Advanced Clinical Practitioner

**Description**:
**Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Huddersfield Royal Infirmary)**:
**Job summary**:
Local Care Direct is a non-profit Social Enterprise operating across 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, to provide various primary and urgent health care services across West Yorkshire.

**We have various part-time positions available for Qualified Advanced Clinical Practitioners at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary.**

**Hourly Rate**: £27.90 in hours & £36.27 out of hours

(In Hours = Monday to Friday 08.00 to 18.00 & Out of Hours = Monday to Friday 18.00 to 08.00 and all day Saturday Sunday)

**Location**: Local Care Direct, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre Street, Huddersfield, HD3 3EA

**Working Pattern**: Part-time positions available

**Shifts**Currently Available**:

- Monday weekly 18.15-22.14
- Tuesday weekly 18.15-22.14
- Thursday weekly 18.15-22.14
- Friday weekly 18.15-22.14
- Saturday weekly 09.45-16.14
- Saturday weekly 16.15-22.14
- Sunday weekly 09.45-16.14
- Sunday weekly 16.15-22.14

**Main duties of the job**:
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will practice, without direct supervision, as an independent primary / urgent care healthcare practitioner within various clinical environments, participating in care of all age ranges and presenting conditions.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment / referral and discharge of patients with primary / urgent care needs within their clinical competence.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will provide clinical mentorship and leadership to all trainee and peer practitioners within the workplace when required.

**About us**:
**We care about people at Local Care Direct. Together, we act with kindness & respect, fairness & consistency, and honesty & integrity.** Every one of our values is essential, but our impact is greater when we use all of them together.

**Our purpose is to care for people.**Established as a social enterprise in 2004 to deliver health services across West Yorkshire, our aim is to meet the needs and expectations of our patients, and our NHS and social care partners. Over the years, we have developed a broad range of services for patients across Yorkshire and the Humber including: a centralised contact centre, GP out of hours services, Urgent Treatment Centres, walk-in facilities, a dental assessment and booking service, as well as a number of bespoke services for our NHS clients.

**Benefits of working for Local Care Direct**:

- Employee Assistance Programme
- Comprehensive Staff Training programme
- Modern working environment with a positive atmosphere
- NHS Pensions
- NHS Discounts (Blue light card)
- Various hours available in a 24/7 environment
- Support available 24/7
- Health & Wellbeing group to support staff
- Supportive and Friendly teams
- Annual Awards to recognise staff and their contributions
- Internal Reference Number: LB3480_

**Job description**:
**Job responsibilities**:
**Job Title**: Advanced Clinical Practitioner

**Team**: Clinical

**Base Location**: Local Care Direct Sites

**Accountable to**: Director of Clinical Governance and Quality

**Line Manager**: Named Clinical Services Manager

**Hours of Work**: Various (incl. weekends, evenings and public holidays)

**Staff Group**: All Clinical & Dental Triage Nurses

**DBS Check Level Required**: Enhanced with Child/Adult Barring due to providing care

**Vaccination Requirement Statement**:

- Covid19 double vaccination not required but recommended.
- This job has been rated as Medium Risk for requiring Hepatitis B immunisation vaccination is recommended, therefore Post Holders will be offered a Hep B immunisation.
- Occupational Health clearance required.
- Flu jab recommended and will be offered.

**Job Purpose**:
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will practice, without direct supervision, as an independent primary / urgent care healthcare practitioner within various clinical environments, participating in care of all age ranges and presenting conditions.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment/referral and discharge of patients with primary/urgent care needs within their clinical competence.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will provide clinical mentorship and leadership to all trainee and peer practitioners within the workplace when required.

**KEY PRINCIPLES**

**Clinical**
- Independently prioritise, assess, treat, and safely discharge/refer patients attending with undifferentiated and undiagnosed urgent primary health care problems
- Undertake a range of clinical consultations via a range of modalities primarily face to face but may include telephone and home visits (service specific).
- Act as a referral agent and care co-ordinator by establishing multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patient.
- Work within the parameters of current prescribing legislation or approved Patient Group Directives.
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