We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced nurse or
paramedic to join us as a Visiting Clinical Care Practitioner /Community Matron. If you love building
relationships, enjoy working autonomously, and want to make a real difference
to frail or housebound patients, we would love to hear from you.
We have already seen fantastic results from our current Community Matron, who works
primarily in local care homes. Because of this success, we are expanding the
service to include our housebound patients, giving them better continuity,
more personalised support, and high-quality care in the comfort of their own
homes.
This is a wonderful opportunity to help shape and grow a service
that truly puts patients first.
The Post-holder will be an experienced nurse/paramedic, who acting withing their professional boundaries; will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care for patient withing the general practice.
The post-holder will provide this service to our care home residents, patients in their own homes and at the surgery.
The post-holder will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures.
The post-holder will build effective working relationships with other health care professionals.
The post-holder will work withing the team of GP's, nurses and health care assistants to deliver excellent primary health care services within the Practice.
Pembroke Medical Group is a dynamic and exceptionally well-run practice
of 27,000 patients. We have a hard working, friendly and collegiate team of
clinicians and are looking to add to our growing number of Allied Healthcare
Professionals, with the aim of providing the best possible care to our
patients.
The Pembroke Medical Group is part of the Baywide Primary Care Network,
which includes Compass House Medical Centre in Brixham and Chilcote Surgery in
Torquay. Together we serve a population of 50,000 patients. The expectation is
that the successful candidate will collaborate with our GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Nursing Team and Pharmacists, as well as our
colleagues in Community Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Social
Care and at SWAST.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job
summary:
The post-holder will be an experienced
nurse/paramedic, who acting within their professional boundaries; will provide
care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical
assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of their care. They will
demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patient within
the general practice.
The post-holder will provide this service to
our care home residents, patients in their own homes and at the surgery.
The post-holder will work collaboratively with
the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting
the delivery of policy and procedures.
The post-holder will build effective working
relationships with other health care professionals.
The post-holder will work within the team of GPs,
nurses and health care assistants to deliverexcellent primary health care services within
the Practice.
Duties
and responsibilities:
Management
of patient Health and Illness
To deliver a high standard of patient care as
an Advanced Care Practitioner in general practice, using advanced autonomous
clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base.
Provide a first point of contact within the
Practice for patients presenting withundifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making
use of skills in history taking, physicalexamination, problem-solving and clinical
decision-making, to establish a diagnosis andmanagement plan.
Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive
diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports.
Where the post-holder is an independent
prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective andappropriate medication as defined by current
legislative framework.
To prioritise health problems and intervene
appropriately, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Promote health and well-being through the use
of health promotion, health education,screening and therapeutic communication
skills.
To clearly communicate the health status of
the patient using appropriate terminology,technology and format.
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost effective,
individualised patient care.
To work within the Practice guidelines,
policies and protocols.
To maintain accurate and contemporaneous
records, utilising computer systems whereappropriate and consider the Caldicott
Principles and GDPR Regulations in relation to all data handling.
To be proactive in the identification of
Carers
PROFESSIONAL
ROLE
To promote personal development and clinical
excellence.
To facilitate and participate in
multi-disciplinary education and clinical supervision.
To work within the relevant Professional
Conduct and Scope of Professional Practice.
Participate in organisational decision making,
interpret variations in outcomes and use data from information systems to
improve practice.
To maintain own professional development in
line with their professional regulations.
To promote evidence-based practice through the
use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of
practice-based research.
Monitor the effectiveness of their clinical
practice through the quality assurance strategies and the use of audit and peer
review.
Participate in continuing professional
development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge
and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained.
Keep up to date with pertinent health-related
policy and work with the Practice team toconsider the impact and strategies for
implementation.
Pro-actively promote the role of ACP within
the Practice, and externally to key stakeholders and agencies.
To play an active role in the development of
practice development plans and new services.
TEAM
ROLE
As a clinician to be available to support
other healthcare team members and to accept referrals from other team members.
To liaise with all members of the Primary
Health Care Team and other agencies localauthority, social services, secondary care,
voluntary sector, and Primary Care workers in order to assure appropriate care
is provided for the practice population.
To participate as a key member of the
multi-professional team through the development of collaborative and innovative
practice.
To value all team members.
To delegate appropriate tasks to the other
team members whilst still maintainingresponsibility for this area.
To support the delivery of health and safety
guidance as agreed within the Practice.
To support the writing of maintenance and
delivery of CQC guidance within the Practice.
ORGANISATIONAL
To complete records, audits, reports and
respond to appropriate questions and requests.
To attend meetings as requested.
Support effective communication channels
between the whole team.
To keep the Lead ACP informed about pressures
and difficulties or problem areas when aware.
To contribute to Practice strategy and
developments when requested.
To work according to Clinical Governance and
support the Clinical Governance Agenda.
Understand that common patient complaints may
also be catalyst for change within Practice procedures.
To understand the role of Risk Management
within the Practice contributing to riskassessment and Significant Event Audit and the
importance of Infection Control.
The individual may be required to undertake
the assessment and management of patients within the home environment.
To actively participate in the delivery of QOF
targets and others as deemed by thearrangements in general practice finance.
MISSION,
VALUES AND STRATEGIC DIRECTION
To promote at all times, the Practices,
mission, values and understand the strategic direction of business plans.
Ensure that patient centeredcare and safety is
central to the culture, philosophy andorganisation of the Practice.
To encourage and support patient with long
term conditions to develop their ability to self-manage.
To develop a culture of ongoing review, taking
into account new methods of working.
CODES
OF CONDUCT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
To work at all times within the highest levels
of standards commensurate with the post.
Confidentiality:
In the course of seeking treatment, patients
entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to
their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to
expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
In the performance of the duties outlined in
this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential
information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other
healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the
practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to
be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only
be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and
procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and
sensitive data.
Health
& safety:
The
post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others
health, safety and security as defined in the practice health & safety
policy, the practice health & safety manual, and the practice infection
control policy and published procedures. This will include:
Using personal security systems within the
workplace according to practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
Making effective use of training to update
knowledge and skills.
Using appropriate infection control
procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way, free from hazards. Actively reporting
health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised.
Keeping own work areas and general/patient
areas generally clean, assisting in the maintenance of general standards of
cleanliness consistent with the scope of the job holders role
Undertaking periodic infection control
training (minimum annually)
Reporting potential risks identified
Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and
promoting the welfare of children & adults at risk.
Equality
and diversity:
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance
of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice
procedures and policies, and current legislation.
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and
of the individual, is non-judgmental andrespects their circumstances, feelings
priorities and rights.
Personal/professional
development:
The
post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the
practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:
Participation in an annual individual
performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of
own personal and/or professional development.
Taking responsibility for own development,
learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who
are undertaking similar work.
Quality:
The
post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk.
Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or under supervision
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and
enhance the teams performance.
Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs
Effectively manage own time, workload, and
resources