Enhanced Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

PRIMARY DUTIES AND AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES

Job Responsibilities:

Supporting patients living with frailty and long term conditions

Working with practice GPs and practice frailty lead GP to support patients living with frailty and/or long term conditions in the community and care home

Assess and/or case manage patients with frailty in the community with support of the regular GP and the frailty lead GP, through telephone, practice-based and home visit assessments where necessary.

Work with and refer to other community providers to support patients living with frailty, where appropriate

Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness

• Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team
• Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary

Personalised Case Managing and assessment of at risk patients

Supported by the patients named GP, work in creating, reviewing and implementation of personalised care plans for patients identified as vulnerable or at risk of unplanned admission to hospital. This may involve visiting patients in their own homes or in nursing /residential care homes to carry out the assessment and create the care plan

Liaising and working with professionals from community services, community MDTs and specialists to ensure they are delivering effective care to patients requiring this as required

The following skills would be desirable:

Able to perform simple clinical examinations

• Urinalysis, other baseline observational assessments
• Dressings
• ECG
• Phlebotomy (where necessary only)
• Routine injections
• Minor injuries
• Routine immunisations and vaccinations
• Other routine practice nursing skills

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures if required

• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform investigatory procedures if required on a home visit or where necessary at the practice

Training and personal development

• Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with Practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the Practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.
• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the Practice staff where appropriate
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development ensuring PREP requirements are met.
• If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
• Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan

Person Specification

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Confident and able to undertake task required Enhanced Nurse Practitioner (such as simple clinical assessments, phlebotomy, care planning, assessment of minor ailments, general practice nursing skills)
• Computer literate with clinical systems
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Evidence of on-going professional development

Desirable

• Experience of EMIS WEB Clinical System

Qualifications

Essential

• RGN/RN
• MSc or BSc Nurse Practitioner Degree

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber desirable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Pinn Medical Centre

Address

37 Love Lane

Pinner

Middlesex

HA5 3EE

Employer's website

https://www.thepinn.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)