Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP)

As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner with the Special Allocations Scheme (SAS), youll play a vital role in delivering high-quality care to our patients. Working both independently and as part of a small team, you will provide expert remote triage and face-to-face consultations, ensuring safe, informed clinical decisions are made with compassion and respect. The Special Allocations Scheme has been designed to provide primary care for patients who have been removed from mainstream surgeries due to challenging behaviour. This is a fantastic opportunity to support patients with complex needs and often traumatic backgrounds, helping to provide ongoing care, support, and rehabilitation. Your

Key Responsibilities will be to

• Provide first-contact assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients presenting with undifferentiated physical and psychological health conditions, including emergency presentations and long-term condition management. - Undertake remote triage and face-to-face consultations, using advanced clinical assessment, history-taking, physical examination, and decision-making skills. - Deliver preventative healthcare interventions, including health promotion, vaccinations, screening programmes, and patient education. - Prescribe safely and appropriately within scope of practice, in line with current clinical guidelines and best practice standards.Request and interpret appropriate investigations to support clinical decision-making. - Deliver holistic, patient-centred care, considering physical, psychological, social, and cultural factors in assessment and treatment planning. - Identify and respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns, taking timely action in accordance with safeguarding policies and procedures. - Maintain continuity of care through effective management of long term conditions and collaborative working with multidisciplinary teams and external healthcare providers. - Recognise when referral or escalation is required and coordinate care effectively with specialist and community services. - Maintain accurate, contemporaneous, and confidential patient records in accordance with GDPR and organisational policies. - Participate in clinical governance activities, including audit, quality improvement, and service development initiatives. - Maintain professional competence through ongoing continuing professional development and adherence to relevant professional standards. - Support the achievement of Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) targets and key performance indicators while maintaining patient safety and quality of care. - Work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to support the effective day-to-day operation of the service, including attendance at practice and organisational meetings.