Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Blackpool

Welcome to FCMS! We are looking for individuals with a passion and enthusiasm to work with some of the most vulnerable and complex people within our community. The right candidate should be approachable and display excellent communication skills, compassion and a non-judgemental attitude. We are looking for an advanced clinical practitioner to join the team who can work autonomously within the special allocation scheme, as well as the wider inclusion health services.

Main duties of the job:

• Practice autonomously, as an independent practitioner/prescriber, participating in the care of and undertaking assessment, diagnosis, treatment/referral, and discharge of patients presenting with minor illness or injury within agreed parameters.
• Support the Management team to ensure all QOF Targets are met.
• Provide support for junior members of staff.
• Working closely with the management team to develop and support new opportunities.
• Provide advanced clinical skills and advice demonstrating a sound understanding of the issues related to identification, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of a client group whilst working autonomously.
• Identify the need for and initiate and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and results.
• To safely and competently undertake invasive and non-invasive procedures to establish a diagnosis.
• Monitor and lead improvements to standards of care through supervision of practice, clinical audit, and evidence-based practice, teaching and supporting professional colleagues and the provision of skilled professional leadership.
• Act in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
• Deliver care according to local and national guidelines.
• Obtain and document consent for any treatment undertaken and keep the patient at the centre of his/her own care, ensuring full participation in decision making.
• Work within all relevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g., infection control, chaperoning and risk management.
• Safeguarding responsibilities for adults and vulnerable groups, reporting concerns appropriately at the correct time and engaging with services as needed.

Clinical practice:

• Autonomously assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis and those with long term conditions in line with national and local policies and practice/network guidelines.
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Prescribe 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 to support concordance with and adherence to prescribed treatments, provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects, and interactions.
• Promote health and well-being using health promotion, health education, screening, and therapeutic communication skills.
• Communicate highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives, and carers.
• When required, ensure patients are referred to other members of the primary health care team e.g., podiatry, or secondary care as necessary.
• Clinically examine and assess patients needs from a psychological and physiological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Ensure the correct use of clinical templates, read codes and protocols.
• Inform the Clinical Manager/practice manager of any untoward incidents e.g., falls, verbal aggression, criminal damage, safeguarding concerns.
• Contribute when required to internal and external multi-disciplinary meetings and the decision making of complex vulnerable patients.

Our key expectations are:

• Self-awareness
• Living authentically
• Adaptability - Being ready to adjust depending on the situation
• Openness
• Positivity with a real sense of being able to strive for the impossible
• Generosity of spirit - Everyday should be an opportunity to act with kindness
• Ability to have fun
• Taking the role seriously, whilst being yourself

Values: Our organisational culture is very important to us, so it is vital that the successful candidate lives and breathes complimentary values and behaviours. Our behaviours should be in line with our values which form part of our Company DNA:

• Fun: People rarely succeed unless they are having fun. Happiness is healthy!
• Awesome: We aren't here to be average, we're here to be awesome!
• Humble: We're here to make a difference to the lives of others, NOT to see how important we can become.
• Brave: We challenge the norm. We have the courage to get the difficult jobs done.
• Oompf: We have natural oompf! It's infectious!
• Go-getting: We are intuitive to changing needs and respond quickly which we do with energy, ideas, and positivity.

We offer NHS Pension, Cycle to Work Scheme, Career Development Opportunities, Attendance Bonus, Staff Benefit Scheme, Free Tea & Coffee, Eye Care Contributions.

Disability Confident Employer - As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

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.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. The organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. You will be expected to fulfil your mandatory safeguarding training at the level applicable to this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.