Job summary
Enderley Road Medical Centre has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our friendly, supportive and forward thinking Training practice. This role will be a part time role on Mondays 9am to 6pm for 8.5 hours per week.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Nurse practitioner will be responsible for a number of clinical areas
focusing mainly on seeing patients for minor ailments, either face to face and over the phone and is able to prescribe. The Advanced nurse practitioner must have experience working in a GP setting and be able to assess, diagnose and treat the patient.
About us
The practice has a registered population of 12,300 patients with 5 partners, 4 salaried GPs as well as an extensive clinical team comprising of Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants, Phlebotomist, PCN Pharmacist, PCN Physician Associate, PCN First Contact Practitioner and supported by a large team of receptionists and administrators. The practice is also an established training practice with GP Registrars, Foundation Doctors and Trainee nurse. The clinical system used by the practice is EMIS web and has a CQC rating of Good. The practice is part of the Healthsense Primary Care Network (PCN).
- You will be entitled to 5 weeks paid holiday per calendar year excluding bank holidays.
- Weekly MDT Meetings are held at the Practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Manage
patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions,
providing subject matter expert advice to patients over the phone and face to face
Provide
wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients
Undertake
the collection of pathological specimens
Request pathology services as necessary
Process and interpret
pathology and other test results as required
Provide
chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients
to secondary / specialist care as required
Maintain
accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure
read codes are used effectively
- Support
the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Recognise,
assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
Extended
and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
Support
patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines
(within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
- Contribute
to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
- Support
and participate in shared learning within the practice
- Participate in the
review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e.
root cause analysis (RCA)
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Manage
patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions,
providing subject matter expert advice to patients over the phone and face to face
Provide
wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients
Undertake
the collection of pathological specimens
Request pathology services as necessary
Process and interpret
pathology and other test results as required
Provide
chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients
to secondary / specialist care as required
Maintain
accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure
read codes are used effectively
- Support
the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Recognise,
assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
Extended
and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
Support
patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines
(within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
- Contribute
to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
- Support
and participate in shared learning within the practice
- Participate in the
review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e.
root cause analysis (RCA)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)
- Qualified Independent Prescriber
- Qualified Triage Nurse
- Minor Illness Qualification
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
- ALS, PALS
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
Desirable
- Experience of chronic disease management
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS user skills
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience with clinical risk management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Understands the importance of evidence based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Post graduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)
- Qualified Independent Prescriber
- Qualified Triage Nurse
- Minor Illness Qualification
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
- ALS, PALS
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
Desirable
- Experience of chronic disease management
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- Strong IT skills
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- EMIS user skills
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
- Good interpersonal skills
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
- Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
- Experience with clinical risk management
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Polite and confident
- Flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
- Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
- Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
- Commitment to ongoing professional development
- Effectively utilises resources
- Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Womens health (Cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Understands the importance of evidence based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).