Advanced Clinical Practitioner

We are looking for advanced autonomous practitioners to join our team. Are you excited by primary and urgent care? Do you enjoy working in a dynamic busy environment?

MedOCC is a primary medical care service providing 2 functions. One function is the provision of primary care out of hours services for Medway and Swale and the second function is to provide the primary care element of the Urgent Treatment Centre at Medway Foundation Trust.

The out of hours primary care provision also delivers the cellulitis and DVT pathways for both Medway and Swale. The service is provided out of hours between the hours of 18:30 pm to 08:00 am. On weekdays and from 18:30 pm Friday through to 08:00 Monday morning including Bank Holidays.

The Urgent Treatment Centre primary care element operates in hours including weekends treating patients with a wide range of medical presentations referred via 111 and streamed by the UTC front door.

The clinical team operate a rostered shift system. MedOCC has multiple pathways in and out of our service and have direct referral routes to all MCH services and many more with our partner organisations such as SECAmb, MFT, KMPT and Primary Care.

Main duties of the job

Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making.

The ACP will provide advanced practice according and demonstrate the 4 pillars:

1. Clinical practice: The ACP demonstrates in depth knowledge and capabilities in all aspects of health and social care encompassing advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking and clinical management skills that are evidence based and deliver high quality patient centred care. The ACP will demonstrate complex decision-making skills and competences for expanded scope of advanced clinical practice for service users and clinical teams according to needs.

2. Education and personal development: The post holder will have an organisational responsibility to promote clinical excellence in the care of service users presenting to their specialty by providing clinical advice, supervision and support as well as implementing programmes of induction and education for all health care professionals.

3. Research and development activity is a major responsibility. The individual will support in the evaluation of services within the organisation. The role will include developing audit and research projects and participating in up-dating and implementing departmental policies, protocols and guidelines, in line with national guidance and contemporary evidence.

About us

So what else?

• This is your chance to join a progressive and innovative service in a social enterprise that is patient and staff focused - you'll even have the opportunity to become an MCH shareholder.
• We encourage staff to get involved in exploring new ways of working and service development.
• We'll provide well established, in-service training, one to one supervision, and appraisals with regular support.
• You'll be able to develop your skills in a friendly and supportive team.

Would you like to work flexibly?In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important work life balance is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The small print

• Informal visits can be arranged on request.
• We will offer you the choice of two pension schemes; the NHS Pension scheme and the scottish widows group pension scheme.
• MCH encourages all staff to be double COVID vaccinated to protect themselves, their colleagues, their family and their patients.

Job responsibilities

Criteria

Qualifications

Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC

Significant experience as a case worker for patients

First level AHP or Nursing degree

MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or HEE ACP Accreditation

Post registration qualification or training or experience relevant to specialty

Teaching qualification

Experience

Experience of practice within the four pillars

Experience and expertise in of assessing and managing complex patients/ caseloads

Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews

Substantial experience of clinical work in relevant setting

Evidence of continued professional development

Worked as or are working as a band 7 or above

Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and

Experience of service improvement initiatives Evidence of involvement in policy and practice change Clinical work in an autonomous role.

Experience of leading service development

Experience in using research evaluation / audit tools and demonstrating need. Experience of clinically supervising others

Special knowledge / expertise

Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge in own speciality field supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD

Ability to work within a multi-professional team, often presenting and receiving complex information Knowledge of National Policy and guidance.

Demonstrated ability to monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review.

Applied leadership knowledge.

Disposition, adjustment, attitude and commitment

Excellent written and oral communication skills

Well organised

Good reasoning skills

Motivated and a motivator with evidence of efficient time and deadline management

Team builder and team member

Reflective practitioner and accepts constructive feedback

Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.

Ability to respond to, prioritise and analyse health conditions and ensure effective interventions are

actioned in a timely manner.

Deal effectively with clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines.

Evidence of teaching skills Evidence of managing complaints effectively.

MCH values

Being caring and compassionate The health and wellbeing of our patients and staff are my priority.

I show kindness and humanity.

I am inclusive and non-discriminatory.

Working in partnership

I ask for, respond to and offer feedback which improves the quality of our services.

I work effectively as part of my immediate team, the wider organisation and with external partners to achieve shared goals.

I take responsibility and ownership for my area of work and I meet and manage expectations.

Delivering quality and value

I raise my concerns and I am open and honest when things do not go well, learning from successes and mistakes. I make the most of resources and reduce waste and inefficiencies. I seek out, share and actively participate in new ideas and ways of working.

These are the core values and

behaviours expected of all roles within MCH and individual performance in relation to the values is assessed in your PDR. A full description is available from your manager and the intranet.

Person Specification Qualifications

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or HEE ACP Accreditation
• Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
• Post registration qualification or training or experience relevant to specialty

Experience

• Experience of practice within the four pillars
• Experience and expertise in of assessing and managing complex patients/ caseloads
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
• Worked as or are working as a band 7 or above
• Experience of service improvement initiatives
• Experience of clinically supervising others

Specialist Knowledge and Expertise

• Evidence of extensive expert professional/clinical knowledge in own speciality field supplemented by specialist clinical training and CPD
• Ability to work within a multi-professional team, often presenting and receiving complex information Knowledge of National Policy and guidance.

Disposition

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Motivated and a motivator with evidence of efficient time and deadline management
• Evidence of teaching skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.