Advanced Clinical Practitioner - East Kent

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:

• 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.