Advanced Clinical Practitioner - The Ridge PCN

In this role, you will bring your advanced clinical skills, warm communication style, and independent prescribing expertise to help residents stay well, avoid unnecessary hospital visits, and feel cared for. Working closely with GPs, community teams, and care home staff, you will become a familiar face in the homes you support. Working within the scope of your practice, you will assess, diagnose, prescribe, and plan care.

The role is flexible in terms of hours (up to 25 hours per week).

Clinical practice

autonomous clinical assessment, diagnosis, prescribing, and management of

residents in care homes, including those with complex, acute, chronic, frailtyrelated, or undifferentiated

presentations.

proactive care home ward rounds, reviewing routine followups, postdischarge

cases, longterm conditions, and residents identified as at risk of

deterioration.

reviewing personalised care plans, including Comprehensive Geriatric

Assessments (CGA) and ReSPECT discussions in collaboration with MDT and

families.

of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and high-quality care.

clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and

safe care.

treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with acute, long term

and complex health needs.

plans & discuss with GPs where a second opinion is required.

patients at risk of developing a long-term condition, using both

non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments.

and carers or relatives are involved where required. Actively take a

personalised care approach and population centre care approach to enable shared

decision making.

patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national

and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice.

and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.

protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

teams, secondary care organisations, and other organisations, as necessary.

promote the welfare of vulnerable adults and children.

Leadership and management personal and people development

participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.

practice development.

are relevant to clinical practice.

standards.

overall commissioning and procurement process.

practicecompleting relevant training to provide multi-professional

clinical practice and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care.

others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.

Education

against set standards.

of patient care.

colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Research

engage in research activity and use evidence-based strategies to improve and

enhance the quality of patient care.

the improvement in quality of health outcomes through audit, risk management

and the Quality and Outcomes Framework

to own practice.

monitor quality in the service and implements change according to findings.

Quality

Under supervision and support of GPs in the practice, the

post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practices, and will:

improvement in quality of health outcomes through audit, risk management and

the Quality and Outcomes Framework

safety.

and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the

teams performance.

patients needs.

evidence-based care

About The Ridge PCN

The Ridge Primary Care Network (PCN) is a semi-rural network established in 2019, serving a population of approximately 36,000 patients across four GP surgeries: Bearsted Medical Practice, Len Valley Practice, Sutton Valence Group Practice, and The Orchard Surgery in Langley. Our PCN has a strong record of collaboration and innovation, successfully delivering a range of services tailored to the needs of our local community. We are supported by an active and engaged Board and benefit from excellent patient participation, helping us to shape and improve services in line with what matters most to our population. A key area of focus for The Ridge PCN is supporting our frail population. We are committed to ensuring that these patients receive high-quality, proactive care that promotes independence, dignity, and improved outcomes.

About West Kent Primary Care

West Kent Primary Care is an innovative GP Federation whose shareholders include all fifty practices in West Kent, covering 500,000 patients. Within this, the practices are divided into 9 Primary Care Networks (PCN). We are made up of a core operations team, a PCN based workforce including clinical and non-clinical staff and a Board of Executive Directors (four local GPs and twelve PCN clinical directors). The federation also offers a variety of services including the Community Diabetes Service, and a Frailty Service.

West Kent Primary Care are the employer for the role.

Skills

Other

Qualifications

Experience

Knowledge