Home Visiting Clinical Practitioner

It is important to note that responsibilities will evolve so this is not designed to be an exhaustive list. The role includes: Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team within Canterbury Integrated Healthcare including involvement in weekly frailty and/or care home MDT meetings Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the PCN team Advise patients on general healthcare and promote self-management where appropriate, including signposting patients to the PCNs social prescribing service and, where appropriate, other community or voluntary services Liaising with other professionals, families and carers to provide clinical information relating to patient management. Support the delivery of Enhanced Health in Care Homes including: oAssessment upon admission of new patients to care homes oProactive, timely and consistent weekly support to the care home oEvaluate and modify care plans oTimely same day response to the in-reach teams where appropriate oProvide direct clinical care to patients using established clinical guidelines for both routine and urgent complaints. Be able to: Perform specialist health checks and reviews within their scope of practice and in line with local and national guidance Support the delivery of anticipatory care plans and lead certain services (e.g., monitoring blood pressure and diabetes risk of elderly patients, reviews of patients with learning disabilities) Provide an alternative model to urgent and same day GP home visit for the networks Communicate at all levels across organisations ensuring that an effective, person-centred service is delivered Communicate proactively and effectively with all colleagues across the multi-disciplinary team, attending and contributing to meetings as required Maintain accurate and contemporaneous health records appropriate to the consultation, ensuring accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient healthcare and registration with the organisation Communicate effectively with patients and, where appropriate, family members and their carers, where applicable, complex and sensitive information regarding their physical health needs, results, findings and treatment choices Any other tasks and duties commensurate with the role Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.