Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Brighton

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) Home Visiting Service role involves advanced practice where clinical expertise, autonomy, and decision-making come together. You will assess complex presentations, manage uncertainty, and make timely decisions that directly impact patient outcomes. This varied and rewarding work allows you to use your full clinical skillset while helping patients access the right care at the right time.

At IC24, you will deliver high-quality clinical assessments and treatment in patients' homes, supporting wider urgent and primary care services. As an experienced clinician, you'll work autonomously within your professional scope of practice, providing assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing for patients presenting with acute, urgent, and undifferentiated conditions. Your role is crucial in helping patients receive the right care in the most appropriate setting, reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and improving patient outcomes.

Main duties of the job:

• Delivering advanced clinical care in the community by assessing, diagnosing, and managing patients in their own homes.
• Making safe, evidence-based decisions using advanced clinical reasoning skills to determine appropriate treatment plans, referrals, investigations, and follow-up care.
• Independent prescribing, ensuring safe and effective patient-centred care.
• Supporting continuity of care by working closely with GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, NHS 111, community services, and secondary care partners.
• Contributing to service improvement through audits, clinical governance activities, shared learning, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Developing clinical excellence by maintaining continuing professional development and promoting best practice across the organisation.

This role forms part of our East Sussex Home Visiting Service, supporting patients across the community as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team delivering responsive care where it is needed most.

What matters in this role:

• Enjoying working autonomously while remaining part of a wider multidisciplinary team.
• Confidence in assessing and managing urgent and undifferentiated presentations.
• Strong clinical reasoning and risk management skills.
• Effective communication with patients, carers, and healthcare professionals.
• Enjoying delivering care within patients' homes and community settings.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• Professional registration with the NMC, HCPC, or GPhC.
• Independent Prescriber qualification.
• Advanced assessment and minor illness qualification (Level 6 or 7).
• Proven experience of autonomous clinical practice.
• Strong clinical decision-making skills and ability to manage complex presentations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and reflective practice.
• Evidence of service improvement and innovation.

IC24 is committed to improving access to health and social care for patients and reducing the demand on secondary care services. We encourage applications from ethnic minorities, those with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, neurodiverse individuals, and other under-represented groups, ensuring an inclusive work environment.