Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Care Home

We are looking for an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner Nurse to support the primary care network (PCN) in implementing the requirements of the Network Contract Direct Enhanced Service including Enhanced Health in Care Homes, Personalised Care, and other PCN care home responsibilities. The service is designed to develop and embed positive, proactive care for people in care home settings, including nursing and residential home settings for adults with social, physical, and mental health needs and people with learning difficulties.

The ACPN will work collaboratively with the Wolverhampton Total Health PCN Care Home team to meet the needs of the patients, supporting the delivery of policies and procedures. The ACPN will be able to assess and treat varied clinical cases, having advanced skills to assess the patient with a differentiated or undifferentiated clinical diagnosis. Advanced communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills will be used to complete initial assessment and provide on-going patient care.

The post holder will provide clinical expertise for developing and enhancing the service and will demonstrate advanced skills and competencies to ensure that evidence-based practice is inherent in all aspects of care and treatment.

Main duties of the job

Working within the locally and nationally agreed protocols and guidelines, the ACPN exercises independent judgement to assess, investigate, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate the clinical care and management of community patients.

The ACPN will work collaboratively within the multi-professional team and support the education and development of nursing, medical and allied-health professionals.

Working as part of the Care Home Team, participate in a programme of holistic support to care homes, including contributing to ward round activity.