Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Wakefield, United Kingdom - Conexus Healthcare Ltd

Conexus Healthcare Ltd
Conexus Healthcare Ltd
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Wakefield, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Closing Date - 30th November 2023

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the employment of an ACP to join Conexus Healthcare CIC. The ACP will be working within Primary Care, for Brigantes Primary Care Network.


Primary Care Networks (PCN) are groups of GP practices working closely together - along with other healthcare staff and organisations - providing integrated services to the local population.

Brigantes is situated in the west of Wakefield providing healthcare services to around 50000 patients.

The member Practices use a collaborative approach including the use of additional roles to strengthen communities and reduce inequalities in health.

The additional roles are key to the PCNs achieving the IIF targets from the Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service.

Our team is constantly growing and we have excellent support systems in place - both from management and colleagues.

High rates of staff retention mean that we have strong relationships within our team that have been built on trust and experience.

We are extremely proud to have had so many staff stay with us over the years and are excited to expand things further.


Main duties of the job


Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a role that will mix service development work with a patient-facing role.

You will need to be committed to improving health and putting patients first.

Your ability to build effective relationships alongside your excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team will enable you to succeed in this role.

The role may involve travel to the 6 practices, local care homes, and occasionally further afield.


Main duties:

To work with practice team in providing patient-focused care responsive to health need.

To work in partnership with the practice in developing the role further.


To provide first point of contact direct access for patients of all ages with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems seeking a primary health care service including on-call, telephone triage, face to face consultations, and home visits.


To assess and manage patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed health care needs including investigating, treating, and referring patients as appropriate.


Prescribe and review appropriate medications in accordance with local policies and evidence based medical practice and work collaboratively with the wider team to support patients and to promote medication adherence.

To order investigations, follow-up results and arrange appropriate management including seeking advice where appropriate.

To work with a multidisciplinary team including community and voluntary sector to improve patient care.


About us
Conexus Healthcare CIC is the Confederation for general practice in Wakefield, we have four areas of work.

  • 1.Delivery of highquality publicfacing Health and Wellbeing services across the

Wakefield District:
_We develop, manage and deliver health and care services that support the population of the whole Wakefield district

  • 2.
Delivery of Training, Development and Consultancy support across the United Kingdom:
_We design and deliver a range of training courses, development activity and provide advice and guidance.

  • 3.Supporting Our Practices and Primary Care Networks (PCNs):_We support general practices and PCNs across the Wakefield district to be more resilient, sustainable and deliver better patient care.
  • 4.
Providing a voice and influence for General Practice in the Health and Care System:

_We provide a forum to develop a unified voice for General Practice and support general practices to cooperate and work collaboratively.


Built within primary care, for primary care, Conexus Healthcare CIC works with local GPs and their practices to champion investment in and deliver effective primary care at scale.

By connecting in this way, we are stronger, more resilient and can care effectively for over 370,000 local people together.


Job description

Job responsibilities

For the full Job Description and Person Specification for this role, please see the document attached.

PLEASE NOTE - you must have attained the qualifications and registration status set out in the Person Specification to be considered for this role

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven post registration experience within the field
  • Competent management of minor ailments
  • Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
  • Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
  • Leading a team
  • Auditing
  • Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting

Desirable

  • Project management
  • Working with community development initiatives
  • Healthneeds assessment
  • Telephone triage / consultations
  • Recent primary and community experience
  • Experience working with patients with learning disabilities.

Qualifications

Essential

  • Working towards Post Graduate Degree Qualification in Paramedic Science, Clinical Practice or equ
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