Advanced Care Practitioner - Team Leader
We are looking for an Advanced CarePractitioner Team Leader (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic), who canprescribe, to join our already established Home Visiting and Care Home team.The practitioner will provide on the day acute visits for housebound patients andcare home residents within the PCN, as well as delivering proactive visits tosupport the ongoing health needs of our population.This post holder will be the teamleader for the current Home Visiting team which consists of 2 prescribing ACPsfrom a nursing background and a paramedic. The team is likely to expand in thefuture. They will provide clinical and operational leadership for the PCNservice, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care to houseboundpatients & care home residents across Southampton West PCN. This rolecombines direct patient care with key leadership responsibilities includingstaff supervision, rota coordination, governance, and service development.
The post holder will be required to provide on the dayvisits for housebound patients who are acutely unwell and need a clinicalassessment, as well as pre-planned proactive care assessments. The practitionerwill also need to visit patients living in care homes for both acute andproactive care, this will be in the form of either a ward round or an acutevisit. The clinician will be responsible for prioritising visits according toclinical need and will be required to take a comprehensive history and devise atreatment plan.
Main duties of the job
As part of the proactive care service delivery, the postholder will be required to complete comprehensive frailty assessments, advancedcare plans, end of life care planning, and medication optimisation whileworking closely with a wider MDT to identify patients who require input fromother services or agencies.
The post holder will work with PCNmember practices and the PCN leadership team to continuously develop theservices, this will include reviewing and developing clinical policy, practice,and procedures to ensure the service is safe, efficient, and effective for our houseboundand care home residents and GP member practices.
Job summary
We are looking for an Advanced CarePractitioner Team Leader (Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic), who canprescribe, to join our already established Home Visiting and Care Home team.The practitioner will provide on the day acute visits for housebound patients andcare home residents within the PCN, as well as delivering proactive visits tosupport the ongoing health needs of our population.This post holder will be the teamleader for the current Home Visiting team which consists of 2 prescribing ACPsfrom a nursing background and a paramedic. The team is likely to expand in thefuture. They will provide clinical and operational leadership for the PCNservice, ensuring safe, effective, and person-centred care to houseboundpatients & care home residents across Southampton West PCN. This rolecombines direct patient care with key leadership responsibilities includingstaff supervision, rota coordination, governance, and service development.
The post holder will be required to provide on the dayvisits for housebound patients who are acutely unwell and need a clinicalassessment, as well as pre-planned proactive care assessments. The practitionerwill also need to visit patients living in care homes for both acute andproactive care, this will be in the form of either a ward round or an acutevisit. The clinician will be responsible for prioritising visits according toclinical need and will be required to take a comprehensive history and devise atreatment plan.
Main duties of the job
As part of the proactive care service delivery, the postholder will be required to complete comprehensive frailty assessments, advancedcare plans, end of life care planning, and medication optimisation whileworking closely with a wider MDT to identify patients who require input fromother services or agencies.
The post holder will work with PCNmember practices and the PCN leadership team to continuously develop theservices, this will include reviewing and developing clinical policy, practice,and procedures to ensure the service is safe, efficient, and effective for our houseboundand care home residents and GP member practices.
The Advanced Care Practitioner Team Leader will work as anautonomous practitioner responsible for the delivery of the PCN DESrequirements and Home Visiting contractual requirements whilst working acrossthe PCN multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice.Relationships are essential to this role and the practitioner will be requiredto always build meaningful working relationships with GP practices and PCN teammembers, including social prescribers, health and wellbeing coaches andpharmacists.
The post holder will have access to a wide range of supportfrom the PCN and Member Practices, this includes regular supervision with a GP.
Full details of the role and a list of primary duties can be found in the attached advert.
About us
About us
Southampton West Primary Care Limited
Southampton West Primary Care Network (PCN) consists of the 9 GP surgeries in the west of the City and covers87,000 patients. Our mission is to work collaboratively to develop high quality services for our patients, so thatwe can improve health outcomes that enable people to live well, for longer,whilst developing resilient primary care.
The PCN already hosts a strong and supportivemulti-disciplinary wellbeing team consisting of mental health practitioners,peer support workers, social prescribers, care coordinators, Health andWellbeing Coaches, Pharmacists, and First Contact Physiotherapists
Job description
Job responsibilities
Primary Duties as Team Leader
Clinical Leadership
* Ensure the Home Visiting Team deliver high-qualityclinical care, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prescribing, atall times.
* Support complex clinical decision-making.
* Lead on clinical supervision, medication safety, andprescription audits with input from frailty GP and pharmacists.
* Provide support with clinical queries and escalation.
TeamManagement
Overseedaily service operations and rota coordination for the AVS team working closelywith the Care Coordinators and PCN Leadership Team.
Manageteam development including:
* Monthly 1:1s and clinical supervision
* Probation reviews
* Annual appraisals and performance management
* Lead on recruitment and induction of new team members.
* Lead on team clinical development and training
* Ensure compliance with mandatory training and clinicalcompetencies.
* Foster a supportive and inclusive team culture.
* Develop and implement robust CQC compliance processes
Service& Strategic Development
* Support development and implementation of HomeVisiting Service protocols and policies.
* Work collaboratively with the PCN Business Manager,Frailty GP Lead, and Clinical Directors to enhance service delivery.
* Monitor performance and undertake quality improvementinitiatives.
* Ensure delivery of PCN DES, Home Visiting Service, andProactive Care Service Contracts and QOF-aligned targets.
Primary Duties as an Advanced Care Practitioner
* Uses expert knowledgeand clinical skills to deliver holistic care to housebound patients and carehome residents registered with Southampton West PCN
* Provide safe, evidence-based,cost effective, individualised patient care
* Assesses diagnoses andtreats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute,non-acute, and chronic medical conditions
* Assesses diagnoses andtreats patients who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriateagencies.
* Directly admitspatients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need
* Refers patients, asappropriate, to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care andto other statutory and voluntary organisations
* Interprets a range ofdiagnostic tests
* Works withinprofessional guidelines and codes of conduct
* Works within allrelevant policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control,chaperoning, risk management
* Communicates informationwell and sensitively to patients and carers having due regard toconfidentiality
* Contributes towardstargets under the primary Care Network Enhanced service and the Quality andOutcomes Framework
* Undertake and completesquality improvement projects where necessary
* Undertake annualreviews and care plans for patients including medication reviews ( with supportof pharmacists where necessary).
* Accurately recordsclinical consultations on practice clinical systems ensuring the correct use ofSNOMED codes and clinical templates
* Understand andimplements safeguarding protocols and understand how and who to refer andescalate to when required
* To prescribe safe,effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislativeframework
* Develops meaningful positiveworking relationships with local frailty teams and Multi Disciplinary Teams
Professional Development
* Maintain professionalregistration
* Work within the latestCode of Professional Conduct of professional body
* Partakes in monthlyclinical supervision with GP service lead
* Actively participatesin clinical PCN and Practice meetings
* Participate in anytraining programme implemented by Southampton West PCN Limited as part of thisemployment, such training to include:
* Participation in an annualindividual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaininga record of own personal and/or professional development
* Taking responsibility for owndevelopment, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activitiesto others who are undertaking similar work.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Leading a team and proven track record of service development
* Previous primary care experience in Advanced Clinical Practitioner role
* Own transport and driving license, in order to be able to travel regularly between sites around West Southampton
Desirable
* Previous Care Home Primary Care experience
* Experience of clinical audit, evaluation research and implementation of evidence-based practice
* Background in community nursing
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
* Communication and consultation skills
* Practising holistically
* Data gathering and interpretation
* Making a diagnosis or decision
* Managing medical complexity
* Project management and leadership
* Working in a team
* Continuous professional development
* Maintaining an ethical approach
* Fitness to practise
* Clinical examination and procedural skills
* Learning and development
* PCN Core values
* Awareness of the legal and ethical issues of the role
* Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team as a key player
* Adult safeguarding level 3
* IT experience / computer skills
Qualifications
Essential
* Advanced Care Practitioner Requirements
* Advanced Nurse Practitioner MSc
* Current NMC Registration
* Membership of a professional body
* UK Driving license
* Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
* Paramedic Requirements:
* Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification Educated to degree/diploma level in Paramedicine or equivalent experience
* Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
* Completed two-year Consolidation of Learning period as a newly qualified paramedic
* has a further three years experience as a paramedic
* Independent Non-Medical Prescriber Qualification
* UK Driving license
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Southampton West PCN Limited
Address
The Shirley Health Partnership
355 Shirley Road
Southampton
SO15 3JD
Employer's website
https://www.southamptonwestpcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
£63,000 to £65,000 a yearDepending on experience
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