Advanced Clinical Practitioner

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will actautonomously within their professional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, telephone consultations and home visits (dependent onrole).

The post holder will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice toprovide expert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues,ensuring clinical safety and excellence.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.

The post holder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as aqualified Advanced Clinical Practitioner in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments, referral, admission and discharging patients as appropriate.

The ACP will assess, diagnose, plan and implement treatment for patients within their care,acting within their own scope of competence to do so. Using critical clinical consultation skills they will provide care for a wide range of patients.

Predominantly working as an independent and autonomous practitioner as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing safe and effective person-centred care, theywill recognise when to refer or to access additional support and will do so efficiently. This may include seeking support from duty GP, onward referral to secondary care and/or additional investigations in line with current local and national guidelines. The practitioner will make safe and efficient prescribing decisions in line with current best practice and their own scope of competence.

The ACP will ensure care provision is in line with best standards, contributing to practice and national targets for high quality care (including QOF and enhanced service targets).

Carlisle Healthcare (CHC) is an NHS GP Practice situated in theCity of Carlisle and provides care for around forty thousand registered patients. The practice is set across three sites, all ofwhich have purpose built facilities.

The practice boasts

Overall rated Good by CQC

Large multi-disciplinary clinical team including GPs,ACPs, Paramedics, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Specialist Nursesand HCAs and a large non clinical support team.

A positive, supportive, family friendly atmosphere

A teaching practice for Medical/Nursing Students

High achieving in QOF and Enhanced Services

Weare looking for a skilled, autonomous practitioner to join our team ofACPs. We are keen to find the right person to fit in with our team and are open to welcoming practitioners from avariety of backgrounds

Advanced Clinical Practice

The ACP will assess, diagnose, plan and implement treatment for patients within their care, acting within their own scope of competence to do so. Using critical clinical consultation skills they will provide care for a wide range of patients.

Predominantly working as an independent and autonomous practitioner as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing safe and effective person-centred care

Evidence and Research

The ACP will contribute to and undertake audits of clinical practice to ensure care provision is in line with guidelines for best practice. The ACP will participate in and contribute to team exercises in the improvement of patient care and will assist in dissemination of new guidelines and recommendations for practice, evaluating the effectiveness of any changes to practice if appropriate.

Training and personal development

Education and Learning:
The ACP will positively contribute to their own learning and development by maintaining up to date skills and knowledge, undertaking additional training as required, this may be identified by the individual or the practice. They will also participate in appraisal/performance reviews annually and undertake mandatory/statutory training as required. The ACP undertakes personal responsibility for ensuring that their own professional requirement are met fully including revalidation and annual prescribing reviews where necessary.

Leadership personal and people development

Leadership:
Acting as a positive role model for others, the ACP will offer support to colleagues in their development, acting as a mentor to junior colleagues/student nurses/medical students as required promoting a positive learning environment within the practice. They may also contribute to the development and review of local guidelines and protocols. The ACP will assess their own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision and contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Administration and professional responsibilities

Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

• Participate in the administrative and…