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SalaryMain Responsibilities Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to assess the physical and psycho social needs of a client group with complex multiple long term conditions, instigating therapeutic treatments, including prescribing, based on best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes. To provide advanced knowledge of patients with long term conditions and sub acute clinical conditions to ensure best practice across WHT exploring and implementing ways of preventing unscheduled admission for patients into secondary care that meet the 9 UCR response guidance. To make and receive direct referrals to and from nurses, the ambulance service, consultants, general practitioners and other members of the multi-disciplinary team e.g. podiatrists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists. To facilitate advanced care to patients with managed care needs, acting as an accountable role model through the demonstration of evidence based practice. To work with and provide clinical support and highly specialist advice to associated nursing staff across the integrated health and social care teams. To set up and participate in the community virtual ward models as established and its associated systems which include working in partnership with medics, nursing and allied health care professionals, information technology providers and performance teams. To establish and maintain professional relationships with all relevant professionals and support them in establishing appropriate services and interventions that will meet the needs of patients, families and carers. To develop professional expertise through practice and continuing professional development at a local, national and international level. Contributing to maintenance of the Community services NMP database as part of the overall Trust NMP database, provision of information and communication between the Trust and community prescribers
