Advanced Clinical Practitioner

3 months ago


Gillingham, United Kingdom Medway Community Healthcare CIC Full time

Are you excited by primary and urgent care?
- Do you enjoy working in a dynamic busy envioroment?

We are looking for advanced autonomous practitioners to join our team.

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.

To support the Head of service in delivering a safe and effective service and to ensure cost effective day to day management and organisation of the service. The post holder will present a professional image and will be responsible for the effective and efficient management of the clinical care environment. They will be expected to provide evidence-based practice through strong clinical leadership and supervision of junior members of the team and wider organisation.

To assess, diagnose and manage patients from the first point of contact through discharge or referral, often analysing highly complex facts and situations. To prescribe within their professional scope and maintain their knowledge and CPD to provide safe and evidence-based care.

Proven ability to assess and treat patients presenting with complex symptoms, retrieving relevant medical and social history arriving at a safe and justifiable diagnosis and /or treatment plan. Ability to make appropriate referrals to secondary care and complementary community services or discharge safely. To include the ability to order or undertake relevant investigations and analyse complex presentations.

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.

The post holder must have the ability to liaise effectively with members of the urgent care team to include medical, clinical and non - clinical staff. They must demonstrate the ability to communicate with the broader primary care team, secondary and tertiary care colleagues. This will include but is not exclusive to: GPs and practice staff, reception staff, medical consultants, patient transport services, SECAmb, Medway Maritime Hospital ED and specialist teams, Community Urgent Response Teams, Social Services, community nursing and therapy teams, medication clinic.

The post holder has the ability to provide and receive complex and highly sensitive information. They will act as an advocate for vulnerable patients, overcoming barriers to understanding.

To effectively gain consent and communicate with our service users in a compassionate and professional manner providing clear explanations of care and understanding of anxieties.

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