Obstetrics & Gynaecology Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job overview

On a daily basis the Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) will provide clinical assessment and management to patients under the Obstetrics and Gynaecology service.

The post holder will support research/use information systems, lead, and participate in relevant research within practice as well as demonstrate  an understanding of research methodology.

Provides specialist education and training to other staff, students, patients and carers.

This role will work on the Junior Doctor roster, based primarily at the Grange University Hospital but may also work across other sites for example the Royal Gwent Hospital. This post holder will be required to work a flexible shift pattern to meet the needs of the service, the working pattern will vary.

The post holder will require significant experience working within Obstetrics or Gynaecology and must have experience using Ultrasound.

Main duties of the job

Assess plans, implements, and evaluates specialist clinical care of patients or clients; gives highly specialist advice to patients, clients or  carers.

Assessment, investigational management, and diagnosis, make decisions to discharge or admit – use of a wide range of work procedures and  practices, which require advanced theoretical knowledge and practical experience.

Developing therapeutic interventions – advanced skills and autonomous judgement to prescribe drug treatments following interpretation of  clinical findings (use of independent prescribing where appropriate to role to prescribe drug therapies or initiating non-drug therapies).

Carry out patient clinical reviews, and feedback complex clinical information to enable decisions in care management to be agreed upon and/or changed.

Develops and implements specialist programmes of care; gives highly specialist advice to patients, clients or carers.

Dexterity and accuracy required to carry out procedures relevant to area of practice e.g., venepuncture, cannulation, Lumbar Puncture, Arterial Blood gases.

Supervises work of others; clinical supervision of staff, students

Planned specialist education programmes relevant to area of practice.

Implements clinical policies and proposes changes to working practices

Responsible for maintaining own level of knowledge in specialist area of practice, lead specialist for a defined patient case load within area of  practice

Responsible for own professional actions

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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