Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties

This role is ideal for a confident, compassionate clinician looking to make a real impact in a diverse and supportive practice. In this patient-facing role, you'll be expected to:

• Assess, diagnose, and manage patients with urgent health queries
• Provide autonomous, high-quality patient care with advanced clinical skills and extensive theoretical knowledge
• Promote health education and maintain accurate patient records
• Order diagnostic tests, and prescribe medication independently as required, within legal and policy guidelines
• Provide consultations via face-to-face appointments, telephone, or video consultations in a timely and effective manner
• Conduct occasional home visits to support patients unable to attend the surgery
• Work closely with our designated care home, including ward rounds
• Adhere to practice policies and fostering effective relationships with our multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care

Leadership and Development

• Lead on specific clinical projects or areas of practice, such as chronic disease management or mental health
• Contribute to the training and development of staff, including providing educational sessions and supervising students
• Maintain and enhance professional development through reflective practice, continuing education, and attending relevant training.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registration with the NMC
• Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
• Minor illness qualification
• Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register

Desirable

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice or ePortfolio equivalent
• Experience in line management
• Experience of QOF

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as an advanced nursing practitioner
• Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
• Experience in managing minor illness presentations in children from age 6 months

Desirable

• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience of working with a care home
• Expertise in managing acute and chronic conditions in a primary care setting

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

Concord Medical Centre

Address

Braydon Avenue

Little Stoke

Bristol

BS34 6BQ

Employer's website

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