To provide face-to-face minor illness management, working as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing urgent, on-the-day (Same Day Urgent Care) services to the registered patients of the GP Practices in Surrey Heath.
To provide highly skilled, evidence-based nursing / AHP services to patients as an essential part of the healthcare provided by the GPFederation and the local member GP Practices.
To support the Federation / PCN in establishing innovative solutions to provide flexible additional nursing / AHP support to GP Practices in Surrey Heath.
To support the development and delivery of policy and procedures, and provide clinical leadership to appropriate others as required.
The role requires you to function autonomously and within your sphere of competency whilst being assisted and supervised by our Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and GPs.
Main duties of the job
* Demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, working within their scope of practice.
* Participate in assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients presenting with minor illness, including giving advice on and prescribing medicines (where within scope, competence, and confidence).
* Discharge patients or refer them as appropriate to other healthcare professionals/external agencies.
* Provide appropriate care and services to patients of all ages and levels of healthcare needs, according to their competency and code of conduct.
* Work closely with the wider urgent care teams to deliver high-quality patient-centred clinical care.
* Support the triage and streaming process, including contributing to decision-making when required.
* Participate in assessing patients with more complex presentations waiting to see the streaming clinician (GP or ACP).
* Work in partnership with patients and their carers to assess health needs, plan care, and promote health and disease prevention.
* Be capable and confident in digital consultations where required.
* Work as an autonomous practitioner within appropriate clinical and professional guidelines.
About us
We are Surrey Heath Community Providers Limited, a federation of 7 GP practices across 10 sites, serving over 97,000 patients in Surrey Heath. Since 2016, we have employed around 200 staff and have hosted the Primary Care Network since 2019.
As a GP Federation and Primary Care Network, we champion primary care by collaborating with local practices and system partners to provide community-based healthcare services. We are committed to safe, compassionate care, continuous quality improvement, and positive patient outcomes.
Patients are at the heart of everything we do, and we strive to ensure they feel safe, supported, communicated with, and respected, especially during vulnerable times.
Our vision is to provide high-quality, seamless healthcare that enables people to lead healthier lives with support and care.
Job responsibilities
Please see Supporting Documents for the full Job Description, list of responsibilities, and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered healthcare professional with the NMC or HCPC. Relevant professional/health degree. Mentor/teaching qualification. Clinical supervision training and experience. Post-registration qualification and ongoing CPD in minor illness management.
* Community or Primary Care specialist qualification. Care of the elderly specialist qualification. Additional qualification in a specific long-term condition.
Skills
* Phlebotomy. Strong clinical practice skills, management of patients with long-term conditions. Health checks in Primary Care. Management of patients with complex needs. Strong clinical leadership. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Negotiation and conflict management. Teaching and mentorship skills in a clinical setting.
* Supervisor/facilitator for clinical supervision. Competent with spirometry performance and interpretation. Clinical examination skills. Nurse/AHP-led triage and management of minor illnesses, ailments, and injuries. Change management/service improvement.
Experience
* Significant post-registration experience. Recent primary and community experience. Developing protocols and clinical guidelines. Nurse/AHP leadership. Audit experience.
* Project management. Experience with community development initiatives. Conducting health needs assessments.
Other
* Self-directed, motivated, and enthusiastic. Flexible. Team player. Awareness of strengths and weaknesses. Commitment to CPD. Access to suitable transport for the role.
Knowledge
* Understanding of roles within nurse/AHP-led services. Demonstrate CPD in relevant areas, e.g., Cervical Screening, Respiratory LTC management. Knowledge of local and national health policies. Awareness of wider health economy and clinical governance in primary care. Knowledge of patient group directions and policies.
* Ability to identify health determinants in Surrey Heath / Frimley ICS.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This role is subject to DBS checks under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.
£26.37 to £28.84 per hour, depending on experience, plus 12.07% AL and Saturday enhancement.
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