Job description

Job responsibilities

Role description

The Advanced Clinical Practitioner will work as part of the Ageing Well Team providing highly specialist person centred care for older people including frail housebound and care home patients across Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network

On a day to day basis the postholder will undertake acute housebound visits and care home ward rounds supporting patients who may be acutely unwell deteriorating clinically complex or at risk of hospital admission

The role will involve completing comprehensive clinical assessments formulating differential diagnoses and management plans prescribing where appropriate escalating concerns and coordinating care with the wider multidisciplinary team

Working autonomously the postholder will manage complete episodes of care using advanced clinical knowledge diagnostic reasoning critical analysis and decision making skills to support safe and timely patient care

The role requires an experienced highly motivated practitioner with a strong acute clinical background who is confident working in a fast paced and time sensitive environment

The postholder will work within the four pillars of advanced practice contributing to clinical leadership governance service development education audit and quality improvement

The postholder will support the ongoing development of the PCN visiting and care home service helping to improve responsiveness continuity of care and admission avoidance

Key responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities

• The postholder will carry out acute home visits for housebound patients including frail patients over the age of sixty five and undertake care home ward rounds providing timely clinical assessment review advice and management plans
• The postholder will respond to urgent and time sensitive clinical need using sound clinical judgement to prioritise caseloads manage competing demands identify deterioration escalate appropriately and reduce avoidable admission where possible
• The postholder will assess and triage patients as part of the PCN visiting service using a multidisciplinary approach
• This may include same day triage acute housebound visits care home reviews definitive treatment prescribing medication in line with policy and guidelines or making necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team
• The postholder will undertake comprehensive specialist and holistic assessment of patients and carers where needs are complex planning implementing and evaluating care according to changing healthcare needs
• The postholder will work autonomously using advanced history taking clinical examination and diagnostic reasoning skills to assess diagnose plan treatment and review patient response
• The postholder will demonstrate advanced knowledge of disease progression treatment options and clinical deterioration re evaluating the patient's condition and adapting management plans as needs change
• The postholder will authorise the decision to admit service users and proactively initiate discharge where applicable to profession
• The postholder will prescribe where appropriate to profession as an independent non medical or supplementary prescriber developing and monitoring management plans including medication
• The postholder will communicate effectively with acute hospitals primary care social care community teams care homes and third sector agencies to support continuity and transfer of care
• The postholder will act as an advocate for patients carers and relatives providing appropriate support advice and referrals where required
• The postholder will maintain accurate confidential and timely patient records reflective of advanced clinical practice

Leadership and service development

• The postholder will provide clinical leadership within the visiting and care home service supporting effective prioritisation of workload timely decision making and safe management of clinical risk
• The postholder will act as a calm responsive and professional role model promoting proactive positive respectful supportive reliable and trustworthy behaviours
• The postholder will assess and monitor risk in own and others' practice supporting safe delivery of care and appropriate reporting investigation and learning from incidents or near misses
• The postholder will contribute to clinical governance patient safety incident reviews complaints investigations and shared learning where required
• The postholder will support supervision mentorship coaching and learning opportunities for colleagues and students including sharing learning from acute community and care home based practice
• The postholder will contribute to audit service evaluation and quality improvement using evidence based practice and learning from acute visits care home ward rounds and multidisciplinary working to improve patient outcomes
• The postholder will support the ongoing development of the PCN acute visiting and care home service identifying opportunities to improve responsiveness patient flow admission avoidance and continuity of care

Professional responsibilities

• The postholder will collect collate and present relevant clinical and service information to support reporting service planning and improvement
• The postholder will ensure timely and accurate clinical documentation following acute visits care home ward rounds and multidisciplinary discussions
• The postholder will ensure personal performance meets job requirements professional codes professional standards and post competency standards at all times
• The postholder will use clinical systems and IT effectively to process record evaluate analyse and report information
• The postholder will challenge poor practice and take appropriate action making full use of current support systems
• The postholder will create effective teamwork across professional boundaries supporting shared goals and multidisciplinary working
• The postholder will respect and apply equality diversity dignity privacy and confidentiality requirements at all times
• The postholder will work independently flexibly and proactively demonstrating resilience sound judgement and the ability to respond effectively to urgent clinical need

The role will involve working across GP practices residential and nursing homes and patients' own homes

This job description provides an outline of the key duties and responsibilities of the role

There may be other duties required of the postholder commensurate with the position and the description may be reviewed in line with the development of the PCN and member practices

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of advanced autonomous clinical practice in the management of patients or service users
• Experience of assessing and managing complex frail older housebound or care home patients including recognising deterioration and taking appropriate clinical action
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team and coordinating care with other professionals and agencies
• Experience of managing clinical risk prioritising competing demands and making safe timely decisions under pressure
• Experience of using evidence guidance and clinical judgement to support safe and effective patient care

Desirable

• Experience in frailty older peoples care
• Experience of contributing to service development quality improvement audit or service evaluation
• Experience of supporting supervision mentorship or development of colleagues or students

Clinical Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Advanced clinical assessment history taking examination and diagnostic reasoning skills
• Ability to formulate management plans and prescribe safely within scope of practice
• Understanding of relevant national and local guidance and its application to clinical practice
• Competent in undertaking clinical examinations and relevant investigations within scope of practice

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Health Practitioner
• Registered non-medical prescriber
• Relevant full Masters degree

Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential

• Able to work independently and autonomously
• Able to remain calm organised and effective in a fast paced time sensitive clinical environment
• Highly motivated proactive and flexible in response to changing service needs
• Demonstrates resilience sound judgement and a solution focused approach
• Effective communicator able to communicate complex and sensitive information clearly

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network

Address

Ammonite Health Partnership

West Allington

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 5BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.jurassiccoastpcn.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

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*INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 13 OCTOBER 2026*

Job Summary

The Pharmacy Technician will be an integral member of the Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network pharmacy team, supporting the safe, effective and efficient use of medicines across our member practices.

Working under the supervision of the Lead Clinical Pharmacist, the postholder will undertake a combination of patient-facing, clinical, technical and administrative duties. They will work closely with pharmacists, GPs, practice teams, community pharmacies, care providers and other healthcare professionals to improve medicines safety and patient outcomes.

Main Responsibilities

• Undertake patient-facing and patient-supporting work to help patients understand and use their medicines effectively.
• Use shared decision-making and consultation skills to support patients with their medication.
• Complete medicines reconciliation for patients following hospital discharge or transfer between care settings.
• Support medication reviews, including reviews for patients who are newly admitted to care homes.
• Create medication reminder charts and other resources to support patients with taking their medicines safely.
• Carry out medication safety audits and support the monitoring of patients prescribed high-risk medicines.
• Provide appropriate lifestyle and public health advice within the postholders level of competence.
• Support pharmacists and the wider multidisciplinary team with prescribing information, medicine availability and medicines-related queries.
• Participate in shared care arrangements and liaise with specialist pharmacists when supporting patients with complex needs.
• Contribute to antimicrobial stewardship work to help reduce inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
• Support medicines management incentive schemes, national prescribing policies, enhanced services and Quality and Outcomes Framework activity.
• Participate in clinical audits and quality improvement work, including audits relating to antibiotic use and medication safety.

Medicines management and prescribing systems

• Work with the multidisciplinary team to improve medication ordering and return processes and help reduce medicines waste.
• Support practice reception and administrative teams to appropriately triage routine prescription requests, enabling pharmacists and GPs to focus on more complex clinical queries.
• Support the effective use of electronic prescriptions, repeat prescribing systems and the Electronic Prescription Service.
• Help ensure that monitoring for high-risk medicines is completed safely and within appropriate timescales.
• Provide training and support to practice staff on safe medicines handling and medicines optimisation processes.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with pharmacy technicians, pharmacists and other professionals across primary care, community pharmacy, secondary care and social care.

Working arrangements

• The postholder will be expected to plan and manage their own workload, working independently within agreed procedures and appropriate clinical supervision.
• The role will involve working across the PCNs member practices: Ammonite Health Partnership, Barton House Medical Practice and Lyme Bay Medical Centre.
• Independent travel between PCN sites and attendance at meetings hosted by other organisations will be required. Hot desking may be necessary depending on room availability.

General Responsibilities

• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply with all relevant information governance and data protection requirements.
• Follow the health and safety, incident reporting, safeguarding, equality and diversity policies of the PCN and its member practices.
• Treat patients, colleagues and visitors with dignity and respect.
• Take responsibility for continuing professional development and keeping knowledge of medicines management, primary care pharmacy and relevant guidance up to date.
• Undertake any other duties appropriate to the role that support the effective operation and development of the PCN pharmacy service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Pharmacy Technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)

Desirable

• Enrolled in, undertaking, or qualified from an approved training pathway such as: Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP), Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH), Courses approved by the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) or other approved pathways aligned with the UK-wide APTUK/PCPA National Competency Framework

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrated competency in delivering patient-facing and supporting roles within primary care or similar settings
• Proficiency in medicines optimisation tasks, including medication reviews, reconciliation, and techniques for effective medicine use
• Understanding of clinical protocols, shared care frameworks, and antimicrobial stewardship
• Proven experience in medicines management, clinical audits, and contributing to quality improvement measures within healthcare frameworks (e.g., QOF)

Desirable

• Experience in working with multi-disciplinary teams within primary care, including knowledge of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS)
• Experience in providing public health and lifestyle advice, especially to reduce local health inequalities

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Strong clinical and technical skills in medicines management
• Effective communication skills with patients and the ability to engage in shared decision-making
• Ability to work autonomously within clinical supervision and contribute actively to a healthcare team
• Leadership skills to support medicines optimisation systems and train other staff members in safe handling and efficient use of medicines
• Commitment to continuous professional development and staying updated with relevant policies and best practices in primary care pharmacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network

Address

West Allington

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 5BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.jurassiccoastpcn.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

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Wider Responsibilities

In addition to the primary responsibilities, the administrator may be requested to:

• Participate in any audits as directed
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning

Generic Responsibilities

All staff at Ammonite Health Partnership have a duty to conform to the following:

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

A good attitude and positive action towards Equality Diversity & Inclusion (ED&I) creates and environment where all individuals can achieve their full potential. Creating such an environment is important for three reasons: it improves operational effectiveness, it is morally the right thing to do, and it is required by law.

Patients and their families have the right to be treated fairly and be routinely involved in decisions about their treatment and care. They can expect to be treated with dignity and respect and will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Patients have a responsibility to treat other patients and our staff with dignity and respect.

Staff have the right to be treated fairly in recruitment and career progression. Staff can expect to work in an environment where diversity is valued and equality of opportunity is promoted. Staff will not be discriminated against on any grounds including age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Staff have a responsibility to ensure that you treat our patients and their colleagues with dignity and respect.

Safety, Health, Environment and Fire (SHEF)

This organisation is committed to supporting and promoting opportunities for staff to maintain their health, wellbeing and safety.

The post-holder is to manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients and monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.

All personnel have a duty to take reasonable care of health and safety at work for themselves, their team and others and to cooperate with employers to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

All personnel are to comply with the:

• Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
• Environmental Protection Act 1990
• Environment Act 1995
• Fire Precautions (workplace) Regulations 1999
• Other statutory legislation which may be brought to the post holders attention.

Confidentiality

The organisation is committed to maintaining an outstanding confidential service. Patients entrust and permit us to collect and retain sensitive information relating to their health and other matters pertaining to their care. They do so in confidence and have a right to expect all staff will respect their privacy and maintain confidentiality at all times.

It is essential that, if the legal requirements are to be met and the trust of our patients is to be retained, all staff must protect patient information and provide a confidential service.

Quality & Continuous Improvement (CI)

To preserve and improve the quality of the organisations outputs, all personnel are required to think not only of what they do but how they achieve it. By continually re-examining our processes, we will be able to develop and improve the overall effectiveness of the way we work.

The responsibility for this rests with everyone working within the practice to look for opportunities to improve quality and share good practice and to discuss, highlight and collaborate with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.

This practice continually strives to improve work processes which deliver healthcare with improved results across all areas of our service provision. We promote a culture of continuous improvement where everyone counts, and staff are permitted to make suggestions and contributions to improve our service delivery and enhance patient care.

Staff should interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice. All staff are to contribute to investigations and root cause analyses whilst participating in serious incident investigations and multidisciplinary case reviews.

Induction Training

We will provide a full induction programme, and management will support you throughout the process.

Learning and Development

The effective use of training and development is fundamental in ensuring that all staff are equipped with the appropriate skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to perform their role. All staff will be required to partake in, and complete mandatory training as directed. It is an expectation for this post-holder to assess their own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.

The post-holder will undertake mentorship for team members and disseminate learning and information gained to other team members to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g., courses and conferences). The post-holder will provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.

Collaborative Working

All staff are to recognise the significance of collaborative working and understand their own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time. Staff are to prioritise their own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.

Teamwork is essential in multidisciplinary environments, and the post-holder is to work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working and to work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.

Effective communication is essential, and all staff must ensure they communicate in a manner which enables the sharing of information in an appropriate manner.

All staff should delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence. Plans and outcomes by which to measure success should be agreed.

Managing information

All staff should use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in the planning, implementation and monitoring of care and presenting and communicating information.

Data should be reviewed and processed using accurate SNOMED codes to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.

Service Delivery

Staff will be given detailed information during the induction process regarding policy and procedure.

The post-holder must adhere to the information contained within the organisations policies and regional directives, ensuring protocols are adhered to at all times.

Security

The security of the organisation is the responsibility of all personnel. The post-holder must ensure they always remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity immediately to their line manager.

Under no circumstances are staff to share the codes for the door locks with anyone and are to ensure that restricted areas remain effectively secured. Likewise, password controls are to be maintained and are not to be shared.

Professional conduct, uniforms and appearance

All staff are required to dress appropriately for their role and in accordance with the organisations Uniforms, Dress and Appearance Policy. All staff members are to ensure that their conduct is commensurate with line management expectations and practice protocol.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of administrative duties

Desirable

• Experience of working in a health care setting as a medical secretary

Other Requirements

Essential

• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Occupational Health clearance

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and effective in communicating and understanding patient needs
• Competent in the use of MS Office and Outlook
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• Ability to use own initiative, discretion, and sensitivity
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent communication skills and effective in communicating and understanding patient needs
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Good organisational skills
• Effectively utilise resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• Understanding of safeguarding adults and children
• Knowledge of and ability to work to key policies and procedures

Desirable

• Clinical IT system user skills and the ability to record accurate notes
• Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure

Qualifications

Essential

• A good standard of education with an expectation of having both GCSE Maths and English at Grade C or above or Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English

Desirable

• Typing qualification i.e. RSA Diploma

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Ammonite Health Partnership

Address

Bridport Medical Centre

West Allington

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 5BN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.ammonitehealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)