Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Sussex

IC24 is seeking an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our Primary Care team and make a real impact in the heart of the community. This is a senior clinical role where you'll work autonomously, using advanced decision-making skills to deliver safe, effective, and patient-centred care across urgent and primary care settings.

Main duties of the job:

• Be part of a highly skilled, supportive team committed to improving access to care and reducing pressure on hospitals.
• Help patients in the community through telephone triage, remote consultations, or face-to-face assessments providing timely interventions that make a visible difference to their health and wellbeing.
• Thrive on collaboration, build strong relationships with colleagues and patients alike, and be passionate about guiding others towards best practice.
• Be motivated by the opportunity to deliver exceptional care and shape the future of integrated primary care services.

About us:

We are Integrated Care 24 (IC24), the leading not for profit Social Enterprise providing innovative and patient focused primary care services. IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for our patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. IC24 provides services to over 6 million patients, including GP led out-of-hours services, NHS 111, primary care and secondary care support services.

Job responsibilities:

• Provide advanced clinical care through telephone triage, remote consultations, and face-to-face assessments for patients with undifferentiated and urgent health needs, including paediatrics, elderly care, and mental health.
• Diagnose and manage complex cases using advanced assessment, examination, and clinical reasoning skills.
• Prescribe and manage medications as an independent prescriber, ensuring safe and effective treatment plans.
• Order and interpret investigations (laboratory and radiology) and make evidence-based decisions on care management.
• Coordinate care across services, acting as a referral agent and care coordinator to ensure seamless patient journeys.
• Lead on clinical quality and safety, promoting best practice, supporting audits, and contributing to service improvement initiatives.
• Mentor and support colleagues, providing clinical supervision, coaching, and contributing to the development of junior staff and students.
• Safeguard vulnerable individuals, applying policies and legislation in child protection, mental health, and safeguarding adults.
• Work flexibly, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays, and travel to different IC24 sites as required.

Person Specification:

• Professional registration (NMC, HCPC, GPhC) with post-qualification experience.
• Advanced assessment and minor illness qualifications (Level 6 or 7).
• Proven experience in autonomous practice and clinical leadership.
• Strong communication skills, able to manage complex and sensitive situations.
• Ability to prioritise, problem-solve, and make decisions under pressure.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice.
• Experience in chronic disease management.
• Teaching and assessing qualification.
• Evidence of service improvement and innovation.

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.