Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Ageing Well Team

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a developing PCN service supporting older people, including frail, housebound and care home patients across Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network. On a day-to-day basis, the role will involve acute housebound visits and care home ward rounds, providing timely clinical assessment, management plans, prescribing where appropriate, escalation and coordinated care with the wider multidisciplinary team.

We are looking for someone with a strong acute clinical background who is confident working autonomously in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment. The successful candidate will be flexible, proactive and able to prioritise a varied caseload, while maintaining safe, high-quality and person-centred care.

This role would suit a motivated clinician who enjoys working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team and is passionate about improving care for older people, supporting admission avoidance, continuity of care and responsive community-based clinical support.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will provide autonomous clinical assessment and management for older people, including frail, housebound and care home patients across the PCN.

Main duties will include undertaking acute housebound visits, completing care home ward rounds, assessing and triaging patients, formulating differential diagnoses and management plans, prescribing where appropriate, and escalating concerns where further input or admission may be required.

The role will involve managing a varied and time-sensitive caseload, recognising deterioration, supporting admission avoidance and working closely with GP practices, care homes, community teams, acute services, social care and other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The postholder will also contribute to clinical leadership, patient safety, clinical governance, service development, audit, quality improvement and shared learning within the Ageing Well Team and wider PCN.

Jurassic Coast Primary Care Network (PCN) is a group of GP practices based in rural West Dorset, working together to provide high-quality, personalised healthcare to the local community. The PCN includes a mix of healthcare professionals like social prescribers, clinical pharmacists, digital care coordinators, and admin staff. These teams work across several hubs in the area to make sure everyone can access the care they need.

The PCN prides itself on being supportive and inclusive, with a real focus on staff well-being as a key part of delivering great patient care. Its built on values like respect, attention to detail, active listening, openness, empowering patients, and always learning and improving.

People who work there often describe it as fast-paced, lively, and caring. Theres a real sense of teamwork and making a difference to the lives of local patients, with the beautiful surroundings of the Jurassic Coast providing an added bonus.