About this role
Job summary We are looking for an Advanced Care Practitioner (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic), to join our already established Home Visiting and Care Home team. The practitioner will provide on the day acute visits for housebound patients and care home residents within the PCN, as well as delivering proactive home visits to support the ongoing health needs of our population.The post holder will be required to provide on the day visits for housebound patients who are acutely unwell and need a clinical assessment, as well as pre-planned proactive care assessments. The practitioner will also need to visit patients living in care homes for both acute and proactive care, this will be in the form of either a ward round or an acute visit. The clinician will be responsible for prioritising visits according to clinical need and will be required to take a comprehensive history and devise a treatment plan. This could include liaison with the GP, secondary care and community colleagues to support coordination of patient care.
Main duties of the job
Please can you look at the Advanced Nurse/ Paramedic Job Description and Specification which is attached to this Job Application
About us
Southampton West Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of the 9 GP surgeries in the west of the City and covers 84,000 patients. Our mission is to work collaboratively to develop high quality services for our patients, so that we can improve health outcomes that enable people to live well, for longer, whilst developing resilient primary care.
The PCN already hosts a strong and supportive multi-disciplinary wellbeing team consisting of mental health practitioners, peer support workers, social prescribers, care coordinators, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Pharmacists, and First Contact Physiotherapists.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please can you look at the Advanced Nurse/ Paramedic Job Description and Specification which is attached to this Job Application
Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills Essential
Knowledge / Skills / Training Communication and consultation skills Practising holistically Data gathering and interpretation Making a diagnosis or decision Managing medical complexity Project management and leadership Working in a team Continuous professional development Maintaining an ethical approach Fitness to practise Clinical examination and procedural skills Learning and development PCN Core values Awareness of the legal and ethical issues of the role Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team as a key player Adult safeguarding level 3 IT experience / computer skills
Desirable
IT experience and computer skills
Qualifications Essential
Advanced Care Practitioner Requirements: Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc Current NMC Registration Membership of a professional body UK Driving license Paramedic Requirements: Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic has a further three years experience as a paramedic UK Driving license
Desirable
Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
Experience Essential
Previous primary care experience in Advanced Clinical Practitioner role Own transport and driving license, in order to be able to travel regularly between sites around West Southampton
Desirable
Previous Care Home Primary Care experience Experience of clinical audit, evaluation research and implementation of evidence-based practice Background in community nursing
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 Southampton West PCN Limited
Address Shirley Health Partnership
355 Shirley Road
Southampton
so15 3jd
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.southamptonwestpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)