Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Further to recent organisational growth, we have an exciting opportunity for independent, autonomous Prescribing Clinicians to support our Urgent Care service within the out-of-hours (OOH) period across the Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire locality.

Part and full time rota patterns available

Working from our Chippenham Headquarters and/or from one of our Primary Care Centres
, as an Independent, autonomous Prescribing Clinician you will work as part of our multidisciplinary team to deliver safe and timely care to those accessing our Integrated Urgent Care Service, providing a variety of shift opportunities to include:

• Face-to-face shifts based at one of our Primary Care Centres across the locality. Our shifts are based at Chippenham, Salisbury, Swindon and Keynsham.

• Mobile shifts undertaking home visits to patients who are unable to travel to a primary care centre, supported with a fully equipped medical car.

• Triage shifts based at our regional Head Office in Chippenham.

Our service works to coordinate health and care services to patients and where clinically appropriate, utilise alternative pathways to emergency admission.

Our Advanced Clinical Practitioners provide care through the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge or referral of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed injury/illness, or acute exacerbation of existing conditions. You will assist in the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of patient care across the ‘whole system’ of health and social care, working in partnership with all relevant stakeholders.

The key elements of the role include but are not limited to:

• Working as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical assessment, diagnosis (where possible), and treatment (where appropriate) for adult and paediatric patients invited to attend our Primary Care Centres or during remote consultations.

• Accurately triaging & prioritising all patients, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event / illness including past medical and drug history.

• Undertaking home visits to patients who are unable to travel to a primary care centre, supported with a fully equipped medical car and a driver.

• Referring patients to alternative care settings, where appropriate.

• Supporting our Care Coordination Service from our regional Head Office.

• Supporting with triage of calls that have come via the NHS
  111 pathway during the core daytime surgery opening hours.

• Support other clinicians on shift as required.

Please note that the support of a senior clinician is always available remotely during your shift.

You will be a registered nurse, paramedic, or other allied health professional, with a non-medical prescribing qualification with at least two years prescribing experience in the context of a broad scope of practice.

• Ability to work autonomously both in-hours and out of hours.

• Achieved an MSc in Advanced Practice.

• Extensive evidence of relevant experience and knowledge.

• Training and experience of physical assessment and clinical reasoning with patients of all ages (including paediatrics and EOL).

• Ability to demonstrate a wide knowledge base and competency in clinical practice.

• Understanding of the emergency care pathways.

• Knowledge of primary health care issues affecting a diverse local population.

• Will have at least 2 years worth of prescribing experience.

• Completion of a clinical reasoning module e.g. PADRIP or equivalent

Health Hero Integrated Care delivers urgent and out-of-hours healthcare services across Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) and Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin (STW). Working alongside NHS partners, our teams help patients access safe, responsive and appropriate care.

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