Advanced Clinical Practitioner-Urgent Care
| Posting date: | 25 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £30 to £35 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £30 - £35 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2025 |
| Location: | York, YO24 4LJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | B0260-25-0028 |
Summary
Clinical responsibilities: Autonomously assess, differentially diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate individual treatment plans, interventions, and care packages for patients, ensuring safe and appropriate management, timely referrals, and safety netting as required. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to expedite safe and timely triage consultations, interventions, and reviews. Prescribe independently (where legally permitted), review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, and ensure treatment is tailored to patient needs, adhering to contraindications, drug interactions, evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice to optimize outcomes. Prioritise and manage personal and team workloads, embedding effective time-management strategies within the team culture. Provide clinical leadership in line with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework, ensuring clear alignment with company values, strategic direction, and policies impacting care delivery. Maintain effective communication within the MDT and with wider stakeholders, ensuring active participation with senior team members and facilitating clear communication across roles. Communicate independently with external stakeholders and agencies to ensure continuous, high-quality care during both admission and discharge. Support patients and families receiving "bad news," engaging the team as needed to provide appropriate emotional support. Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues, ensuring needs and concerns are effectively represented. Collaborate with clinical teams to improve healthcare quality, responding to local and national policies and initiatives, and assessing impact on service delivery. Take responsibility for personal learning and professional development, promoting the Advanced Clinical Practitioner strategy, and maintaining a personal professional portfolio to demonstrate ongoing growth. Partner with the Advanced Practice Lead to develop and implement the workforce strategy for Nimbuscare. Provide expert support to practitioners, nursing staff, therapists, and students within the service. While the ACP role is independent, senior support is always available as and when needed. Responsible for assessing ongoing care needs and planning effective transitions, ensuring continuity and quality of care. Ensure clear communication of care plans to the team, fostering collaboration and consistency. Operate diagnostic equipment to monitor and assess patients, ensuring accurate readings for informed clinical decisions. Identify and report faulty equipment, ensuring it is removed from clinical areas for repair to maintain safety. Completion of event report forms when indicated Other responsibilities: Ensure that medical and patient records are comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date. Complete relevant coding forms accurately, providing a clear explanation of the patients condition and treatment plan. Take responsibility for maintaining accurate and timely documentation of patient care, including information for referral purposes. Ensure the proper completion of ReSPECT forms and advanced care planning, tailored to the patients level of frailty, clinical condition, co-morbidities and wishes. Accurately document all discussions regarding care, ensuring that conversations with the patient and family members are properly recorded and discussed as appropriate. Report any events via the Nimbuscare reporting system