Advanced Clinical PractitionerNHS

Job summary

Beechfield Medical Centre is a well-established and highly regarded practice based in the heart of the Lincolnshire market town of Spalding. We operate from modern purpose built premises and we are now looking to strengthen our team further with the appointment of a further Advanced Clinical Practitioner or Advanced Nurse Practitioner as we look to develop and enhance the services we are able to offer to our 22,000 patients, particularly as we integrate our services for the wider community of a Primary Care Network within our locality.

This is an exciting role where proactivity, initiative and a can do approach to service development will be as important as the professional experience and range of clinical skills that you can offer the Practice.

Main duties of the job

Duties will include:-

To assess, diagnose, treat, refer or signpost patients who attend the surgery with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions relating to minor illness.

To undertake home visits, primarily for acute conditions, as assessed by the Duty Doctor, and within the boundaries of professional qualifications.

To use your advanced clinical skills to provide education to patients, promoting self-care and empowering them to make informed choices about their treatment.

Job description

Duties will include:-

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs either over the telephone, in the Practice or patients homes.
• To support and continue the development of an on the day emergency patient service in the Practice.
• To accurately prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.
• To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
• To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To use broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted.
• To signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.
• To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.
• To discharge or treat, as appropriate and within the scope of practice.
• To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events as per practice policy.
• To advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention including where possible data collection for QoF during patient contact.
• To provide clinical advice and facilitate learning to other members of the clinical team where appropriate.

About us

We Offer:

Highly competitive salary depending on experience and qualifications

Significant relevant training and development opportunities

Five weeks annual leave initially, plus Public Holidays

The support and mentorship of an established Nurse and Paramedic Practitioner team

Membership of the NHS Pensions Scheme

Daily clinical Huddles