Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Paignton

Join our team and help us bring outstanding care right to people's homes. We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced nurse or paramedic to join us as a Community Matron/Advanced Visiting Practitioner. If you love building relationships, enjoy working autonomously, and want to make a real difference to frail or housebound patients, we would love to hear from you.

Why this role is special: We have already seen fantastic results from our current Community Matron, who works primarily in local care homes. Because of this success, we are expanding the service to include our housebound patients too, giving them better continuity, more personalised support, and high-quality care in the comfort of their own homes. This is a wonderful opportunity to help shape and grow a service that truly puts patients first.

Main duties of the job:

• The post-holder will be an experienced nurse/paramedic, who acting within their professional boundaries; will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care.
• They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice.
• The post-holder will provide this service to our care home residents, patients in their own homes and at the surgery.
• The post-holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
• The post-holder will build effective working relationships with other health care professionals.
• The post-holder will work within the team of GPs, nurses and health care assistants to deliver excellent primary health care services within the Practice.

Job responsibilities:

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.
• Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
• Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
• Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
• Prescribe and review 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 in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
• Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
• Promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients presenting with aural conditions.
• Meet the needs of patients presenting for opportunistic wound care.

Person Specification:

• Essential: Self-directed practitioner, highly motivated, flexibility, enthusiasm, team player, ability to work across boundaries.

• Qualifications: Registered first level MSc or equivalent, relevant nursing/health degree, mentor, teaching qualification, clinical supervision training and experience, extended independent non-medical prescribing, advanced clinical knowledge, 4 pillars of advanced practice, management of patients with complex needs, accountability of own role and other roles, local and national health policy, wider health economy, clinical governance issues in primary care, patient group directions and associated policy.

• Experience: Significant post registration experience, recent primary and community nursing experience, compiling protocols and clinical guidelines, clinical leadership, audit, research, nurse prescribing.

• Desirable: Recent primary and community nursing of 5 years.

• Skills: Clinical leadership skills, communication skills, both written and verbal, communication of difficult messages to patients and families, negotiation and conflict management skills, change management, teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting, resource management.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.