Job summary
Larwood Health Partnership is seeking a skilled and motivated Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our existing team of Clinical Practitioners to continue to develop our ways of working in providing timely, quality care for our patients. We are based over 4 sites in the Worksop and surrounding area with a patient list size of almost 35,000 and rated Outstanding by CQC. We believe in innovation and are always striving to find more efficient ways of working and improve patient care.

Main duties of the job
You will join a team of Clinical Practitioners from nursing and paramedic backgrounds dealing with many common health concerns, including minor illnesses and long-term conditions. You will have a prescribing qualification and a level 7 qualification such as APACS. We are a SystmOne user and use SystmConnect to provide GP total triage to patients for all appointments. You will assess, diagnose, treat, order diagnostic tests, make referrals and manage illnesses and injuries for patients triaged by the GP as requiring urgent care on the day, which may take the form of seeing patients face to face or over the phone.

About us
We have a multidisciplinary team made up of:

• 6 GP Partners and 9 Salaried GPs
• 7 Clinical Practitioners assisting with acute patient care and home visits
• Clinical Pharmacists managing medication related queries
• 1 Senior Pharmacy Technician and 3 Pharmacy Technicians
• Social Prescribers and Care Coordinators
• Experienced Management Team (including HR, Practice, Business, Estates)
• Dedicated Administrative Team
• Fantastic scanning and summarising team undertaking Read Coding

Job responsibilities

• Conduct thorough clinical assessments, order appropriate investigations, diagnose, and formulate treatment plans, including onward referrals where appropriate for patients presenting with minor illness symptoms, and those with known long-term conditions.
• Follow up investigation results with patients.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition as appropriate.
• Prescribe medications safely and appropriately, in line with current guidelines.
• Undertake medication reviews in line with the Practice protocol.
• Provide health promotion and education to patients around self-care and appropriate use of services.
• Recognise and act on red flags and signs of serious illness, referring appropriately when needed.
• Work collaboratively with GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists, and wider primary care teams.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation in line with practice and legal requirements.
• Contribute to the development of the minor illness service, supporting innovation and service improvement.
• Participate in clinical audits, reviews, and quality improvement activities.
• Be aware of health inequality and government agendas such as Core20PLUS5 with the aim of reducing health disparities between groups of people and improving access to healthcare.
• Adhere to safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure patient safety.
• Make professional autonomous decisions for which you are accountable.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Works in collaboration with the Pharmacist Team for guidance and direction of prescribed medications.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote patients to live healthily, and apply principles of self-care.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Experience of clinical skills assessment
• Experience of consultations with patients of different ages

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Experience of Diabetes, Respiratory Conditions
• Experience of Wound dressing

Qualifications
Essential

• The applicant needs to have experience in the management of minor illness/injury with a qualification at Level 7 such as the APACs course (Advanced, Physical and Consultation Skills module).
• The applicant needs to have their non medical prescribing qualification.

Desirable

• Experience of chronic disease management is desirable.

Professional Registration
Essential

• You must be registered with a professional body eg NMC/HCPC

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.