Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Sefton in Southampton

Job summary

Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated Advanced Clinical Practitioner and a registered AHP, Nurse or Pharmacist?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Sefton Acute Visiting Service (AVS) on a full or part time basis.

The AVS responds to both own home and care homes, offering a same‑day GP booked acute visiting service and a two‑hour community response.

AVS operates Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 18:00, and our community response service operates Monday to Sunday between 08:00 and 20:00.

The successful candidate will hold an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and a Non‑Medical Prescribing qualification, and will work within the four pillars of practice.

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner you will act as a positive role model, supporting junior staff while working flexibly between urgent care and primary care, where appropriate and within a job plan, to provide safe, clinical and expert care.

Main duties of the job

• Consult via telephone, video or face‑to‑face, according to patient needs. Full training and support for remote consultations will be available if required.
• Work with non‑clinical team members who have good knowledge of local hospital and community services.
• Possess leadership qualities and provide support to the wider team, act as a positive role model and proactively identify areas for quality improvement.

Promote health improvement and disease prevention through new initiatives.

• Assist in improving standards of care, achieve Qo F targets and KLOE objectives as outlined by CQC.
• Have full access to our GTD Learning Academy and clinical forums, including the NMP monthly forum, for ongoing development.
• Be exposed to a wide variety of services such as urgent care, specialist services and out‑of‑hours working, where shared learning is encouraged.
• Enjoy a family‑friendly approach with flexible working according to service/organisational demands.

About us

At GTD Healthcare, we do things differently.

Our not‑for‑profit ethos and commitment to innovation offer patients the best experience possible and a unique opportunity to transform services.

We are committed to developing and supporting our people to achieve their career aspirations while making a positive impact on patients and the wider community.

Benefits package

• Working for a values‑led organisation
• Real living wage employer
• Supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter
• Access to Stream – flexible on‑demand access to pay during the month
• Salary sacrifice car benefit scheme
• 30 days annual leave, rising to 32 after five years of continuous service
• Flexible pension benefits, including NHS pension scheme
• Flexible working hours and policies
• Family friendly and carer policies
• Opportunities to apply for innovation and quality awards
• Access to GTD Healthcare wellbeing initiatives
• Chance to become part of an employee‑owned organisation
• Social and fun activities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Eyesight vouchers
• NHS staff discounts, a free Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts
• Access to an employee assistance programme
• Details
• Pay scheme: Other
• Salary: £55,157 to £68,544 a year plus enhancements attached to KSF and dependent upon experience
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full‑time, Part‑time
• Job locations: GTD Healthcare, 5 Curzon Road, SOUTHPORT, Merseyside, PR8 6PL, United Kingdom
• Job responsibilities
• Clinical Practice
• Assess and holistically examine patients with both minor and complex needs through history taking, physical examination and appropriate use of investigations.
• Plan, implement and evaluate an effective management plan for the patient, ensuring safe discharge/referral or transfer to an appropriate healthcare service.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over‑the‑counter medication, including regimens, side‑effects and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Refer and discharge safely, ensuring safety‑netting advice is offered.
• Triage telephone referrals and calls from external clinicians, patients and others into a range of services appropriately.
• Communication
• Use sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
• Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
• Maintain effective communication within the organisation and with external stakeholders.
• Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate.
• Non‑Medical Prescribing
• Prescribe only within your scope of practice and comply with GTD Healthcare NMP governance registration processes.
• Maintain knowledge and skills and prescribe within your scope of clinical competencies.
• Comply with organisational NMP governance processes and adhere to local and national prescribing guidance.
• Delivering a Quality Service
• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC/HPC etc.; understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• Prioritise, organise and manage own workload to maintain and promote quality.
• Ensure professional revalidation requirements are met.
• Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence‑based care.
• Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
• Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation.
• Collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives.
• Support and participate in shared learning across the organisation.
• Apply guidance for the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patient health procedures and local guidance.
• Leadership Personal and People Development
• Take responsibility for own learning and performance, including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role model.
• Support staff development to maximise potential.
• Promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice.
• Encourage realistic self‑assessment of application of knowledge and skills, challenging complacency or actions not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
• Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments relevant to areas of work.
• Lead and implement changes within the area of care and responsibility.
• Work with senior clinical and management teams to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill‑mix is available to meet current and future service delivery.
• Contribute to development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
• Maintain effective communication with commissioning and procurement officers.
• Attend and be proactive in professional meetings at base and corporately.
• Develop a special interest within certain areas to share clinical knowledge and expertise.
• Corporate Responsibility
• Act as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
• Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
• Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time‑management.
• Work effectively with others to define values, direction and policies impacting care delivery.
• Create opportunities to improve patient care through discussion and teamwork.
• Management of Risk
• Manage and assess risk within areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures protect staff and patients.
• Monitor work areas and practices to ensure safety and compliance with health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Apply infection‑control measures in line with local and national guidelines.
• Managing Information
• Use technology and appropriate software to manage planning, implementation and monitoring of care, and to communicate information.
• Review and process data to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
• Learning and Development
• Undertake mentorship where appropriate.
• Undertake supervisor and assessor training, such as Greater Manchester Training Hub (GMTH) Standards for Supervision and Assessment (SSSA) or NHS Enabling Effective Learning Environments, to act as a qualified assessor and supervisor for internal and external learners and trainees.
• Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments.
• Assess personal learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
• Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in a learning‑friendly environment.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered healthcare professional – first level nurse, paramedic, pharmacist or other AHP with MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent.
• V300 Non‑Medical Prescriber (gateway dependent) based on professional eligibility.

Desirable qualifications

• Mentor/Teaching qualification.
• Clinical supervision training and experience.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as a senior clinician.
• Experience of autonomous practice.
• Experience of leading/managing quality improvement and work in Primary and Urgent Care.

Desirable

• Experience in leading/managing a team.
• Experience of working in an unscheduled care service/primary care.

Skills and attributes

Essential

• Advanced clinical practice skills and competence, including management of patients with complex needs.
• Clinical examination skills and competence.
• Clinical leadership skills and competence.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Experience of change management.
• Highly motivated, flexible, enthusiastic and a team player.

Desirable

• Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
• Resource management.
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and will require submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

• Employer details
• GTD Healthcare 5 Curzon Road, SOUTHPORT, Merseyside, PR8 6PL, United Kingdom
• Employer contact details
• Clinical Services Manager Anita Snowdon anita. snowdon@nhs. net 07834168196
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