Emergency Care Practitioner/Advanced Care Practitioner
| Posting date: | 25 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Harlow, CM18 6YJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A3646-25-0001 |
Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION Post Title: Emergency Care Practitioner/Advanced Care Practitioner Contract Length:Full time (would consider,part-time, job share) Hours of work: 37.5 hours per week Renumeration: Depend on experience Line Manager: Clinical Lead GP (clinically) Practice Business Manager (administratively) Responsible to: The Partners Location: Lister Medical Centre Job Summary To practice as an Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP)/ACP and support the on-call team in delivering a same-day emergency care service for patients. The role involves the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, or referral of patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed conditions. The post holder will operate within their professional scope and competencies. Key Responsibilities Clinical To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to patients according to patients needs either in the Practice or patients homes. To support and develop the Practices same-day emergency care service. To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral. To signpost appropriately to other services within the defined healthcare pathways. To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare pathways. To maintain accurate, timely and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including adverse events. To offer patients health promotion advice, support for healthy lifestyles, and disease prevention strategies. To provide clinical advice and support to other team members where appropriate. To provide effective chronic disease management for patients, including conducting home visits where required. Communication To liaise and interact with multi-professional teams across organisational boundaries, including primary care, social services and secondary care providers according to patient needs and appropriate care pathways. To maintain communication with all healthcare professionals and outside agencies to ensure seamless, patient-centred service provision. To ensure effective communication so that the patient receives the appropriate level of care and wherever possible avoid unnecessary hospital admission. To take an active role in maintaining expert communication with all patients, carers and relatives, tailored to individual needs. To deal with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that, wherever possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily on a local level. To communicate effectively in demanding and challenging situations, where there may also be hostility. To assist in maintaining accurate data collection. Professional To work collaboratively with other members of the health care team such as the District Nursing Team, Mental Health Services, staff in Care Homes, Ambulance Service and Secondary Care. To adhere to all practice policies to support the health and wellbeing of patients and staff. To undertake clinical audits as requested in line with the organisations clinical audit plan, and to participate as required in other research. To contribute to the analysis of information to inform future development of the service. To participate and contribute to relevant clinical meetings. To identify risks to the provision of the service and highlight these to the Clinical Lead. To ensure compliance with Data Protection legislation concerning patient records. To maintain current professional registration and continuing professional development. To act at all times in such a manner as to promote confidence and public trust and to uphold the reputation of Lister Medical Centre and their own profession. Organisational To operate as an effective and reliable member of the Practice team. To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including any adverse events, child protection issues or other notifiable matters. To provide information to inform the evaluation and efficiency of the role and for performance management purposes as requested. To engage in self-appraisal and utilise reflective practice to enhance and develop personal and organisational practice. Managerial To ensure effective time management and prioritisation of workload. To ensure the security, safe storage and maintenance of any allocated equipment and goods. To ensure practice is within good clinical governance and based on sound up-to-date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify and assess any risks associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate these risks to the appropriate clinical manager. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed.