Weaver Vale Practice

Nurse Practitioner to Manage Care Home Residents

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthsiastic ANP to manage and support the Care Home Residents of the practices aligned practice. The role is part time. We are a committed supportive practice and positively encourage development of additional skills and personal development.

Main duties of the job

The Nurse Practitioner will be an experienced nurse who holds an appropriate, specific, advanced professional qualification which meets NMC requirements for high level practice.

You will work with the practice team to provide high quality care which meets the needs of the practices patient population.

Working within defined professional boundaries, they will be able to make safe clinical decisions relating to assessment, diagnosis, treatment and review. The will demonstrate critical thinking ability.

You will function as an integral part of the clinical leadership team in the practice, providing advice and guidance to the nursing team to ensure they deliver care based on the needs of the practices population.

About us

Weaver Vale practice is a friendly well organised teaching practice with 9,200 patients.

We are based in a large purpose-built health centre, shared with another general practice, with an integral pharmacy, district nurses and health visitors on site. We are adjacent to Halton General Hospital in Runcorn and are in easy reach of Liverpool, Manchester, and North Wales.

Date posted

12 October 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

A0445-23-0003

Job locations

Hospital Way

Runcorn

Cheshire

WA7 2UT

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will work with the practice team to provide high quality care which meets the needs of the practices patient population primarily those who are resident in the practices aligned care home. .

Assess/examine patients, diagnose, plan, treat and review/evaluate. Assessment may be face-to-face by appointment or by telephone as part of a triage/unscheduled care team and will include patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis.

Diagnose and manage patients presenting with both acute and chronic conditions based on a management plan which includes a medication plan and other interventions.

Identify health priorities and make timely and appropriate interventions to support patients presenting in an emergency and/or with complex/urgent needs.

Assess and manage patients physiological and psychological needs, including patients with complex needs, multiple diagnoses and polypharmacy.

Identify patients at risk of developing a chronic illness and develop a plan for minimising risk of worsening.

Advise and educate patients, promoting understanding, self-management, healthy lifestyle choices and sources of support and compliance with treatment plan and medication.

In line with competence and agreed protocols, prescribe medication, review its effectiveness and make appropriate adjustments to treatment, ensuring patient understanding of medication side-effects and interactions, including over-the-counter medication.

Ensure the health needs of all patients presenting to the nursing team are met in a clinically appropriate way and by the team member best qualified to meet their needs.

Ensure the nursing team meets the clinical needs of patients presenting with routine and emergency needs and conditions or who require advice and support including chronic disease management, family planning, vaccination and immunisations, health promotion/lifestyle advice, wound care, venepuncture etc.

Ensure that all patients who may be vulnerable or who have mental health needs are appropriately managed and protected by the nursing team..