Minor Illness Practitioner Bank inCamberley inCamberley PUBLISHED
WED 22 JAN 2025
£25.60 to £28 an hour Depending on experience, plus 12.07% AL and Saturday enhancement
BANK
MULTI-DISCIPLINARY
Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd rrP0enMe
Opportunity to work autonomously while being supported by Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs, fostering professional growth.
Engagement in a multi-disciplinary team environment, enhancing collaboration and shared learning among healthcare professionals.
Direct involvement in face-to-face patient care, allowing for immediate impact on patient health and well-being.
Ability to contribute to innovative solutions and flexible care models, enhancing the delivery of healthcare in the community.
Opportunity to develop and implement policies and procedures, providing clinical leadership and influencing practice standards.
Diverse patient interaction across all age ranges, promoting comprehensive care and involvement in various health needs.
Flexibility in working conditions as part of a bank role, allowing for a work-life balance while meeting urgent healthcare demands.
The role of "Minor Illness Practitioner Bank" at Surrey Heath Community Providers Ltd in Camberley involves providing face-to-face management of minor illnesses as part of a multi-disciplinary team within urgent care for registered patients of GP Practices in Surrey Heath. The practitioner will deliver skilled, evidence-based nursing or allied health professional services, support policy and procedure development, and demonstrate clinical leadership when necessary.
The position requires autonomous functioning within the practitioner's competency, while being supported by Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs. Responsibilities include assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients, offering advice, prescribing medications within their scope, and coordinating care with external health professionals. Additional duties involve participating in patient triage, collaborating with patients and caregivers for health assessments, and promoting health to mitigate disease risks. The practitioner should also be confident in digital consultations as needed.
The position requires autonomous functioning within the practitioner's competency, while being supported by Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs. Responsibilities include assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients, offering advice, prescribing medications within their scope, and coordinating care with external health professionals. Additional duties involve participating in patient triage, collaborating with patients and caregivers for health assessments, and promoting health to mitigate disease risks. The practitioner should also be confident in digital consultations as needed.
To provide face to face minor illness management, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing urgent, on the day (Same Day Urgent Care) to the registered patients of the GP Practices in Surrey Heath.
To provide highly skilled evidence based nursing / AHP services to patients as an essential part of the health care provided by the GP Federation and the local member GP Practices.
To support the Federation / PCN to establish innovative solutions to provide flexible additional nursing / AHP support to GP Practices in Surrey Heath.
To support the development and delivery of policy and procedures, and providing clinical leadership to appropriate others as required.
The role requires you to function autonomously and within your sphere of competency whilst being assisted and supervised by our Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and GPs.
- To demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, working within their scope of practice.
- To participate in assessing, diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness, including giving advice on and prescribing medicines (where this is within the scope of practice, competence and confidence).
- To discharge patients or refer them as appropriate to other healthcare professionals / external agencies.
- To provide appropriate care and services to patients in all age ranges and level of health care needs, according to their level of competency and code of conduct.
- To work closely with the wider urgent care teams in delivering high quality patient centred clinical care.
- To support the triage and streaming process, including contributing to the triage and streaming decision making when required.
- To participate in assessing patients with more complex presentations waiting to see the streaming clinician (GP or Advanced Clinical Practitioner).
- To work in partnership with patients and their carers to assess individual health needs, plan appropriate care and use every appropriate opportunity to promote health and reduce the incidence or exacerbation of disease.
- To be capable and confident in digital consultation where this is required.
- To work as an autonomous practitioner within appropriate clinical and professional guidelines.
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