Job summary
Modality Partnership AWC Division is expanding and is offering equivalent of 3 full-time vacancies for Advanced Clinical Practitioners. The postholder will be passionate about patient care, working at one of our sites across Airedale & Craven, that are all within a 10 mile radius of our local acute trust, base can be flexible depending on your requirements and collaborations. We are seeking qualified ACPs who will contribute to innovation within the partnership in the way care is delivered, and who will embrace our partnership values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence (CARE).
Airedale sites include Holycroft Surgery, Farfield Group Practice, Kilmeny Group Medical Practice, Long Lee surgery, Haworth Medical Practice and Oakworth Medical Practice
Craven sites include Cross Hills Group Practice, Silsden Surgery, Steeton Surgery and Fisher Medical Centre-addresses below.
This job is suitable for individuals who are compassionate, patient focused and have a real passion for primary care, and working within a larger GP super partnership, who are dedicated to engaging with health and social services to improve patient care.
As an employee with us you can benefit from:
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8 days bank holiday pro rata
Career progression and leadership opportunities
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
External employee assistance programme
Supportive environment
Enhanced indemnity cover
Main duties of the job
The role is a patient centered, all-rounded clinical ACP position. The postholder will need to confidently evidence key skills such as excellent communication skills, clinical skills and empowering patients to manage their individual health conditions. Whilst working independently and using their own initiative for part of the role, the postholder will also work in collaboration with their local practice team, community teams and will engage the use of the associated roles that are be attached to the practice.
A background of integrated health and social care planning in partnership with the individual, carers, relatives and health care professionals, based on assessment of medical, nursing and social care needs will be beneficial. Furthermore, specific interest in care homes and the elderly is ideal. The postholder will be able to demonstrate ability to act as an autonomous advanced practitioner providing a comprehensive clinical assessment service to patients/carers/families resulting in safe, appropriate clinical decisions. Supervision by General Practitioners in practice is readily available as needed and is encouraged where support is needed.
If you feel this is the ideal career advancing opportunity for you, we welcome an application for you to join our growing team of like-minded people.
About us
We are the largest GPsuper-partnerships in the UK, with a list size in AWC of almost 90,000patients, organised by base site, nationally we have a list size of 450,000+patients and with a multi-disciplinary workforce of 1500 staff. We are unique,always looking at ways to improve our delivery of services through theimplementation of new and innovative solutions that we can scale across theorganisation. New initiatives are underpinned by our governance team to ensurepatient safety.
Your job is to workdirectly with key stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working andimprove working practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. This is arole that will equip you with a portfolio of clinical skills and developmentand operational skills to make sustainable changes within Primary Care.
Allemployees are welcomed to enroll in our employee benefits scheme and NHSpension scheme. We are committed to developing our people through education andcareer pathways and who align to our organisational values of CARE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer tothe supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.
The position requires innovation, flexibility, commitment and the ability to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks are completed. You will love this job if you have a passion for providing high quality patient care.
Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at anytime during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
Aspart of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will be checking thevaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual andenvironmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be undecided aboutvaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are mandatory, and you willbe asked to provide evidence of this where there is a mandatory requirement.
Right to work checks
Allapplicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in theUK at the interview stage.
References
Referencesmust be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or mostrecent employer.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered first level general nurse
2. Recognised degree qualification in autonomous practice
Desirable
3. MSc or equivalent
Experience
Essential
4. Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
Knowledge
Essential
5. Understanding of the local healthcare system, its priorities and challenges.
6. Understanding of the national health and social care agenda.
7. Understanding of the strategic direction of the ACP role and how this may develop over time.
8. Advanced clinical practice skills in acute presentation of minor ailments.
9. Management of patients with complex needs.
10. Accountability of own role and other roles in a primary care service.
11. Clinical governance issues in primary care.
Skills
Essential
12. Ability to work on own initiative.
13. Excellent inter-agency and team working skills.
Personal Qualities
Essential
14. Self-directed practitioner.
15. Highly motivated.
16. Flexibility.
17. Enthusiasm.
18. Team player.
19. Ability to work across boundaries.