Acute Visiting Acp

Our Care Home Liaison Team is a multi-disciplinary team based a Scorton Medical Centre, Scorton, Richmondshire and provides support to our aligned Care Homes, our proactive frailty support and acute visiting service to housebound patients. You will provide care for Richmondshire's care homes and supported living populations, from initial assessment of a new resident, review of residents who have recently been discharged from hospital, review of stable residents and those who are deteriorating and approaching end of life care. You will be able to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, including assessment and diagnostic skills, leading to the delivery of safe and appropriate care for all patients. Working collaboratively with the care home visiting team to meet the needs of the patients whilst supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.

You will provide a holistic and clinical service, with support from GPs and other team members as required, implementing agreed management plans. You will review and act appropriately on blood results and referrals/correspondence regarding patients. The post holder will work with the wider PCN team to ensure that all aspects of the Primary Care Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service and its associated service specifications, relevant to this post, are realised. The role is pivotal to improving quality of care for patients and operational efficiencies within primary care and therefore requires motivation and passion to deliver excellent service within general practice.

Key responsibilities Responsibilities may include but not be limited to the following: You will have an advanced practice qualification and be a non-medical prescriber Plan and manage complete episodes of care, working in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary PCN team, delegating and referring as appropriate, to optimise health outcomes for patients Able to use an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy and judgement for seeing, treating and assessing patients who present with a broad range of situations and conditions Work autonomously, clinically examining and assessing patients and initiating any appropriate action whilst taking responsibility for managing practice whilst using an advanced level of professional accountability, autonomy and judgement for highly complex decision making across a broad range of situations Have a level of understanding of PCN and NHS values, policies and procedures Provide support to Care Home staff, which may include delivering training where required or supporting Care Home pilots and support the other members of the Care Home Liaison Team Confidentiality In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to local practices and Heartbeat Primary Care CIC as business organisations. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Alliance and practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Alliance and practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the Alliance Health & Safety Policy, to include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with Heartbeat Primary Care CIC procedures and policies, and current legislation and also that of any practices you may be working in Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development The post-holder will participate in any learning programme implemented by Heartbeat Primary Care CIC as part of this employment, such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development Taking responsibility for own development, lea