Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Duties will include:-

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs either over the telephone, in the Practice or patients homes.
• To support and continue the development of an on the day emergency patient service in the Practice.
• To accurately prioritise patients, including in emergency situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.
• To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking, and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
• To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings in order to relate them to a possible diagnosis. To use broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted.
• To signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway.
• To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways.
• To discharge or treat, as appropriate and within the scope of practice.
• To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events as per practice policy.
• To advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention including where possible data collection for QoF during patient contact.
• To provide clinical advice and facilitate learning to other members of the clinical team where appropriate.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £35,000.00-£55,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person