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Job Summary

You will be:

• a clinical professional who has developed their skills and theoretical knowledge to a high standard.
• an experienced and educated member of the care team who are able to diagnose and treat health care needs or refer patients to an appropriate specialist if needed.
• Trusted and empowered to make high-level clinical decisions and will often have your own caseload.

As an ATC team member, you will be expected to perform many of the tasks and take on a similar level of responsibility to trainee medical staff who have a formal regulator in the GMC. These duties may be performed with direct, indirect, or distant supervision by a GP Lead or similar, depending on the task and situation.

You will have excellent communication skills, a compassionate and friendly nature who can operate in a busy environment with a range of people and professions, as you will be working our clinical and administration teams.

Job Responsibilities

CRITICAL CARE

• Undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments of patients
• Requesting and performing tests to diagnose a patient’s condition.
• Undertaking certain invasive interventions (such as central venous access)
• Coordinating the transfer of patients within Practice (e.g. to hospital, community hospital or other)
• Managing episodes of patient care
• Leading and supporting within a team of different healthcare professionals and staff.
• Using different sources of information to assess and manage the care of a critically ill patient.
• Undertaking clinical audits
• Work as part of the Acute Care Team, alongside other health professionals, and provide support and training for others as required.
• Carry out home visits as needed, working to safe lone worker considerations.
• Triage and assess patients from information provided via digital triage model, or telephone assessment and arrange treatment of follow-up as required.
• Assist the Duty GP in the management of the acute daily work.

PATIENT ASSESSMENT

• Evaluating and/or collecting information from physiological assessments, patient history, and diagnostic data to identify relevant problems.
  • Advanced levels of patient assessment
  • Diagnostics and decision-making
  • Advanced patient interventions
  • Advanced non-medical prescribing
• Using clinical decision making to initiate and adjust appropriate management/treatments according to agreed protocols and clinical judgement.
• Evaluating patients progress against treatment plans through interpretation of information from test results and clinical findings, invasive and non-invasive monitoring systems

PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

• Participate and lead in the collection and evaluation of clinical audit data.
• Contribute to and lead in relevant directorate audit and research programmes as identified or requested.
• Lead on relevant departmental audit programs
• Utilise evidence-based knowledge within practice development.
• Support and promote an integrated approach to quality, seeking always to improve patient care.
• Contribute to the clinical governance agenda within the Practice as required.

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

• To provide clinical and professional support and advice to all staff.
• Develop and deliver specific and relevant teaching programs for all disciplines.
• Support, supervise and assess clinical competencies of nursing staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate records and provide necessary data for statistical analysis.
• Implement research findings appropriate to practice.
• Initiate new and support existing research projects.
• To assess, monitor and evaluate the role of the Advanced Practitioner out of hours.
• To act as a role model ensuring own actions promote quality and identify and manage any risks.
• To raise quality issues and report related risks within the Practice and/or local healthcare network to address poor standards and incidents.
• To inform and influence clinical governance issues.
• To keep up to date and act consistently with quality standards and guidelines within their own clinical area and associated areas
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your work and current practices though the use of evidence-based practice projects, audit and outcome measures, and lead others in doing so. Make recommendations for and lead change.

CLINICAL AND MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP

• Provides effective leadership and acts as a positive role model.
• Delegate appropriately and encourage staff to develop and advance their skills.
• Ensure the clinical team are kept informed of the progress of the role and provide opportunities for suggestions and comments to improve care delivery.
• Communicate well with staff and use different communication approaches to ensure team are conversant with relevant information.
• Be pro-active in the management of change and can support staff through times of change.