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Job overview

A unique opportunity to be Innovative, Flexible and Visionary.  SPA is looking for an Practitioner who shares its vision to progress remote clinical decision making within the community and provide a highly effective Urgent Community Response. SPA have been delivering a more effective urgent response, promoting, and championing a “Home is Best” ethos.  We are working closely with system partners to deliver new ways of working such as ACE and direct pathway from SWAST to Sirona. We are utilising our Advanced Practitioners to provide remote clinical decision making and using their skills to best support patients.  We are looking for a partner to support us in continuing to change the way we work to meet new demands and within this role there will be opportunities to develop your leadership skills, share your knowledge and passion for advanced practice, whilst also having opportunity to help shape and develop the service and your role within.  As part of this role we expect to be able to offer the opportunity to also complete face to face assessments in addition to remote clinical decision making.

Main duties of the job

• Provide remote urgent assessment, treatment, and diagnosis of clinically deteriorating service users.
• Triage and evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.
• Signpost appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway, such as specialist services.
• Provide a service that focuses on achieving and demonstrating overall improvements in health care for people who are complex and frail, with long term conditions who may present with urgent care needs.
• Provide robust clinical leadership to ensure high quality harm free care.
• To promote and champion use of digital technology in remote clinical assessment and decision making.
• Work collaboratively with the other ACPs in the locality
• Be responsible for the provision of relevant clinical training within the team which may include;
  • Supporting team performance in key identified areas including frailty and the assessment and management of long term conditions.
  • Support the development of advanced clinical practice within the team through the provision of education and clinical supervision.
  • Facilitate local and organisational audits, clinical investigations and RCAs relevant to clinical practice.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner, actively using and promoting shared decision making and empowerment of service users, ensuring they have comprehensive, individualised care plans.

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.