Advanced Clinical Practitioner – Urgent Care

Salary: £48 – £62.4 per hour

MedOCC is 24/7, primary medical care service providing primary and urgent care in and out of hours to a registered population of 291,452 people in Medway. The services consist of both salaried and locum doctors, administrative staff, drivers and a core team of specialist urgent care practitioners. The service operates from one established base in Medway and provides a satellite service to Sittingbourne and Sheppey. The practitioner team form an essential part of the service treating patients with a wide range of medical presentations referred via 111 and streamed by the local emergency department. The cellulitis and DVT pathways for both Medway and Swale are both commissioned to be managed by MedOCC.

provide the primary care function of this service and work in close partnership with the Same Day Emergency Centre (SDEC) and the Emergency Department (ED)

Telephone triage and advice is a fundamental part of the service which is undertaken by all clinicians. Students from a variety of specialities such as adult nursing, mental health, paramedics, GP registrars and workplace experience students are placed with the service for the wide variety of experience that is offered. The service is provided 24 hours a day and out of hours between the hours of 18:30 pm to 08:00 am on weekdays and from 18:30 pm Friday through to 08:00 Monday morning including Bank Holidays. The clinical team operate a rostered shift system.

MedOCC has multiple pathways in and out of our service and have direct referral routes to all MCH services and many more with our partner organisations such as SECAmb, MFT, KMPT and Primary Care

Job purpose

To support the Head of service/ Clinical Lead in delivering a safe and effective service and to ensure cost effective day to day management and organisation of the service.

The post holder will present a professional image and will be responsible for the effective and efficient management of the clinical care environment. They will be expected to provide evidence based practice through strong clinical leadership and supervision of the urgent care team.

Maintain a culture of continuous professional development to achieve the highest standards of clinical services. Providing clinical leadership, training and support to the urgent care team.

To identify and enable appropriate training, ensuring that all non – medical clinical staff demonstrate the skills and competencies to enable them to deliver a highly productive service.

To manage in conjunction with the Head of Service/ Clinical Lead a system of annual appraisals and individual learning and development plans for all clinical staff.

To assess, diagnose and manage patients from the first point of contact through discharge or referral, often analysing highly complex facts and situations.

To prescribe within their professional scope and maintain their knowledge and CPD to provide safe and evidence based care.

To support the Head of Service/ Clinical Lead in developing pathways to support the wider Kent and Medway system

The post holder will have effective and highly specialised communications skills to support multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to patient care.

Respond to changing work dynamics within the working environment to react to altered needs on a shift by shift basis.

In the absence of the Head of Service/ Clinical Lead to ensure that the service operates in a safe and effective manner.