About the role
Salary: Negotiable
Undertakes Clinical Practice at an advanced level using expert
knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to people
accessing primary health care services
Assesses diagnoses and
treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of
acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions.
Refers patients to other medical specialities for assessment if deemed appropriate.
Refers
patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team,
secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations
Undertakes
and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical
procedures e.g. cytology, venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring etc.
Makes
decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without
recourse to others e.g. direct referral of patients to Hospital
Consultants without prior reference to other medical colleagues.
Advises and supports others where standard protocols do not apply.
Communicates highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives and carers.
Initiates
the process of diagnosis with patients suspected to have a chronic
disease e.g. Diabetes, COPD, asthma, IHD referring to other clinical
staff as appropriate.
Contribute to practice targets both local
and national within the disease management agenda e.g. QOF, prescribing
incentive scheme, NSFs, National benchmarking.
Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiate changes as necessary.
Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct.
Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management.
Extended and supplementary prescriber