Job Description

Job responsibilities St Ann's Medical Centre are excited to share the position of Advanced Paediatric Practitioner (APP) within our practice. Within your professional boundaries you will assess, diagnose and provide advice, care and management to children and young people presenting with undiagnosed or undifferentiated illness via face-to-face assessments. Working in this role you will demonstrate clinical reasoning, critical thinking and autonomous practice, supported by GP / ANP colleagues. What will you be doing Accurately triaging and prioritising patients, including in acute situations, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event/illness, including past medical and drug history.



Evaluating clinical information from examination and history taking, initiating appropriate treatment and/or referral and requesting and interpreting tests eg., blood tests, imaging and ECGs to aid the diagnosis of complex conditions. Using broad clinical guidelines (NICE etc) relating them to individual cases, providing assistance and feedback to the organisation and others on how these should be interpreted. Signposting appropriately to other services in the identified healthcare pathway. Deliver quality individualised care to children and young people with a high level of autonomy underpinned by the four pillars of Clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.



Within your professional boundaries you will assess, diagnose and prescribe where appropriate, providing advice and care for children and young people presenting with undiagnosed and undifferentiated illnesses Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national/local protocols and within scope of practice. You will practice autonomously whilst demonstrating a child and young person-centred approach to meet patient health care needs.