BrisDoc Healthcare Services
Lead Clinical Practitioner -Burren
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Lead Clinical Practitioner
The Lead Clinical Practitioner (LCP) is a senior leadership role within Severnside Integrated Urgent Care (IUC), providing advanced clinical practice across The Burren, Out of Hours, Clinical Assessment Service (CAS), Clinical Medication Delivery Unit (CMDU) and ACE services. The role combines clinical duties with leadership responsibilities, including supervision, mentoring, clinical governance, audit, service improvement and patient safety.
Within The Burren, the post holder will work as an autonomous prescribing clinician, delivering primary medical care to patients discharged from secondary care who require rehabilitation and ongoing clinical support. The role requires advanced assessment, clinical decision-making, risk management and chronic disease management skills, supported by the Nursing and AHP leadership team and primary care GPs.
The post holder will act as a key member of the multidisciplinary team, participating in ward rounds and managing routine and urgent patient needs. Working closely with nurses, AHPs, GPs, therapists, social care and operational teams, the LCP will support integrated care, improve patient outcomes and ensure patients receive the right care at the right time. The post includes 16.75 clinical hours and 6 leadership hours per week.
Clinical
- Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis, complex needs, acute and chronic conditions for both physical, mental health and psycho-social needs.
- Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
- Diagnose and manage patient presentations, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
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CMDU Only
This is a service for North Somerset prescribing antivirals for Covid. This service is run during set hours and has one allocated clinician.
Communication
- Effective communication as part of the Nursing & AHP Leadership Team – providing representation across IUC, ensuring partnership working and working with a variety of stakeholders.
- Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
- Communicate with and support patients who are receiving ‘bad news’.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background, languages, and preferred ways of communicating.
About BrisDoc
BrisDoc is a proud provider of NHS Healthcare. We have been delivering ‘patient care, by people who care’ for over twenty years.
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We run an exciting range of Primary Care Services, including an Urgent Care Service, GP Practices, and the Homeless Health Service. This enables BrisDoc to offer excellent healthcare 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to over one million people across Bristol, North Somerset & South Glos.
We’re a Social Enterprise and an Employee-Owned Business. This means the decisions we make are for the good of our patients, workforce, and wider community. This involves prioritising the health of our patients, protecting our environment, and improving the social and economic status of our population. Our ‘Community Fund’ is a staff lead team who work closely with health-based charitable causes, both local and international, to invest time and money in improving the lives of people in disadvantaged communities.
By joining BrisDoc, you will be part of an innovative organisation that prides ourselves on being a fantastic place to work; somewhere that you will feel valued, supported, developed and part of a family. We strive to make sure every member of the team feels proud of the work they do and the service that we offer.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Anjana Moolaplackel Thankachan
Job title: People Team Advisor
Email address: workwithus@brisdoc.org
Telephone number: 0117 937 0900
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