Advanced clinical practitioner ACP Advanced nurse practitioner ANP

• Carry out consultations with patients taking a comprehensive patient history; physical examinations and use of your expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify potential diagnosis.
• Decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate
• Provide clinical advice and mentorship to junior clinical staff.

• Provide autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis and management of patients presenting with acute, urgent and long-term conditions through telephone, online and face-to-face consultations.
• Work within your professional scope of practice and be accountable for all clinical decisions and actions.
• Assess, diagnose, treat and evaluate patients using evidence-based practice.
• Prescribe medication (where appropriately qualified) in accordance with national guidance, practice protocols and prescribing legislation.
• Request, interpret and act upon appropriate investigations.
• Refer patients to secondary care, community services or other healthcare professionals where clinically appropriate.
• Undertake medication reviews and support patients to optimise treatment and self-manage long-term conditions.
• Contribute to the diagnosis and ongoing management of long-term conditions and support achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) targets.
• Undertake home visits and care home ward rounds where required.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to medical emergencies.
• Identify, assess and escalate safeguarding concerns relating to children and vulnerable adults in accordance with local and national policies.
• Work collaboratively with GPs and the wider multidisciplinary team, including Practice Nurses, HCAs, Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, Mental Health Practitioners and Social Prescribers.
• Support students and other healthcare professionals in their learning and development as appropriate.
• Participate in clinical audit, significant event reviews, quality improvement initiatives and service development.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous and legally compliant clinical records using EMIS Web.
• Maintain professional registration and comply with the standards of the relevant regulatory body (e.g. NMC or HCPC).
• Maintain competence through continuing professional development and mandatory training.
• Participate in Primary Care Network (PCN) initiatives and service development activities as required.

Essential

• Experience working as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) or Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within Primary Care, Urgent Care or Emergency Care
• Experience of autonomous clinical assessment and decision making.
• Experience managing acute and minor illness presentations.
• Experience managing patients with long-term conditions.
• Experience of multidisciplinary team working.

Desirable

• Previous experience in General Practice.
• Experience using EMIS Web.
• Experience undertaking care home rounds.
• Experience of telephone and online triage.

Essential

• Current professional registration with the NMC, HCPC or other relevant professional body.
• Holds the recognised qualifications and credentials required to meet the NHS England Advanced Practice framework and be eligible for an Advanced Practice Digital Badge (where applicable to the role).
• Master's level qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (or equivalent)
• Independent Prescribing qualification.
• Evidence of continuing professional development