About this role
Job summary
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will work as an autonomous clinician within the multidisciplinary general practice team, providing high-quality, patient-centred care to patients presenting with both acute and long-term health conditions. Working within their agreed scope of practice, the post holder will assess, diagnose, investigate, treat and appropriately refer patients, using advanced clinical decision-making skills to deliver safe and effective care.
The post holder will demonstrate courageous and critical thinking and is a caring, compassionate and committed experienced nurse or relevant clinician who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, competent clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice.
The post holder will commit to demonstrating critical thinking in the safe clinical decision-making process. They will communicate and work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing clinical leadership as required
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
Clinical Practice:
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
Communications
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
Delivering a Quality Service
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the appropriate governing body
Main duties of the job
Clinical Practice:
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
Communications
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
Delivering a Quality Service
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the appropriate governing body
About us
We are a friendly GP surgery working over two sites in Staines and Egham and are looking for a reliable and motivated individual to join our clinical team, alongside our current GPs and ANPs
Job description Job responsibilities
Undertakes Clinical Practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary health care servicesAssesses diagnoses and treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.Refers patients to other medical specialities for assessment if deemed appropriate.Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisationsUndertakes and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures e.g. cytology, venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring etc.Makes decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others e.g. direct referral of patients to Hospital Consultants without prior reference to other medical colleagues.Advises and supports others where standard protocols do not apply.Communicates highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives and carers.Initiates the process of diagnosis with patients suspected to have a chronic disease e.g. Diabetes, COPD, asthma, IHD referring to other clinical staff as appropriate.Contribute to practice targets both local and national within the disease management agenda e.g. QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, NSFs, National benchmarking.Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiate changes as necessary.Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct.Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management.Extended and supplementary prescriber
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Advanced Clinical Practice experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Hythe Medical Centre
Address Rochester Road
Staines
Middlesex
TW18 3HN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://thehythemedicalcentre.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)