Job Description Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team; Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action; Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice; Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person; and Complete the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional AP clinical practice and CPD supervision across all four pillars (with relevant training) to other roles within primary care, for example first contact practitioners and the personalised care roles. Team Management Lead and line manage your team located across the practices within the Rugby Health PCN. Provide mentorship and guidance to your team to support each of them to develop in their roles. Operationally oversee the PCN Clinical Pharmacy service provided through the Clinical Pharmacists.
Manage and monitor performance of Rugby Health Clinical Pharmacists. Provide support to the Senior Pharmacy Technician and team where required. Work closely with Advanced Practitioner- CP Lead to manage and develop the service and the overall team, providing cover for leave as needed. These duties are in addition to those of a PCN Clinical Pharmacist.
The Advanced Practitioner Roadmap details the required competencies needed for this role.