Advanced Community Practitioner

**About Lakeside**

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest ‘true’ partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

**Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare**

**Caring & Respect**: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

**Teamwork & Quality**: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

**About the Practice/Department/Team**

Lakeside Healthcare Corby operates over 3 sites and are rated as GOOD with CQC. We have 30 people in our nursing team across various roles all supported by our Lead Nurse.

We have a strong team ethos and believe that including those delivering the service in decisions around how the service works are key to the best patient outcomes so actively engage with all parts of the surgery to achieve this.

We have created a supportive environment through clinical supervision, team and quality meetings and an open and honest working relationship across our team.

We continue to invest in the training and development of our nursing team and recognise the importance of personal as well as organisational development.

As a practice we like to undertake projects to improve both patient and staff experience and have recently signed up to the Green Impact Toolkit for Practices. We also enjoy supporting local and national charitable events and regular social events.

**Job Introduction**

This role is part of our new Collaborative Care Team which aims to promote a multidisciplinary approach to care where primary, community and voluntary sectors work together to provide tailored support to help people live well and independently at home for longer. Giving them more say about their care and the support they receive and offering more support to those who look after family members, partners or friends.

**What you will do**

You will be assessing patients with undifferentiated medical conditions, using clinical assessment skills, and organise appropriate treatment plans in conjunction with the patient. You will liaise with GPs and other professionals, make onward referrals and organise diagnostic tests as appropriate. This will involve the provision of evidence based care in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of those with minor illnesses, long term conditions and complex conditions. This may also require the provision of palliative care.

**Essential Criteria**

1 Clinical Assessment Qualification
2 Independent Prescriber
3 Current experience of working in an independent and semi-autonomous role, diagnosing and treating patients.
4 Demonstrates the ability to manage clinical risk and an understanding of health care governance systems.
5 Ability to priorities, delegate and organize own workload, meeting and achieving deadlines.

**What we offer you (Benefits)**
- Generous holidays (additional long service entitlements)
- NHS pension and long service recognition
- NHS Discounts (Blue Light Card)
- Career opportunities
- Role specific training and ongoing development
- Great team environment

Lakeside Healthcare is proud to be a Living Wage employer

**Application process**

Our interview process will aim to meet you in person however some interviews may be carried out virtually. If interviews are carried out at our GP practices, you will be required to wear a mask.

Please ensure you have your Right to Work documentation available at interview We will require you to produce the original documentation prior to your start date.

Shortlisting

If you require full job description and person spec please contact our central HR team.

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**Equality, Diversity & Inclusion**

**Equal Opportunities**

Lakeside Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to ensuring that all our staff and job applicants are protected from unlawful discrimination. All employees and job applicants will be treated equally, fairly and with respect. We will endeavour, through appropriate training, to ensure that our hiring teams making selection and recruitment decisions will not discriminate, whether consciously or unconsciously, in making these decisions throughout our recruitment and selection processes and follow recognised industry best practice.