Arrhythmia Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)
| Posting date: | 24 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £53,755.00 to £60,504.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53755.00 - £60504.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 September 2024 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV2 2DX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9218-24-1498 |
Summary
Act autonomously to assess, prioritise and provide expert clinical care which contributes to the patients treatment plan to ensure that optimum physical, psychological, and social care needs are met and ensures quality care. Request and interpret relevant investigations to facilitate the development of the patients management plan. Proactively refer to other clinicians (own or other services) depending upon patients needs to deliver care beyond your limitations and scope of practice. Proactively initiate treatment plans for patients requiring intervention and treatment ensuring ethically based considerations. Proactively identify, diagnose, and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing long term conditions. Undertake relevant clinical procedures to facilitate patient care within the service, supported by the appropriate training and supervision. Assess, diagnose, prescribe (as per scope of practice and professional regulatory requirements), and review medications for therapeutic effectiveness in the context of acute/emergency illness/ chronic illness, considering any current treatment given including pre-existing medical conditions. Providing information and advice to patients on prescribed medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions ensuring compliance with evidence- based practice and national and practice protocols and within their scope of practice and professional regulatory body requirements. Integrates both pharmacological (as per scope of practice and professional regulatory requirements) and non-pharmacological treatments as appropriate into patient management plans. Document clearly all aspects of assessment, diagnosis, and management plan and present the findings, using the approved documentation framework. Facilitate shared decision making by discussing assessment outcomes with patients, carers, and other health care professionals, to enable patients to make informed decisions regarding treatment. Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high-quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often, conflicting priorities. Support patients, families, and carers to adopt health healthy lifestyles strategies and apply principles of self- care, alongside clinical management plans. Understand and apply safeguarding measures that support the identification of vulnerable adults and children and be aware of statutory child/ vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance. Contribute to informed patient consent and act as patient advocate. Report clinical incidents via Trust Datix reporting system. For further details please see the attached job description.