Advanced Care Practitioner

Hours: Part time 20-30 hours per week. Salary dependant on experience and pro rata

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our expanding Frailty Team. We are growing our service to enhance the care we provide to our local community, and were looking for a dedicated professional to become part of this forward-thinking team.

Our established Frailty Team currently includes a Community Frailty Practitioner, a Community Frailty Paramedic, and a Care Coordinator. A Non-Medical Prescribing qualification is essential for this role, and applicants must have successfully completed this qualification.

The PCN Frailty Team plays a key role in supporting our practices by conducting weekly ward rounds, monitoring new care home residents, and providing high-quality long-term condition management. In addition, the team delivers a non-urgent housebound service, offering vital support for patients who are unable to attend the surgery but require ongoing management of their long-term conditions.

This is a fantastic chance to be part of a dynamic, compassionate team dedicated to improving frailty care across our community.

Main duties of the job

Applicants should be experienced clinical practitioners who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for housebound and care home patients including initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of care.

Lead long-term condition management focusing on elderly, frail, and housebound patients, including those in care homes.

They will demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for housebound and care home patients within the general practice setting.

The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process, with the ability to prioritise and triage the needs of the patients, accordingly, instigating appropriate investigations or referrals to colleagues and other care providers.

They will work collaboratively as part of the general practice multidisciplinary team to meet the needs of patients. The role is both varied and diverse with clinical support and mentorship provided to allow the successful candidate to flourish. The workload will consist of a mixture of home visits, care home visits and telephone consultations.

About us

Severnvale PCN (Primary Care Network) comprises five GP practices in South Gloucestershire delivering services to a population of circa 33,500 patients which includes 10 care homes. We are an enthusiastic, dynamic, and friendly PCN who constantly strive to improve patient pathways and health care outcomes.

The PCN team includes a Clinical Director, a PCN Manager, a Community Frailty Practitioner, a Community Frailty Practitioner, a Care Co-ordinator, 4 Clinical Pharmacists, a Pharmacy Technician, 7 Care Coordinator Prescription Clerks, 2 dedicated Social Prescribing Link Workers and First Contact Physiotherapists. The PCN is looking to appoint an Experience Practice Nurse to join our Frailty & Care Home Service.

Please visit NHS Job Advert for the details.

For questions about the job, please contact Ellie Webber-Priddy, PCN Manager at ellie.webber-priddy@nhs.net