Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Nurse & AHP) – Elmwood Medical Centre
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Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Nurse & AHP)
Elmwood Medical Centre
Permanent - Full-time/Part-time/Portfolio opportunity
£49,000 – £55,250 Advanced Clinical Practitioner / £56,500 - £65,250 Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner (plus enhancements attached to KSF and dependent upon experience)
Elmwood Medical Centre is situated in an idyllic rural area of Buxton, Derbyshire on the doorstep of the famous Pavilion gardens, we have an excellent opportunity for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Nurse, Pharmacist, Paramedic, AHP) to join the practice team.
The practice has a list size of approximately 7000 patients and would involve collaboratively working within the wider high peak PCN, our care homes and our community services. You will be part of a busy and proactive team working alongside a multidisciplinary team including GP’s, ACP’s, Practice Nurse’s, Pharmacist, HCA and ARRS funding roles such as MSK & Mental health practitioners.
Main duties of the job
- Assess and holistically clinically examine patients with both minor and complex needs through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of investigations to confirm diagnosis.
- Plan, implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient, ensuring safe discharge/referral and/or transfer to an appropriate health care service.
- Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Triage telephone referrals, calls from external clinicians, patients and others into a range of services appropriately as required.
- In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
- To lead and be proactive on quality improvement and service development.
- Networking with other clinicians and external stakeholders.
Elmwood Medical Centre is part of gtd healthcare, one of the largest, not-for-profit, NHS commissioned primary and urgent care providers in North West England. We are values-driven, embrace the ethos of social enterprise and care for people, families and communities, in order to improve their health and wider wellbeing. We do this through our 13 GP practices, eight urgent care centres and clinical hub, which operates 24 hours a day, seven-days-a-week. We are keen to develop and support staff to excel their career aspirations whilst making a positive difference to patients and the community.
The successful candidate will lead on the development of innovation bids, new services or new models of service delivery to meet the demands of the changing healthcare environment. Ongoing Quality Improvement forms part of the organisational ethos and gtd healthcare have demonstrated their commitment to this by investing in non-clinical hours for Advanced Clinical Practitioner’s to ensure protected time to facilitate the development of quality for staff and services. We welcome applications from newly qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioners and are able to provide support and development via our gtd academy training services.
Benefits package
- working for a values-driven organisation;
- Real living wage employer;
- access to Wagestream, which provides flexible and on-demand access to stream your pay during the month, in real-time, when picking-up extra shifts;
- 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years of continuous service;
- flexible pension benefits including NHS pension scheme;
- flexible working hours and policies;
- family friendly and carer policies;
- opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards;
- access to gtd healthcare’s wellbeing initiatives, which offer a wide range of tools and resources;
- gtd healthcare social and fun activities;
- cycle to work scheme.
Candidates interested in this opportunity will need to hold professional nursing / allied health professional qualification and current registration in the UK.
We are a flexible working organisation and would consider any number of sessions or hours between the core practice opening hours of 8am – 6.30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 8am – 8pm on Wednesdays.
If you would be interested in having a confidential discussion about this opportunity or for further details, please contact Katie Schofield, Clinical Services Manager katie.schofield1@nhs.net
Elmwood Medical Centre,
7 Burlington Road,
Buxton,
Derbyshire,
SK17 9AY