Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job overview

Are you an experienced Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) ready to revolutionise patient care? Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has a cutting-edge Virtual Ward service, and we’re looking for passionate clinicians to lead the way.

This is more than a job — it’s a chance to be part of a transformative model that brings hospital-level care into patients’ homes. As an ACP, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering proactive, high-quality care that keeps people safe, supported, and out of hospital.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you’ll be a vital link between hospital and home, independently managing patients with a range of undifferentiated presentations. You’ll provide clinical care in patients homes and remotely via the Virtual Ward, helping patients avoid unnecessary admissions and recover in the comfort of their own homes. The role will include:

• Conducting regular assessments using a variety of clinical tools

• Developing and leading personalised care plans in collaboration with hospital and community teams

• Carrying out independent reviews of patients receiving virtual care (including home visits and remote (virtual) reviews)

• Working collaboratively as part of the integrated multidisciplinary virtual ward team and participating in regular MDT patient review

• Supporting safe discharge and continuity of care across settings

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The main responsibilities of this role include but are not limited to the following:

To deliver and participate in the clinical care of patients

Provide a level of advanced and comprehensive assessment, based on a specialist body of knowledge.

Direct responsibility for the management of patients within the Virtual Ward case load and for the supervision of junior members of the multidisciplinary team

To appropriately assess, examine, investigate, diagnose and treat patients, resulting in the safe management and appropriate referral or discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations.

Order and interpret investigations, laboratory tests, x-rays and act on results as appropriate.

Initiate drug therapy/medication within the parameters of agreed clinical guidelines and in accordance with present legislation supply and prescribing of medicines.

To contribute to the development and improvement of systems and processes that facilitate patient flow.

Maintain own clinical development by keeping abreast of new treatments and technologies

To improve the quality of the patient experience by identifying and meeting the individual clinical needs of patients.

To rigorously review all aspects of the patient care plans and identify and address issues that may result in a sub-standard service.

Contribute to the review and development of integrated care pathways and clinical guidelines to ensure a standardised approach.

Under supervision practice with confidence and competence within your professional guidelines and code of conduct (NMC/HCPC/GPhC)

To ensure that accurate documentation and records of patient care are kept.

To assist in the development of assessment systems, processes and tools within the clinical setting and adjacent clinical/assessment areas.

Ability to adapt specialist clinical knowledge and skills to different clinical settings and influence service delivery and patient care.

Actively implement effective systems and processes for infection control management and relevant audit within their clinical area.

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

Communicate patients conditions verbally and in writing to other members of the health care team and contribute to the decision-making processes in patient management. Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues.

Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance e.g., patient liaison service, and provide information in an appropriate, and approved, format to all patients.

Be able to anticipate barriers to effective communication and take action to improve communication.