Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Oldham Urgent Care

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner working within the Oldham locality you will holistically assess and clinically examine patients with both minor and complex needs. You will have access to pathways and a broad Directory of Services (DoS) along with :

The Oldham Primary Care Streaming Serviceincludes working closely with The Royal Oldham Hospital to identify patients who present to ED with primary care presentations who can be streamed away from ED.

You

will possess leadership qualities and provide support to the wider team, act as

a positive role model and proactively identify areas for quality improvement.

You will have full access to our gtdlearning academy and forums. This provides a great opportunity to grow and expand your clinician skills/knowledge and to excel as an ACP.

Using Adastra, you will consult with patients with undiagnosed/undifferentiated problems. You have access to the patients full clinical records and consult via telephone, video or face to face, according to patient needs.

For further details, please refer to the attached job description.

Clinical

Practice

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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.

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Plan,

implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient, ensuring

safe discharge/referral and/or transfer to an appropriate health care service.

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Provide

information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on

medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.

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Prioritise

health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,

urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency

care.

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Refer

and discharge safely ensuring that safety-netting advice is offered.

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Triage

telephone referrals, calls from external clinicians, patients and others into a

range of services appropriately as required.

Communication

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Utilise

and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully

informed and consent to treatment.

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Communicate

effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative

methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding,

cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.

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Anticipate

barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.

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Maintain

effective communication within the organisation and with external stakeholders.

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Ensure

awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an

acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring

where appropriate

Non-Medical Prescribing

capacity, you must only prescribe within your scope of practice and comply with

the gtd healthcare NMP governance

registration processes.

and prescribe within your scope of clinical competencies.

prescriber is required to comply with organisational NMP governance processes

and adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.

Delivering a Quality Service

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Recognise

and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by

the NMC/HPC etc. Understand own role and scope and identify how this may

develop over time.

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Produce

accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation,

consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

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Prioritise,

organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes

quality.

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Ensure

professional revalidation requirements are met.

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Deliver

care according to NSF, NICE

guidelines and evidence-based care.

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Assess

effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and

formal evaluation.

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Initiate

and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes

across the organisation and its activities.

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In

partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of

health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as

appropriate.

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Support

and participate in shared learning across the organisation and wider

organisation.

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Understand

and apply guidance that supports the identification of vulnerable and abused

children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient health

procedures and local guidance.

Leadership Personal and

People Development

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Take

responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in

clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.

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Support

staff development in order to maximise potential.

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Actively

promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn

from each other and from external good practice.

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Encourage

others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and

skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of

the public and/or users of services.

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Critically

evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant areas of

work.

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Take a

lead role in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and

responsibility.

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Work

with senior clinical and management teams to ensure sufficient staff of

appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix is available to meet current and

future service delivery, that selection and recruitment processes are effective

and that equality of treatment of the team incorporates quality HR principles

and processes.

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Contribute

to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.

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Maintain

effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning

and procurement process.

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To

attend and be proactively involved in professional meetings at base and

corporately.

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Take

the lead/ develop a special interest within certain areas to allow the sharing

of clinical knowledge and expertise.

Corporate Responsibility

Management of Risk

Managing Information

Learning and Development

At gtd healthcare, we do things differently. Our not-for-profit ethos and commitment to innovation offers patients the best experience possible and a unique opportunity to transform services.

We are committed to developing and supporting our people to achieve their career aspirations while making a positive impact on patients and the wider community. Our values drive everything we do, with our people at the heart of delivering the best possible healthcare.

Benefits package

As an employee of gtd healthcare, you will be able to take advantage of our benefits package, including:

Qualifications

Experience

Skills and Attributes