Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Sunderland

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Primary Care Team. Ideally, you would be able to care for patients of all ages, cradle to grave, with an interest in children's health and safeguarding. The post is offered as a fixed term contract initially, with a view to a more permanent arrangement if we're the right fit.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work both autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, applying advanced clinical expertise and critical thinking skills to assess, diagnose, treat, and manage patients across the full spectrum of primary care presentations. They will demonstrate sound clinical judgement, professional accountability, and the ability to make safe and effective decisions within their scope of practice.

About us

We are a large, teaching Practice delivering high quality care to 15,000 patients in Sunderland North. The Practice is part of the Deep End Network delivering care to the most deprived in the area. Our team consists of GP Partners, Salaried GPs, ANPs, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, Health Coach, HCA, Phlebotomist, Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, the PCN Team and a large Admin Team. As a teaching Practice, we host Foundation Doctors, GP Registrars and Pre-Registration Pharmacists.

Job responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with acute illnesses for children through to the elderly.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Assess, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
• Organise own case load and proactively visit, assess and treat complex frail patients with multiple comorbidity who are housebound.
• Liaise with other providers to ensure continuity of care to this group of patients.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
• Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
• Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning or sexual health consultation.
• Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.

Person Specification

• Professionally registered nurse.
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Clinical supervision training and experience.
• Independent/Supplementary prescribing (V300).
• Recent primary/community nursing experience.
• Experience of assessing and treating children.
• Children's health and safeguarding.
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
• Management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries.
• Clinical triage.
• Clinical Leadership.
• Audit.
• Project management.
• Working with community development initiatives.
• Health-needs assessment.

Knowledge and Skills

• Advanced clinical practice skills.
• Management of patients with long-term conditions.
• Management of patients with complex needs and comorbidity.
• Highly motivated.
• Team player.
• Awareness of public health issues; local primary care services; local and national health policy and the wider health economy.
• Interest or awareness of delivering care in a deprived community.
• Clinical governance issues in primary care.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.