PCN Care Homes Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Posted 16 hours 21 minutes ago by NHS
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Nottinghamshire, Nottingham, United Kingdom, NG1 1
Job Description
PCN Care Homes Advanced Clinical Practitioner We are looking for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner with a digital badge in advanced clinical practice, to work in our care home team, providing clinical care and support to residents living in older people care home.
As an autonomous practitioner, you would be providing ward rounds in care homes, reviewing residents acute and chronic conditions. This involves medication reviews and management, undertaking clinical assessments for acute, sub-acute, long-term conditions and minor illness and injury as part of proactive, planned resident reviews. You will be undertaking new resident assessments, post hospital discharge assessments, developing ReSPECT plans with residents and relatives, ensuring a holistic, patient focussed approach to end of life planning and working with the care home staff to make a difference to the quality of care provided to residents in Rushcliffe PCN care homes.
We are looking for clinicians who wish to extend their scope of practice to support the work of our care home team in working towards the delivery of the National Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes, Direct Enhanced Service Framework (DES).
Our service operates Monday to Friday, with no late shift, nights, weekend or bank holiday requirement. We are looking to recruit an advanced clinical Practitioner to work in our Care Homes Team within the Rushcliffe Primary Care Network.
Main duties of the job This is a key role working closely with the Rushcliffe GP practices and the aligned GP for the care home to support the delivery of the NHS England Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes Framework (EHCH).
Providing ward rounds on behalf of the GP practice includes all aspects of providing clinical care, including acute, and chronic health conditions, long term conditions, non-acute medical needs and undifferentiated acute presentations, and proactive annual reviews through clinical assessment, examination, investigation, diagnosis, care planning, treatment and evaluation of care.
Medications management is a key priority of the service offer, undertaking regular medication reviews, prescribing and deprescribing as clinically appropriate, along with monitoring of conditions.
End of life planning, ensuring residents and relatives are at the centre of decision making and working with care home staff and GP practices to ensure clear, concise and informed communications.
You will support the delivery of COVID and flu programme, by vaccinating care home residents and providing a level of medication oversight as part of the Rushcliffe and National programme
New resident assessments for people being admitted to a care home, plus post hospital discharge assessments, and personalised care and support plans, are also part of the holistic service offer to ensure the EHCH framework is delivered according to the specification.
About us The post holder will work across organisational boundaries, fostering good relationships between providers and statutory bodies and improve care for people living in long term residential and nursing care.
This job requires the postholder to travel and have face to face consultations with residents in care homes, undertake remote consultations and discussions, liaise with GP practices, and the aligned GPs, as well as with other health and social care providers, residents and relatives.
Partners Health is a growing organisation with a strong commitment to support the professional development of our employees. If you are an enthusiastic professional with a clinical registration and ACP digital badge, we would love to hear from you.
About Partners Health
Partners Health LLP was formed on 2nd October 2015 by the GP Partners of the General Practices in Rushcliffe in recognition and response to the changing NHS landscape. It is constituted as a membership organisation, a partnership of partnerships.
By providing a different and collaborative local response, we will adapt and transform general practice to create a sustainable platform for the future.
Please find the full job advert in supporting information.
Please note you will need to meet the essential criteria as outlined in the person specification to be considered for the role.
For an informal discussion please contact Liz Harris, Care Home Clinical Team Lead on
Job responsibilities JOB DESCRIPTION
Post
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Care Homes. Rushcliffe PCN
Salary Grade
Reporting to - Care Home Clinical Lead
Accountable to
PCN Care Home Clinical Lead
GP Clinical Lead for Care Homes
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The purpose of this role, as an advanced clinical practitioner, with a digital badge, is to work closely with the GP to provide clinical care, assessment and clinical management plans for older people living in residential care within the Rushcliffe PCN.
This role will utilise your advanced clinical skills as autonomous practitioner. You will lead the delivery of weekly care home rounds in the Rushcliffe Older People residential and nursing homes. Providing medical management of care home residents with chronic health conditions, non-acute medical needs and undifferentiated acute presentations through clinical assessment, examination, investigation, diagnosis, care planning, treatment and evaluation of care.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Undertaking weekly ward rounds in allocated care homes, is a key priority of this role. Working closely with the GP and with care home staff to review, assess and treat residents whose health has deteriorated or changed.
You will also undertake medication reviews, new and post hospital discharge reviews, develop ReSPECT plans in conjunction with residents and significant others; complete annual reviews for dementia, mental health, end of life and cancer care; deliver COVID and flu vaccinations as per the National program and support the overall delivery of the Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes framework.
Medications management and medication reviews are a critical part of being an ACP in the care home team. You will also complete covert medication plans, that are signed off by a pharmacist. As a PCN clinical pharmacists are working within all practices and are available for advice and support when need.
You will deliver a high standard of patient care with in-depth theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice, working autonomously and with the support and supervision of a Clinical Lead GP, as well as the care home aligned GP.
You will manage a clinical caseload and deal with presenting patient needs within a care home setting.
The use of a geriatric assessment framework will support the assessments for new residents and those being discharged from hospital.
As a senior clinician, you will provide clinical leadership and expert professional advice to patients, relatives, carers, and colleagues to support the delivery of high-quality clinical care, and this will, at times involve teaching, and education of Care Home or other staff.
As a PCN we have worked hard over the years to foster good relationships with health and social care colleagues. You will work across organisational boundaries, developing new ways of working to promote relationships and seamless working between providers and statutory bodies with the ultimate aim to improve care for people living in care homes. As a team of ACPs and other professionals within the team, supporting each other to provide quality care as a team, as well as ensuring patient care is prioritised.
The successful applicant will have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice with a digital badge in advanced clinical practice, hold a non-medical prescriber qualification and come from a Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy or Paramedic background.
You will support the delivery of COVID and flu programme, by vaccinating residents and providing a level of medication oversight as part of the Rushcliffe and National programme
Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice to care home residents and their carers/family:
To confidently consult with patients/families/carers to determine the needs of individuals and develop and review care plans to support care including end of life planning, and discussions. This will include developing a ReSPECT plan, in conjunction with the resident, relatives and others as appropriate.
Utilise and work within the boundaries of local and national clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice.
Deliver integrated patient centred care through appropriate working with the wider primary care network multi-disciplinary team and social care networks
Working autonomously with accountability for their professional actions, make onward referral to medical specialities for further assessment
Work within Professional guidelines and code of conduct
Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice, participate in clinical audits, significant event reviews and other research and analysis tasks.
Utilising the non-medical prescribing qualification, develop their area of expertise in frailty to meet the needs of the care home population and with accountability for their professional actions prescribe and deprescribe medication in line with local and national guidelines
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the residents and care home managers within Rushcliffe receive assistance in accessing health care interventions by signposting to the most appropriate person to provide care
. click apply for full job details
As an autonomous practitioner, you would be providing ward rounds in care homes, reviewing residents acute and chronic conditions. This involves medication reviews and management, undertaking clinical assessments for acute, sub-acute, long-term conditions and minor illness and injury as part of proactive, planned resident reviews. You will be undertaking new resident assessments, post hospital discharge assessments, developing ReSPECT plans with residents and relatives, ensuring a holistic, patient focussed approach to end of life planning and working with the care home staff to make a difference to the quality of care provided to residents in Rushcliffe PCN care homes.
We are looking for clinicians who wish to extend their scope of practice to support the work of our care home team in working towards the delivery of the National Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes, Direct Enhanced Service Framework (DES).
Our service operates Monday to Friday, with no late shift, nights, weekend or bank holiday requirement. We are looking to recruit an advanced clinical Practitioner to work in our Care Homes Team within the Rushcliffe Primary Care Network.
Main duties of the job This is a key role working closely with the Rushcliffe GP practices and the aligned GP for the care home to support the delivery of the NHS England Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes Framework (EHCH).
Providing ward rounds on behalf of the GP practice includes all aspects of providing clinical care, including acute, and chronic health conditions, long term conditions, non-acute medical needs and undifferentiated acute presentations, and proactive annual reviews through clinical assessment, examination, investigation, diagnosis, care planning, treatment and evaluation of care.
Medications management is a key priority of the service offer, undertaking regular medication reviews, prescribing and deprescribing as clinically appropriate, along with monitoring of conditions.
End of life planning, ensuring residents and relatives are at the centre of decision making and working with care home staff and GP practices to ensure clear, concise and informed communications.
You will support the delivery of COVID and flu programme, by vaccinating care home residents and providing a level of medication oversight as part of the Rushcliffe and National programme
New resident assessments for people being admitted to a care home, plus post hospital discharge assessments, and personalised care and support plans, are also part of the holistic service offer to ensure the EHCH framework is delivered according to the specification.
About us The post holder will work across organisational boundaries, fostering good relationships between providers and statutory bodies and improve care for people living in long term residential and nursing care.
This job requires the postholder to travel and have face to face consultations with residents in care homes, undertake remote consultations and discussions, liaise with GP practices, and the aligned GPs, as well as with other health and social care providers, residents and relatives.
Partners Health is a growing organisation with a strong commitment to support the professional development of our employees. If you are an enthusiastic professional with a clinical registration and ACP digital badge, we would love to hear from you.
About Partners Health
Partners Health LLP was formed on 2nd October 2015 by the GP Partners of the General Practices in Rushcliffe in recognition and response to the changing NHS landscape. It is constituted as a membership organisation, a partnership of partnerships.
By providing a different and collaborative local response, we will adapt and transform general practice to create a sustainable platform for the future.
Please find the full job advert in supporting information.
Please note you will need to meet the essential criteria as outlined in the person specification to be considered for the role.
For an informal discussion please contact Liz Harris, Care Home Clinical Team Lead on
Job responsibilities JOB DESCRIPTION
Post
Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Care Homes. Rushcliffe PCN
Salary Grade
Reporting to - Care Home Clinical Lead
Accountable to
PCN Care Home Clinical Lead
GP Clinical Lead for Care Homes
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
The purpose of this role, as an advanced clinical practitioner, with a digital badge, is to work closely with the GP to provide clinical care, assessment and clinical management plans for older people living in residential care within the Rushcliffe PCN.
This role will utilise your advanced clinical skills as autonomous practitioner. You will lead the delivery of weekly care home rounds in the Rushcliffe Older People residential and nursing homes. Providing medical management of care home residents with chronic health conditions, non-acute medical needs and undifferentiated acute presentations through clinical assessment, examination, investigation, diagnosis, care planning, treatment and evaluation of care.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Undertaking weekly ward rounds in allocated care homes, is a key priority of this role. Working closely with the GP and with care home staff to review, assess and treat residents whose health has deteriorated or changed.
You will also undertake medication reviews, new and post hospital discharge reviews, develop ReSPECT plans in conjunction with residents and significant others; complete annual reviews for dementia, mental health, end of life and cancer care; deliver COVID and flu vaccinations as per the National program and support the overall delivery of the Enhanced Healthcare in Care Homes framework.
Medications management and medication reviews are a critical part of being an ACP in the care home team. You will also complete covert medication plans, that are signed off by a pharmacist. As a PCN clinical pharmacists are working within all practices and are available for advice and support when need.
You will deliver a high standard of patient care with in-depth theoretical knowledge and evidence-based practice, working autonomously and with the support and supervision of a Clinical Lead GP, as well as the care home aligned GP.
You will manage a clinical caseload and deal with presenting patient needs within a care home setting.
The use of a geriatric assessment framework will support the assessments for new residents and those being discharged from hospital.
As a senior clinician, you will provide clinical leadership and expert professional advice to patients, relatives, carers, and colleagues to support the delivery of high-quality clinical care, and this will, at times involve teaching, and education of Care Home or other staff.
As a PCN we have worked hard over the years to foster good relationships with health and social care colleagues. You will work across organisational boundaries, developing new ways of working to promote relationships and seamless working between providers and statutory bodies with the ultimate aim to improve care for people living in care homes. As a team of ACPs and other professionals within the team, supporting each other to provide quality care as a team, as well as ensuring patient care is prioritised.
The successful applicant will have an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice with a digital badge in advanced clinical practice, hold a non-medical prescriber qualification and come from a Nursing, Pharmacy, Physiotherapy or Paramedic background.
You will support the delivery of COVID and flu programme, by vaccinating residents and providing a level of medication oversight as part of the Rushcliffe and National programme
Provide health/disease promotion and prevention advice to care home residents and their carers/family:
To confidently consult with patients/families/carers to determine the needs of individuals and develop and review care plans to support care including end of life planning, and discussions. This will include developing a ReSPECT plan, in conjunction with the resident, relatives and others as appropriate.
Utilise and work within the boundaries of local and national clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice.
Deliver integrated patient centred care through appropriate working with the wider primary care network multi-disciplinary team and social care networks
Working autonomously with accountability for their professional actions, make onward referral to medical specialities for further assessment
Work within Professional guidelines and code of conduct
Utilise clinical guidelines and promote evidence-based practice, participate in clinical audits, significant event reviews and other research and analysis tasks.
Utilising the non-medical prescribing qualification, develop their area of expertise in frailty to meet the needs of the care home population and with accountability for their professional actions prescribe and deprescribe medication in line with local and national guidelines
The post holder is responsible for ensuring that the residents and care home managers within Rushcliffe receive assistance in accessing health care interventions by signposting to the most appropriate person to provide care
. click apply for full job details