Job summary
Old Road Medical Practice is looking to recruit an advanced clinical practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries.

This role is flexible for remote working or within the surgery, based on 2-3 days per working week.

The successful candidate may come from a range of professional backgrounds. As an experienced healthcare professional, educated to masters level, they will have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on an expanded role and scope of practice caring for patients.

Main duties of the job

• demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
• be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.
• support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient-focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
• have responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.

About us
Old Road Medical Practice provides healthcare services to approximately 9,500 patients, across our main practice and our branch surgery in St Osyth.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a friendly and supportive practice team while helping us deliver high-quality care to our local community.

We offer:

• NHS Pension Scheme
• Life insurance
• Ill health benefits
• 20% employer contribution
• Living Wage Foundation Accredited
• Annual Leave entitlement plus bank holidays

Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.

Qualifications
Essential

• Professional registration with relevant professional body
• Post-graduate qualification in specific speciality, or equivalent experience
• Post-registration experience at a senior level (Band 7 or above) in specialty area
• Evidence of on-going CPD
• Advanced clinical assessment skills

Experience
Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to perform in stressful and complex situations
• Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
• Flexibility
• Ability to inspire and lead a team

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. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).