Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Oldham Urgent Care

NHS; Oldham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK seeks an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join the Oldham Urgent Care team. The role requires clinical assessment and management of patients, effective communication, and leadership within a diverse care team. You'll be involved in both minor and complex patient care, with opportunities for continuous improvement and professional development. With a competitive salary, the position supports flexible working hours and a comprehensive benefits package designed for your well-being and career growth.

Benefits

30 days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Holistic assessment of patients with complex needs is required.
• Experience in urgent care settings preferred.
• Leadership qualities to support team dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Assess and examine patients with minor and complex needs.
• Implement and evaluate management plans for patients.
• Triaged referrals and ensure safe discharge.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Sensitive communication

Team leadership

Education

Relevant medical qualifications

Job description

Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Oldham Urgent Care

Advanced Clinical Practitioner, £55,157 to £61,850 a year plus enhancements attached to KSF and dependent upon experience.

Do you want to work within an innovative, forward thinkingand progressive urgent care team?

gtd healthcare is one of the largest, not-for-profit, NHS commissioned primary and urgent care providers in North West England. We are looking to recruit additional Advanced Clinical Practitioners to work within our Oldham Primary Care Streaming Service at Royal Oldham Hospital.

The service currently runs Monday to Sunday between 08:00 and 20:00 (Subject to change to a 24 hours service).

Our team is made up of Advanced Clinical Practitioners from a variety of backgrounds including Nurses, Paramedics and Pharmacists, where shared learning, continual improvement and delivering excellence is part of our embedded culture.

Oldham is a diverse and multi-cultural community. A highpercentage of our patients face deprivation and multi morbidity. This makes fora varied role as well as an opportunity to make a real different to thecommunity. The team are passionate about providing patients in Oldham with thehighest possible quality care.

This is an excellent prospect to work in a team who has a real commitment to continuous improvement, shared learning and best practice. You will work alongside established Advanced Clinical Practitioners, GP's as well as a supportive Administrative Team.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner working within the Oldham locality you will holistically assess and clinically examine patients with both minor and complex needs. You will have access to pathways and a broad Directory of Services (DoS) along with :

• Direct access to a wide range of community-based services.
• Referral rights to SDEC and secondary care.
• Access to technology to support telephone and video consultations (full induction and training provided).
• Facilities to see patients face to face (with support if you are expanding your scope of practice).

The Pre ED streaming service includes working closely with The Royal Oldham Hospital to identify patients who present to ED with primary care presentations who can be streamed away from ED.

Youwill possess leadership qualities and provide support to the wider team, act asa positive role model and proactively identify areas for quality improvement.

You will have full access to our gtdlearning academy and forums. This provides a great opportunity to grow and expand your clinician skills/knowledge and to excel as an ACP.

Using EMIS, you will consult with patients with undiagnosed/undifferentiated problems. You have access to the patients full clinical records and consult via telephone, video or face to face, according to patient needs.

For further details, please refer to the attached job description.

About us

At gtd healthcare we believe we dothings differently. Our not-for-profit ethos, with a drive to innovate careoffers patients the best experience possible and a unique opportunity totransform services.

We are keen to develop and support staff to excel their careeraspirations whilst making a positive difference to patients and the community.We put our people at the heart of everything we do. We are a values drivenorganisation and we are passionate about providing the best possible healthcarefor our patients.

Benefits package

As an employee of gtd healthcare, you'll be able totake advantage of our benefits package, including:

• working for a values-drivenorganisation;
• Real living wage employer;
• access to Wagestream,which provides flexible and on-demand access to stream your pay during themonth, in real-time, when picking-up extra shifts;
• 30 days annual leave, rising to 32after five years of continuous service;
• flexible working hours andpolicies;
• family friendly and carerpolicies;
• opportunities to apply forinnovation and quality awards;
• access to gtd healthcareswellbeing initiatives, which offer a wide range of tools and resources;
• gtd healthcare social and fun activities;
• cycle to work scheme.

Job responsibilities

ClinicalPractice

• Assessand holistically clinically examine patients with both minor and complex needsthrough history taking, physical examination and appropriate use ofinvestigations to confirm diagnosis.
• Plan,implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient, ensuringsafe discharge/referral and/or transfer to an appropriate health care service.
• Provideinformation and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication onmedication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritisehealth problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex,urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergencycare.
• Referand discharge safely ensuring that safety-netting advice is offered.
• Triagetelephone referrals, calls from external clinicians, patients and others into arange of services appropriately as required.

Communication

• Utiliseand demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fullyinformed and consent to treatment.
• Communicateeffectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternativemethods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding,cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Anticipatebarriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Maintaineffective communication within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Ensureawareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in anacceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referringwhere appropriate

Non-Medical Prescribing

• If you are employed in a prescribingcapacity, you must only prescribe within your scope of practice and comply withthe gtd healthcare NMP governanceregistration processes.
• You must maintain your knowledge and skillsand prescribe within your scope of clinical competencies.
• The non-medicalprescriber is required to comply with organisational NMP governance processesand adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.

Delivering a Quality Service

• Recogniseand work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated bythe NMC/HPC etc. Understand own role and scope and identify how this maydevelop over time.
• Produceaccurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation,consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Prioritise,organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotesquality.
• Ensureprofessional revalidation requirements are met.
• Delivercare according to NSF, NICEguidelines and evidence-based care.
• Assesseffectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking andformal evaluation.
• Initiateand participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processesacross the organisation and its activities.
• Inpartnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality ofhealth care responding to local and national policies and initiatives asappropriate.
• Supportand participate in shared learning across the organisation and widerorganisation.
• Understandand apply guidance that supports the identification of vulnerable and abusedchildren and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient healthprocedures and local guidance.

Leadership Personal andPeople Development

• Takeresponsibility for own learning and performance including participating inclinical supervision