Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
To practice as an Advanced Nurse
Practitioner undertaking the assessment, evaluation and planning of patient
care, providing clinical treatments for patients in a primary care setting.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical
Providing
assessment, diagnosis and treatment at first point of contact by attending to
patients according to patients needs either in the Practice, Care Home setting
or patients homes.
Working
in the Same Day Team diagnosing and treating patients with minor illness and
other urgent presentations face-to-face or via telephone.
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.
Prescribing
medications as an independent prescriber.
Referring
patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed healthcare
pathways.
Maintaining
accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care
provided, including adverse events.
Advising
and supporting members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion
and disease prevention.
Providing
clinical advice to other members of the team where appropriate.
Communication
Liaising
and interacting with multi-professional teams across organisational boundaries,
including primary care, social services and secondary care providers according
to patient needs and appropriate care pathways.
Maintaining
communication with all healthcare professionals and outside agencies to ensure
seamless, patient-centred service provision.
Ensuring
effective communication so that the patient receives the appropriate level of
care and wherever possible avoiding unnecessary hospital admission.
Taking
an active role in maintaining expert communication with all patients, carers
and relatives which meets their individual needs.
Dealing
with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that, wherever
possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily at a local
level.
Communicating
effectively in demanding and challenging situations, where there may also be
hostility
Maintaining
accurate data collection.
Professional
Inputting
and extracting information from the EMIS clinical IT system.
Working
collaboratively with other members of the health care team such as the District
Nursing Team, Mental Health Services, staff in care homes, Ambulance Service,
Secondary Care etc.
Ensuring
that the wellbeing of patients and staff is maintained in accordance with
Practice policies.
Undertaking
clinical audits in line with the organisations clinical audit plan, and to
participating as required in equipment testing and other research.
Contributing
to the analysis of information to inform future development of the service.
Participating
and contributing to clinical meetings
Identifying
risks to service provision, and highlighting them to the Practice Partners
Working
within the requirements of Data Protection legislation as it applies to patient
records.
Maintaining
current professional registration.
Undertaking
CPD appropriate to the role
Acting
at all times in such a manner as to promote confidence and public trust and to
uphold the reputation of Mill Bank Surgery.
Organisational
Operating
as an effective member of the Practice team
Maintaining
accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care
provided, including any adverse events, child protection issues or other
notifiable matters.
Providing
information to inform the evaluation and efficiency of the role and for
performance management purposes as requested.
Utilising
reflective practice to enhance and develop personal and organisational
practice.
Assisting
in marketing and promoting the role and organisation within the health
community both locally and nationally.
Managerial
To
ensure effective time management and prioritisation of workload.
To
ensure the security, safe storage and maintenance of any allocated equipment
and goods.
To
ensure practice is within good clinical governance and based on sound up-to-
date clinical evidence. Where appropriate, to identify and assess any risks
associated with patient care or to oneself and communicate these risks to the Practice
Partners or the Practice Manager.
This
is not meant to be an exhaustive list of duties. The need for flexibility is
required and the post holder is expected to carry out any other related duties
that are within the employee's skills and abilities whenever reasonably
instructed.