Ajmal Raza
Peterborough
Summary
Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner with over 5 years of experience in primary and urgent care. Skilled in assessing and undifferentiated patients. Experienced in managing chronic diseases, palliative care, and conducting home visits and remote triage. Proven ability to lead teams and mentor trainee ACPs and nursing students while maintaining high standards of patient care. Demonstrate autonomy in practice, ensuring safety and competence in clinical decision-making.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
Trainee Consultant ACP & ACP Lead
Greater Peterborough Network
04.2025 - Current
- Followed up patients in the community who were managed on our virtual ward, providing a step down service from hospital
- Providing same day assessment and treatment for patients in the community, as part of an admission avoidance service.
- Management of palliative care and end of life patients.
- Providing senior clinician cover for the visiting teams, which involves interpreting blood results and providing clinical advice.
- Covering the on-call rota.
- Investigating and supporting learning events, which involves feeding back to the appropriate teams and individuals.
- Patient case reviews and remote consultations
- Mentor to tACP’s
- Minor injury assessment and management
Locum Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Primary Care
12.2024 - Current
- Diagnosed and treated patients attending primary health care services with range of acute and non-acute medical conditions.
- Prescribed and reviewed medication plans in line with current evidence-based practice for optimised patient outcomes.
- Requested additional diagnostic investigations as required, interpreting results to develop targeted treatment programmes.
- Managed patient referrals within multi-disciplinary practice teams and secondary care organisations for improved patient results.
- Worked with clinical team to carry out prescribed treatments addressing individual patient needs.
- Consulted with colleagues for shared problem-solving and decision-making.
Locum Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Primary Care
05.2023 - 11.2024
- Diagnosed and treated patients attending primary health care services with range of acute and non-acute medical conditions.
- Demonstrated expert clinical skills and critical judgement to provide safe, appropriate patient-centred care.
- Performed annual reviews of patients' medications and ability to self-manage to offer appropriate support.
- Requested additional diagnostic investigations as required, interpreting results to develop targeted treatment programmes.
- Prescribed and reviewed medication plans in line with current evidence-based practice for optimised patient outcomes.
- Minor injury assessment and management
Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Johnson Hospital
09.2022 - 11.2023
- Autonomous practitioner working in an ACP led Urgent Treatment Centre.
- Coordinated planning and delivery of unscheduled care, communicating treatment and medication plans clearly to patients and carers.
- Carried out thorough clinical assessments to effectively triage and treat patients with illness and injuries.
- Prescribed and reviewed medication plans in line with current evidence-based practice for optimised patient outcomes.
- Involved in auditing
Locum Urgent Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Locum Agency
10.2017 - 07.2022
- Locum urgent care role based in Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, and Cambridgeshire.
- Carried out thorough clinical assessments to effectively triage and treat patients with illness and injuries.
- Coordinated planning and delivery of unscheduled care, communicating treatment and medication plans clearly to patients and carers.
Clinical Lead (Nursing) & Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Thistlemoor Medical Center
05.2017 - 07.2022
- Clinical Lead for a team of 10 nurses, involved in mentoring and supporting colleague development.
- Promoted from Nurse Practitioner to the Advanced Clinical Practitioner pathway in 2018.
- Responded to patients' concerns by referring to their medical history and performing diagnoses, investigations, treatments and referrals as appropriate.
- Proactively screened patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
- Prescribed and reviewed medication plans in line with current evidence-based practice for optimised patient outcomes.
- Diagnosed and treated acute and chronic conditions.
Education
Diploma - Primary and Urgent Care
Royal College of Paramedics
PG Module - Minor Injury Management
Sheffield Hallam University
04.2001 - /2023
MSc - Advanced Clinical Practice
De Montfort University
04.2001 -
BA - Child Nursing
Sheffield Hallam University
04.2001 -
BSc - Social Psychology and Sociology
University of Essex
Colchester 04.2001 -
Skills
- Acute condition management
- Chronic condition management
- Referral management
- Medication administration
- Critical judgement
- Caseload management
- Advanced Clinical Practice
- Patient diagnosis
- Secondary care referrals
- Clinical decision-making
- Suturing
- Injury assessment and management
- Wound management
- Patient health assessments
- Remote consultation
- Prescribing
Continuing Professional Development
Advanced Practice Educator and Supervisor - Tier 3, 2025
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Training Hub
Postgraduate CPD, Haematological and Biochemistry Interpretation Programmes - Pass, 2025
University of Hull
UCPCE, Advanced Pathophysiology - Pass, 2025
Teeside University
Timeline
Trainee Consultant ACP & ACP Lead
Greater Peterborough Network
04.2025 - Current
Locum Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Primary Care
12.2024 - Current
Locum Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Primary Care
05.2023 - 11.2024
Senior Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Johnson Hospital
09.2022 - 11.2023
Locum Urgent Care Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Locum Agency
10.2017 - 07.2022
Clinical Lead (Nursing) & Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Thistlemoor Medical Center
05.2017 - 07.2022
PG Module - Minor Injury Management
Sheffield Hallam University
04.2001 - /2023
MSc - Advanced Clinical Practice
De Montfort University
04.2001 -
BA - Child Nursing
Sheffield Hallam University
04.2001 -
BSc - Social Psychology and Sociology
University of Essex
04.2001 -
Diploma - Primary and Urgent Care
Royal College of Paramedics