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Meet the Team
Who makes up your GP practice team?
This video introduces the different healthcare professionals who work within a GP practice and explains how members of the wider practice team can support patients with their health and care needs.
Care Navigator
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This video introduces the role of the Care Navigator and explains how they help patients find the right service or member of the practice team for their needs.
Healthcare Assistants
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Healthcare Assistants support the nursing team by carrying out routine health checks and clinical tasks, such as taking blood samples, measuring blood pressure, and helping patients with their care.
Care Coordinators
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This video introduces the role of the Care Coordinator and explains how they support patients by helping to organise their care and connect them with the right services and support.
Paramedics
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This video introduces the role of the Paramedic and explains how they support patients as part of the wider GP practice team, helping to assess and manage a range of health concerns.
MSK Physiotherapist
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This video introduces the role of the Musculoskeletal (MSK) Physiotherapist and explains how they support patients with problems affecting their muscles, joints and bones, helping to assess symptoms and advise on appropriate treatment and care.
Podiatrist
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This video introduces the role of the Podiatrist and explains how they support patients with problems affecting their feet and lower limbs, helping to assess conditions and provide appropriate advice, treatment and care.
First Contact Physiotherapist
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This video introduces the role of the First Contact Physiotherapist and explains how they support patients with muscle, joint and bone problems, providing assessment, advice and guidance on the most appropriate treatment and care.
Physician Associates
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This video introduces the role of the Physician Associate and explains how they work as part of the GP practice team, supporting doctors with assessing patients and helping to manage a range of health concerns.
Social Prescriber
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This video introduces the role of the Social Prescriber and explains how they support patients with their health and wellbeing by connecting them with local services, activities and practical support in the community.
Dietitian
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This video introduces the role of the Dietitian and explains how they support patients with their diet and nutrition, providing personalised advice to help manage health conditions and improve overall health and wellbeing.
Advanced Clinical Practitioner
What is an advanced clinical practice?
In line with the NHS long term plan Queensway Surgery welcomes Advanced Clinical Practitioners to our workforce
Advanced clinical practitioners come from a range of professional backgrounds such as nursing, pharmacy, paramedics and occupational therapy. They are healthcare professionals educated to Master’s level and have developed the skills and knowledge to allow them to take on expanded roles and scope of practice caring for patients.
What is advanced clinical practice?
Advanced clinical practice (ACP) is a defined level of practice within clinical professions such as nursing, pharmacy, paramedics and occupational therapy. This level of practice is designed to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries.
Advanced clinical practitioners (ACPs) are healthcare professionals, educated to Master’s level or equivalent, with the skills and knowledge to allow them to expand their scope of practice to better meet the needs of the people they care for. ACPs are deployed across all healthcare settings and work at a level of advanced clinical practice that pulls together the four ACP pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research.
What Role Does An Advanced Clinical Practitioner Play?
Advanced clinical practitioners eventually work at the level of a middle grade doctor. They support existing and clinical care to enhance the capacity and capability within multi-professional teams. Their primary roles include improving clinical continuity, providing more patient-focused care. They also helps provide safe, accessible and high-quality patient care.
As stated in the formal definition by Health Education England: “Advanced clinical practice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership with individuals, families and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis of complex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions to enhance people’s experience and improve outcomes.”
ACPs must develop skills across patient pathways in a range of clinical areas on top of their core clinical speciality. They will have expertise in a specific area but need clinical examination skills and know various diagnostics and treatment options. This will enable them to identify and act upon issues across a range of clinical systems.
Why is advanced clinical practice important?
The NHS long term plan highlights how advanced clinical practice is central to helping transform service delivery and better meet local health needs by providing enhanced capacity, capability, productivity and efficiency within multi-professional teams.
Developing advanced clinical practice roles should be considered a key component of contemporary workforce planning, as described in the NHS Long Term Plan.