PCN Advanced Care Practitioner or Prescribing Nurse or Paramedic
| Posting date: | 04 September 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 October 2024 |
| Location: | Carlisle, CA1 2EF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A2260-24-0012 |
Summary
Professional Role To promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research. To maintain their professional registration and keep up to date with mandatory training. To record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest regulatory guidance an other pertinent standards. Pro-actively promote the role of the ACP, including externally to key stakeholders and agencies. Clinical Role To undertake visits to patients as requested by the practices. To assess patients within their role and make professionally autonomous decisions. Provide a first point of contact alongside the Frailty team for Nursing and Residential Care Homes. Provide regular ward rounds and telephone calls/visits to Care Homes and anticipatory care visits to Housebound as per the post-holders case load. Instigate necessary diagnostic tests or investigations where appropriate and interpret findings/reports and act upon them appropriately. Reviewing patients where needed and making long term care plans. As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework. To work with the medicines management team to provide and/or ensure polypharmacy medication reviews and de-prescribe where appropriate. To provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care. To provide advanced care and respect planning and End of life care where appropriate. To promote health and well-being through the use of disease prevention and screening, health promotion and health education as part of an MDT. To refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate. To work with the MDT to ensure practice and PCN contractual requirements are delivered and met for patients within caseload and in support of our wider population. To work with the MDT to ensure our care is compliant, safe, of high quality and follows regulatory guidelines at practice and PCN level. To participate in identification of community health needs around our population health data and the identification if health inequalities and develop patient, family and/or community centred strategies to address them as part of our MDT. To help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services at PCN and locality level. Training & Educational Currently enhancing professional development and to maintain a personal development plan. Continually keeps up to date with current evidence based practice Is involved in lifelong learning Participates in in-house training provided and completion of all mandatory training at clinical and practice levels. Keep up to date with pertinent health- related policy and work with the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation. Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the PCN. It is individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments. Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development ensuring PREP requirements are met. If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES The post holder is expected to: Adhere to Practice policies and procedures and relevant legislation including the requirements of any professional bodies Attend mandatory training as identified by the PCN CONFIDENTIALITY The post holder must maintain the confidentiality of information about patients, staff and Practice business in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, Caldicott principles and Practice Information Governance policies and procedures. HEALTH & SAFETY The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the organisations Health & Safety Policy and the organisations Infection Control policy and published procedures. This will include: Using personal security systems within the workplace according to organisations guidelines Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards Actively reporting of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually) Reporting potential risks identified RISK MANAGEMENT Ensure that you implement systems and procedures at local level to fulfil the requirements of the Practice risk management strategy including local management and resolution of compliance and concerns, management of untoward incidents/near misses, and compliance with the risk profiling programme. EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES The Practice has adopted an equal opportunities policy and all employees must be aware of their obligations to abide by the spirit and nature of the policy to avoid direct and indirect discrimination. REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1994 Because of the nature of the work, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1994 (Exceptions) Order 1995. Applicants for posts are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are spent under the provisions of the Act and in the event of employment any failure to disclose such convictions could result in disciplinary action or dismissal by the Practice. Any information given will be completely confidential and will be considered only in relation to an applicant of a position to which the order applies IMPROVING WORKING LIVES You will be expected to give a commitment to apply the principles of improving working lives, and participate in any events and initiatives as and when appropriate. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS You will be expected to familiarise yourself with the Practice governance strategy which outlines the management and committee structures and procedures for the governance of the Practice activities.