About the Role
Colchester Medical Practice is looking to recruit an advanced clinical practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries. This position is offered on a full-time basis.
The successful candidate may come from a range of professional backgrounds. As an experienced healthcare professional, educated to master's level, they will have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on an expanded role and scope of practice caring for patients.
The post-holder will:
* demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
* be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.
* support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient-focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
* have responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
About the Candidate
Are you an experienced healthcare worker, looking to expand your contribution to healthcare and personal job satisfaction? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.
The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in attitude and behaviour. They will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances.
Qualifications, skills and experience required:
* Professional registration with relevant professional body: NMC, HCPC or GPhC
* Post-graduate qualification in specific speciality, or equivalent experience
* Post-registration experience at a senior level (Band 7 or above) in specialty area
* Evidence of on-going CPD
* Advanced clinical assessment skills
* Excellent communication skills
* Ability to perform in stressful and complex situations
* Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
* Flexibility
* Ability to inspire and lead a team
About Us
Colchester Medical Practice is a well established PCN, delivering excellent care to over 41,000 patients across the city of Colchester. We have four sites (Shrub End Surgery, Castle Gardens Medical Practice, Wimpole Road Surgery and Parsons Heath Medical Practice) and a new health and wellbeing hub, based at our Parsons Heath site.
The practice is well established with a rating of GOOD by the Care Quality Commission. As a practice we employ over 120 colleagues to provide excellent healthcare to patients across Colchester.
We offer:
* NHS pension scheme.
* Proper Pay - Living Wage Foundation accredited.
* Eye-care vouchers.
* Health service discounts.
* Annual Leave: minimum 33 days FTE.
* Enhanced maternity and paternity terms.
* Uniform provided for colleagues if required.
* Free use of Holly Health mental wellbeing app.
* Flexible working contracts available upon request.
* Excellent training opportunities and progression provided.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.