Acute Home Visiting Practitioner

To work as part of the established team of Advanced clinical Practitioners to provide a Home Visiting service across the Mid Notts Locality.

To work alongside the Primary Care Teams to support reducing inappropriate admissions to hospital.

To facilitate additional support in the patient usual place of residence to maintain appropriate care.

To confidently make autonomous decisions following assessments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To act as an autonomous advanced practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients.

To avoid inappropriate admissions and maintain patients in their home environments with a safe package of care and referral to other agencies as necessary, including directly admitting patients to hospital when necessary.

To respond to GP triage for home visiting both in the patients home and in care homes.

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us:

We offer a comprehensive package which includes:

NHS Pension 2015 Scheme (subject to eligibility)

• Alternative government-based scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Competitive leave entitlement that includes maternity, paternity and adoption leave, study leave allowance, and sickness provisions
• Access to education and training opportunities, depending on your role (CPPE Pharmacy, NHS England Roadmap for First Contact Practitioners, apprenticeship schemes, support professional development)
• Working in a multi-disciplinary team with support from a wide variety of professionals
• A flexible approach to a work-life balance
• Cycle to work scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• All staff events and conferences
• Free parking across many sites
• Personalised induction into the company and job role

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

To act as an autonomous advanced practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients.

To avoid inappropriate admissions and maintain patients in their home environments with a safe package of care and referral to other agencies as necessary, including directly admitting patients to hospital when necessary.

To respond to GP triage for home visiting both in the patients home and in care homes.

Provide evidence based professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence and a proactive approach to care.

To develop and lead new and innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to deliver new and improved primary care services to meet the needs of the practice population.

To provide education and training to other staff and students.

To undertake research and audit as part of the role.

The Advanced clinical Practitioner works autonomously and is accountable for own professional actions.

Undertakes clinical practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary health care services.

Utilises the four pillars of Advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership, facilitating learning and evidence, research and development.

Assesses diagnoses and treats patients in own home who require acute/none acute medical attention and set up a package of care and/or refer to appropriate agencies if appropriate

Prescribes appropriate treatment in line with Local/National prescribing guidelines according to assessment.

Assesses diagnoses and treats patients who require medical care

Telephone Consultations

Refers patients to other medical specialities for assessment if deemed appropriate.

Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations including referral for further clinical investigations including but not limited to ECHO, ECG, Bloods, X-ray

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