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Key responsibilities include delivering complex patient care, managing cases from initial assessment through to conclusion, prescribing medication responsibly, and conducting home visits as necessary. Additionally, the ACP will provide mentorship, contribute to service development, maintain comprehensive patient records, and participate in training and CPD activities. This evolving role emphasises the importance of dynamic clinical leadership, active participation in team meetings, and a commitment to maintaining high standards of patient care.
The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) plays a pivotal role in enhancing the level of care provided to patients through advanced practice interventions. This role involves autonomously managing complete episodes of clinical care across all age groups and all demographics, encompassing a wide range of clinical conditions, diagnosing, treating, and referring patients as appropriate. The ACP operates within a multi-disciplinary team and is instrumental in mentoring and supporting both nursing staff and trainee practitioners.
Key responsibilities include the application of advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose, treat, and advise patients across a variety of settings including face to face, telephone video and econsultations, ensuring the use of evidence-based practice. The ACP will also lead in the development of new services and pathways to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes. This role requires dynamic clinical leadership and active participation in practice research activities to promote a culture of learning and continuous improvement within the practice.
Clinical Responsibilities:
Patient Care: Deliver advanced and complex clinical care
Autonomous Practice: Work independently within the scope of practice to manage complete and undifferentiated clinical episodes
Case Management: Manage patient cases from initial assessment to conclusion.
Prescribing: Utilise prescriptive authority responsibly
Home visiting: undertake home visiting as and when required
Leadership and Guidance:
Mentorship: Provide mentorship and supervision to nursing staff
Service Development: Lead the development and implementation of new clinical services
Professional Development: Engage in continuous professional development
Research and Quality Improvement:
Research Participation: Participate in clinical audits and research activities
Quality Assurance: Implement quality improvement initiatives
Educational Activities:
Training Provision: Deliver training sessions to healthcare staff
CPD Activities
Administrative and Organisational Duties:
Record Keeping: Maintain comprehensive records using SystmOne.
Meetings: Attend and contribute to team meetings
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DUTIES AND KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Responsibilities:
Patient Care: Deliver advanced and complex clinical care, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing for patients with acute, chronic, and complex conditions.
Autonomous Practice: Work independently within the scope of practice to manage complete clinical episodes, using advanced diagnostic skills and clinical judgment.
Case Management: Manage patient cases from initial assessment to conclusion, including follow-ups and referrals, ensuring continuity of care.
Prescribing: Utilise prescriptive authority responsibly following current guidelines and protocols to enhance therapeutic outcomes for patients.
Home visiting: undertake home visiting as and when required, including triage of home visits.
Leadership and Guidance:
Mentorship: Provide mentorship and supervision to nursing staff, trainee advanced practitioners, and other healthcare professionals to enhance team competencies.
Service Development: Lead the development and implementation of new clinical services and pathways, improving processes and patient care.
Professional Development: Engage in continuous professional development to keep abreast of medical advancements and to further develop clinical skills.
Research and Quality Improvement:
Research Participation: Participate in clinical audits and research activities to contribute to the evidence base for practice.
Quality Assurance: Implement quality improvement initiatives and ensure compliance with health care standards and best practices in patient care.
Educational Activities:
Training Provision: Deliver training sessions to healthcare staff on clinical skills, advanced practice techniques, and case management.
CPD Activities: Facilitate and participate in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities within the practice.
Administrative and Organisational Duties:
Record Keeping: Maintain comprehensive and accurate patient records using SystmOne.
Meetings: Attend and contribute to team meetings, providing updates and insights on patient care strategies and outcomes
Miscellaneous:
The Practice recognises that the role of an Advanced Clinical Practitioner is wide and varied is evolving in nature. Therefore, this job description is not intended to be exhaustive and there will be other tasks and duties that the post holder will be expected to perform within what is ordinarily expected of this role.
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