Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Devon Doctors Group are expanding our team of Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioners and it's an exciting time to be joining us as we continue to grow. If you are an Advanced Clinical Practitioner who is committed to Putting Patients First, are looking for a role with a better work/life balance or an opportunity to enhance your skills and experience, alongside delivering high quality healthcare advice, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join us.

You will have the opportunity to cover a variety of roles within the business, including: telephone triage; treatment centre; home visits; and shifts within our Clinical Assessment Service (CAS) in Taunton.

Being a Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner with us is a demanding yet highly rewarding career, where you will be able to consistently make a difference to patients every day. We also offer fantastic support for career progression and personal development as an integral member of our team.

**We currently have the following shifts available**:
Bridgwater - Mondays and Wednesdays 1900-2300, Fridays 1900-2300 and 2300-0800, Saturdays and Sundays 0800-1600 and 1600-2300

Yeovil - Saturdays and Sundays 0800-1600 and 1600-2300

Additionally, we have triage sessions available (with the potential to work these remotely) located within our CAS office in Taunton as follows:
Mondays 0800-1300

Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 0800-1300, 1300-1800 and 1800-2300

Wednesdays and Thursdays 0800-1300 and 1800-2300

You will be an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) with at least three years’ experience of working as an ACP in Urgent Care.

You should have the ability and confidence to fully assess the complete range of patients presenting through the Integrated Urgent Care Service and be able to undertake consultations in both the telephony and face to face roles (including home visits). As a Senior ACP you will autonomously assess, diagnose, treat, prescribe and refer as necessary, seeking advice from colleagues where required. There will be occasions where you will be required to lone work as the sole clinician in the base or actively support junior and developing colleagues; it is important that you are comfortable working in this capacity though you will always have access to support from clinical colleagues at other sites.

Devon Doctors Group are a not-for-profit organisation that has been delivering urgent care to Devon’s million plus residents for more than twenty years as Devon Doctors, and since April 2018 we have also been providing the Integrated Urgent Care Service in Somerset as Meddcare. Additionally, as Clock Tower Surgery and Access Dental we offer a range of dentistry and primary care services across the Peninsula.

JOB PURPOSE

You will work as an experienced and accredited advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) with a proven record of high levels of decision-making and clinical assessment skills.

As an experienced ACP working within Urgent Care you will be willing and able to step up into a senior clinical role, providing clear embodiment of the four pillars of advanced practice within your standard duties.

Your primary focus will be the provision of excellent patient centred care, encompassing the skills of telephone triage, remote assessment and face to face clinical assessment, examination, clinical diagnosis and the development and delivery of effective urgent treatment for patients attending with undifferentiated, undiagnosed primary/ urgent health care problems of full general practice patient needs including paediatrics, care of elderly and mental health.

You will be able to provide strong and effective clinical leadership in both treatment and contact centres, supporting junior and developing staff. As a senior ACP, you will able to work within the Lead CAS Clinician rota providing high level clinical and operational guidance to staff on shift.

As a senior ACP you will be able to cover (working within regulatory guidance) the full range of expected duties and shift types, including Palliative Care and home visiting.

As a senior member of the Advanced Clinical Practice team, you will be willing to work towards gaining accreditation as an Urgent Care Specialist Practitioner and supporting and mentoring junior staff to work to the top of their individual licences and develop through the urgent care career pathways.

This role works within the parameters of current prescribing legislation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

Clinical care
- Obtain a patient history and establish a working diagnosis of an individual’s health condition.
- Support the safeguarding of individuals. Utilising acquired skills in mental health, child protection, medication and other areas of healthcare as required for the role, ensuring policies and legislation are followed.
- Assess an individual’s health status remotely.
- Provide skilled and effective assessment of patients’ presenting clinical need, through telephone consultation