Job summary
Do you want to be a vital, supportive member of the team?Can you provide autonomous high-quality care to a variety of patients with different needs? Are you an organised, knowledgeable and calm Advanced Nurse Practitioner?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic ANP to join our supportive team. You need to be flexible and be able to work alongside others as part of a team, for whom supporting each other is very important.
You will be helping patients who are feeling unwell and are concerned about their health therefore you must be a caring, trustworthy person who has compassion and understanding.
Main duties of the job
The main part of your day will be consulting face to face with patients who have an acute issue. Acting within your professional boundaries, you will take initial history, perform clinical assessment, diagnose, treat and evaluate response. You will work across all age groups including young children.
Depending on your skill you may provide some follow up treatment.
You will demonstrate safe, critical clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice.
As an experienced clinician you will support other members of the team, and share learning throughout the surgery.
About us
Spinney Brook is spread over 2 sites to better serve the local community. We provide primary health care for 11500 patients who live in Irthlingborough and the surrounding villages.
You will be supported by a team including 7 GPs, 10 nurses of various competency, HCA, dispensing and administrative staff. The team is backed up by various ARRS including physiotherapist, mental health support team, Agewell and social prescribers, safeguarding team and onsite pharmacist.
We have regular in-house and organisational meetings and like to involve the whole team in driving change/ improvement and share learning with in the surgery.
Clinical System: EMIS Web and Accu-Rx
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
(see attachmentfor full Job description)
- Act as Advanced Nurse Practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and a knowledge base beyond those associated with conventional nursing roles
- Work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team in order to ensure patients needs are met
- 15-minute consultations
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non drug
- Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology)
- Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions
- Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing
- Able to file pathology results
- Able to see all age groups
- Ensure care plans are in place, including emergency health care plans following discussion with the patient and family members
- Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner
- No restrictions on prescribing
- Able to see pregnant women in regard to non pregnancy related issues
- Able to deal with mental health presentations
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care
- Maintain a professional manner and act as a positive role model to other members of the Primary Care team
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
(see attachmentfor full Job description)
- Act as Advanced Nurse Practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and a knowledge base beyond those associated with conventional nursing roles
- Work as an autonomous practitioner and as part of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency team in order to ensure patients needs are met
- 15-minute consultations
- Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non drug
- Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology)
- Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions
- Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing
- Able to file pathology results
- Able to see all age groups
- Ensure care plans are in place, including emergency health care plans following discussion with the patient and family members
- Ensure that patients receive high quality clinical care, delivered in a timely manner
- No restrictions on prescribing
- Able to see pregnant women in regard to non pregnancy related issues
- Able to deal with mental health presentations
- Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care
- Maintain a professional manner and act as a positive role model to other members of the Primary Care team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc Advanced practice or equivalent
- Non medical prescribing
- Independent autonomous practitioner or prescriber
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as an ANP
- Previous General Practice experience
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MSc Advanced practice or equivalent
- Non medical prescribing
- Independent autonomous practitioner or prescriber
Experience
Desirable
- Previous experience of working as an ANP
- Previous General Practice experience
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).
Additional information
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).