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FIXEDTERM GOOD SALARY
CASELOAD WEEKEND

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Opportunity to work within a collaborative and supportive primary care team focused on improving patient access.

Flexibility with working hours, including evenings and weekends, allowing for better work-life balance.

Autonomous role that offers experienced ACPs the chance to manage their own caseload and make independent clinical decisions.

Engagement in diverse clinical scenarios, focusing on urgent and same-day appointments as well as routine care, enhancing clinical skills.

Ability to actively contribute to the improvement of community health services, having a direct impact on patient outcomes in Surrey Heath.

Involvement in a rapidly evolving healthcare environment that values proactive care approaches.

Opportunity to further develop prescribing skills and expertise in managing urgent care and long-term conditions.

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner role at Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd offers an opportunity for an experienced ACP with prescribing skills to enhance patient access in local GP practices during evenings and weekends. Working under a Fixed Term Contract, the practitioner will primarily focus on urgent and same-day appointments, while also addressing some routine cases as needed.

Candidates should possess a strong background in general practice, enabling them to operate autonomously and manage a caseload of patients requiring urgent care, while receiving minimal supervision from onsite GPs. Key responsibilities include conducting comprehensive patient assessments, making clinical decisions, and providing evidence-based treatment for various healthcare needs, particularly for urgent care and long-term conditions. The role emphasises collaboration within a proactive primary care team dedicated to serving the Surrey Heath community.

This role is an exciting opportunity for an experienced advanced clinical practitioner (ACP) with existing prescribing skills to join our Primary Care Network (PCN). You will support our local GP Practices with the provision of additional patient access on Saturdays and weekday evenings, working from a rotating site across our 7 GP Practices.

You will work under a Fixed Term Contract. Your work will primarily be focussed on urgent and on the day appointments, but may include some routine general practice appointments depending on the needs of the PCN/practices and your skillset and experience.

You will support core general practice capacity and work as part of a positive, proactive and collaborative primary care clinical team supporting residents in Surrey Heath.You will be experienced in general practice and be able to work autonomously, managing a caseload of booked appointments for on-the-day and urgent care needs, with minimal indirect supervision from the onsite GP under a Primary Care Consultant model.You will need to be skilled in providing urgent care and minor illness management and providing support to patients with long term conditions.

You will be able to expertly manage an identified caseload or cohort(s) of patients and presenting complaints; providing care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care, demonstrating safe, competent clinical decision-making and expert care evidence-based care.