Advanced Clinical Practitioner (Acp) in Rishton

• Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)
• Job summary

Are you an experienced advanced nurse/clinical practitioner (ACP/ANP) with a passion for improving patient outcomes?

New permanent role available – join us one day a week.

Ideally, we look for the applicant to work on Wednesdays; however, if you are interested in other days and available, please let us know as we can be flexible and there may be opportunities for additional hours or days going forward.

About the role

Use your advanced clinical skills to deliver proactive, person-centred care for care home residents, providing expert assessment, diagnosis, prescribing and management while working closely with GPs, pharmacists, district nurses, palliative care teams and care home staff to ensure residents receive timely, coordinated and compassionate care.

Main duties of the job

Deliver advanced clinical support to care home residents across the PCN, focusing on frailty, complex care and long‑term condition management.

Carry out comprehensive assessments, make autonomous clinical decisions, prescribe safely and manage undifferentiated presentations to ensure timely, person‑centred care.

Key responsibilities

• Undertake advanced clinical assessment of care home residents with complex health needs.
• Assess and triage patients, including urgent presentations where appropriate.
• Manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations within scope of practice.
• Identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action.
• Undertake diagnosis, investigation and management planning.
• Prescribe safely and appropriately in accordance with national guidance, local policies and agreed care pathways.
• Request and interpret investigations relevant to scope of practice.
• Refer appropriately into local services and specialist pathways.
• Use advanced clinical decision‑making to support patient management.
• Undertake structured care home clinical review sessions.
• Participate in regular MDT meetings and care home reviews.
• Support comprehensive assessments following admission, readmission or clinical deterioration.
• Contribute to the development, implementation and review of Personalised Care and Support Plans.
• Support Advance Care Planning discussions and associated documentation.
• Provide proactive clinical input to frailty pathways.
• Support admission avoidance and early intervention initiatives.
• Work collaboratively with care home staff, families and carers.
• Support continuity of care for residents with complex health needs.
• Provide clinical leadership within the MDT.
• Support education and development of care home staff where appropriate.
• Contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
• Support development of integrated frailty and care home pathways.
• Promote evidence‑based practice.
• Clinical management focus areas
• Frailty and complex care
• Long‑term condition management
• Palliative and end‑of‑life care
• Dementia and mental health
• Falls prevention and risk reduction
• Nutrition and hydration
• Clinical deterioration and admission avoidance
• Skin integrity and wound care
• Advance care planning
• Communication and collaboration
• General Practitioners
• Practice Managers
• Pharmacists
• District Nursing Teams
• Specialist Palliative Care Teams
• Care Home Staff
• Residents, families and carers
• Wider multidisciplinary teams
• Data, documentation and governance
• Maintain accurate clinical records within PCN clinical systems.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation.
• Participate in clinical governance activities.
• Work within agreed policies, protocols and escalation pathways.
• Maintain appropriate professional registration and CPD requirements.
• Travel

The role involves travel between care homes and GP practice locations across the PCN footprint.

Person specification

Qualifications – Essential

• Professional registration with the relevant professional body – NMC, HCPC etc.
• Demonstrated competence across the four pillars of Advanced Clinical Practice as defined by
• Health

Education

England: Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education & Research.

• Evidence of ongoing CPD.

Experience – Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment and decision‑making skills.
• Experience managing frailty and complex care patients.
• Experience managing undifferentiated presentations.
• Ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to work within agreed governance frameworks.

Experience – Desirable

• Experience working in General Practice / within Primary Care Networks.
• Experience of Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) models.
• Experience of admission avoidance services.
• Experience of Advance Care Planning and end‑of‑life care.
• Experience supporting supervision and development of other clinical staff.
• Disclosure and Barring Service check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a 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 NHS Careers website.

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