/Workforce; Financial/Resourcing; Policy and Service Development; and Research and Development.

The role is based primarily within the Care Homes in the Purbeck area, with support from within the wider PCN team.

The role is to plan and manage complete episodes of care; undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations; making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes.

To provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support ensuring the needs of the service are met by exercising and demonstrating high levels of clinical judgement, critical analysis and advanced decision-making skills.

To lead as a driver for change, to monitor and improve standards through supervision, evidence-based practice, clinical audit, research and education. To promote and demonstrate best practice by integrating evidence into practice.

To work strategically, contributing to the planning and development of integrated services.

The post holder will be accountable for the direct delivery of autonomous service user care.

Full details of all the Main Duties and Responsibilities are included in the Job Description attached to this advert.

About us Primary Care Networks (PCN) are anew initiative in the NHS designed to improve the quality of care outside of hospital.A group of GP practices working with community providers develop services atscale for the residents of a defined area. Funding is available to PCNs todevelop new services and employ new members of staff such as ClinicalPharmacists, First Contact Physiotherapists, Paramedics, Dieticians, SocialPrescribers and more.

Working together, our 6 Purbeck PCN practices,(Bere Regis, Corfe Castle, Sandford, Swanage, Wareham and Wellbridge) alongwith Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust, Mental Health Servicesand Community Voluntary services are looking at new ways to support Purbeckresidents with a range of physical & mental health issues, as well aspromoting health activities & wellbeing.

Purbeck PCN aims to build on some of the successachieved since its inception in 2019 and will continue to explore newopportunities, developing new & innovative services for the residents ofPurbeck.

As Purbeck residents are at the heart of any newservices the Network delivers, we have been and will continue to work closelywith the Practice Patient Participation Groups (PPGs) and Youth PatientParticipation Groups (YPPGs). These groups provide feedback from patientrepresentatives to help shape our projects, ensuring they deliver what PurbeckResidents both want & need.

Job responsibilities MAIN DUTIES ANDRESPONSIBILITIES

CLINICALRESPONSIBILITIES

Develop and implement the highest quality innovative clinicalpractice. Be proactive in clinical decision making, underpinned by thehighest level of theoretical and practical knowledge and be able todemonstrate improved patient care outcomes.

To undertake comprehensive specialist holistic assessment ofpatients and carers where needs are highly complex. This will involveplanning, implementing and evaluating the care delivery according to changinghealthcare needs and varying degrees of clinical risk.

Authorise the decision to admit service users and / orproactively initiate discharge (where applicable to profession).

To work autonomously using advanced levels of history taking andexamination skills within multidisciplinary team guidelines and protocols.

Utilise advanced clinical skills in assessment and/or formulatea diagnosis and/or treatment plan.

Demonstrate a high level of knowledge in relation to pattern ofdisease / disorder, markers of condition progression and range of treatmentsavailable at each stage of disease or condition.

Be able to assess critically and re-evaluate the clinicalsituation as the patients condition or needs change, including effectivemanagement of risk.

Anticipate likely potential physical and psychological problemscaused either by the condition or by treatment.

Where appropriate to profession, Independent Non-Medical /Supplementary prescriber, able to take a history, assess, examine, diagnoseand prescribe and develop a management plan including medication and monitorresponse to medication.

Advise and communicate as appropriate with acute hospitals,primary and social care and community teams thus ensuring seamless continuityand transfer (if appropriate) of care for patients between other relevanthealth, social and third sector agencies, professionals and other caresettings.

To act at all times as an advocate for service users, carers andrelatives.

Take a lead in empowering and facilitating all other professionsto meet the care needs of service users and their carers by the promotion ofprinciples and philosophy such as Care Closer to Home, rehabilitation andoptimal self-care.

Establish, maintain and effectively manage barriers to advanced,highly skilled and effective communication with service users, carers andprofessionals across health and social care, in order to develop atherapeutic relationship within which highly sensitive, distressing healthconditions and highly complex issues are often addressed. This includesimparting information regarding diagnosis, prognosis and treatment andreferring to other teams as appropriate to promote integrated working and toimprove patient outcomes.

Provide appropriate support and advice to carers and refer forcarers assessment if appropriate.

Collect, collate, evaluate and report information, maintainingaccurate confidential patient records to a very high standard reflective ofAdvanced Clinical Practice.

Develop, implement and audit protocols, guidelines and policiesfor the service. These will be shared with the multi-professional teams inall care settings.

Maintain a professional portfolio and demonstrate that practiceis up to date and evidence based.

Maintain competency and ensure own compliance with mandatorytraining and revalidation requirements.

Identify own personal developmental and educational needs towork at an advanced level ensuring appropriate action is taken to maintainand further develop such skills.

Receive clinical supervision in order to clinically improveknowledge and the quality of care to service users.

Establish and maintain a regional and national network ofcontacts relevant to the service.

MANAGERIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Undertake clinical supervision and systematic peer caseloadreview of colleagues on an individual or group basis.

Act as a role model demonstrating effective clinical leadershipon a daily basis.

Assess and monitor risk in own and others practice, acting onresults, thereby ensuring safe delivery of care.

Participate in maintaining systems for risk assessment andminimisation including promoting a fair blame culture in order that nearmisses and incidents are reported and investigated.

Contribute to investigation of incidents and complaints whenrequired; participate in identifying lessons learnt and the sharing oflearning across the organisation.

Ensure dignity, privacy, and cultural and religious beliefs arerespected at all times.

Continually monitor standards of care through quality markers,achievement of PCN targets, and benchmarking.

To be aware of local quality data and use it to identifypractice development required.

Work proactively in managing change in own speciality to improvepractice and health outcomes.

RESPONSIBILITYFOR HUMAN RESOURCES/WORKFORCE

Participate in the recruitment and selection of both trained anduntrained staff which involves developing job descriptions, short listingcandidates and interviewing.

Provide mentorship and shadowing opportunities for otherprofessional colleagues undertaking post registration courses or specialistplacements, ensuring this learning experience is effectively managed,supporting the individual through highly complex and emotive clinicalsituations.

Recognise and utilise the individuals skills and knowledge,coaching others in their development and acting as a mentor/preceptor acrossall professional boundaries.

Plan, deliver and evaluate appropriate specialist learningprogrammes. Organise and arrange relevant study days and conferences to meetidentified educational needs of multi-professional audience.

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