Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) for Proactive Care
Cross Gates Primary Care Ltd
Leeds, LS14 6NXView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
Negotiable
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
8 November 2026
18 days leftJob description
Cross Gates Primary Care Network is seeking an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our established Proactive Care Team. This is a senior autonomous...
The postholder will provide advanced
clinical assessment and management for people at greatest risk of
deterioration, avoidable hospital admission or loss of independence, with a
particular focus on frailty, multimorbidity, complex health and social care
needs and care home residents. The role will include autonomous assessment,
diagnosis, investigation, treatment, prescribing, care planning and referral in
care homes, patients own homes and other community settings.
Provide autonomous advanced
clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis, investigation, treatment and
prescribing for people with complex, undifferentiated or deteriorating
presentations.
Undertake care home ward
rounds, acute and planned home visits, proactive frailty reviews and
community-based clinical reviews.
Develop and review holistic
personalised care plans, anticipatory care plans and treatment escalation plans
with patients, carers and the wider MDT.
Use population health data,
Proactive Care dashboards, PQI reports and clinical judgement to identify
people at greatest risk and target proactive intervention.
Work collaboratively within
care home and proactive care MDTs, contributing expert clinical assessment,
decision-making, referral and follow-up.
Support prevention, admission
avoidance, medicines optimisation, self-management, independence and timely
access to community alternatives to hospital.
Actively participate in
seasonal vaccination programmes for care home, housebound and proactive care
cohorts, working with Clinical Care Coordinators and PCN clinicians to improve
uptake and prevent avoidable illness.
Contribute to service
evaluation, audit, quality improvement, coding, data quality and delivery of
Proactive Care and Enhanced Health in Care Homes requirements.
Provide clinical advice,
teaching and peer support to colleagues within scope of expertise, while
participating in regular clinical supervision and continuing professional
development.
together Colton Mill and The Grange Medical Centre, Keystone GP Partnership and
Family Doctors, working across six sites and serving approximately 33,000
patients. The proactive care team works closely with practice GPs and ACPs, community
and mental health services, geriatric medicine, specialist respiratory and
cardiology teams, Adult Social Care, Housing, Linking Leeds, the Local Care
Partnership and voluntary-sector organisations.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters degree in Advanced Clinical Practice, or equivalent masters-level advanced practice qualification demonstrating the four pillars of advanced practice.
- Current registration with an appropriate UK professional regulator (e.g. NMC or HCPC) relevant to the applicants advanced clinical practice role.
- Independent non-medical prescribing qualification with current prescribing competence.
- Advanced clinical assessment / physical examination qualification at postgraduate or masters level.
Desirable: - Postgraduate qualification in frailty, older people, long-term conditions, palliative care or a related field.
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience managing complete episodes of care for undifferentiated, complex and deteriorating patients, including diagnosis, investigation, treatment and referral.
- Experience working with frailty, multimorbidity, complex needs and/or older people in community or primary care settings
- Experience undertaking home visits and/or care-home clinical reviews or ward rounds.
- Significant experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working across health, social care and/or voluntary-sector boundaries.
Desirable: - Experience working within Primary Care Networks and/or integrated neighbourhood teams.; - Experience of Enhanced Health in Care Homes delivery.
Personable Attributes
Essential
- Collaborative team member able to work effectively across organisational and professional boundaries.
- Resilient, adaptable and able to work effectively in a changing community and primary care environment.
- Commitment to person-centred care, prevention, health inequalities and improving outcomes for people with complex needs.
How to apply
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First seen
20 October 2026
Last checked
21 October 2026
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