Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ANP/ACP)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Clinical Nursing Practice

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and high quality care.
• Carries out clinical nursing practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Delivery of care in line with NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

• Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as appropriate.

Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved.

• Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope of qualified practice.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan.

Request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g. x-ray, blood tests, scans, etc.

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises or their own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency.
• Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinary practice teams, secondary care organisations and other organisations as necessary.

Care Management

Communicates confidential and sensitive information to patients, relatives and carers in relation to their condition.

Provide highly specialised care advice beyond the scope of normal Nursing practice e.g. care treatment plans, making referrals as appropriate (including fast track referrals).

Contribute to local and national practice targets clinical remit e.g. QOF, prescribing incentive scheme, National benchmarking.

To monitor and meet care outcomes against standards and recommend or initiate changes as necessary.

Health Improvement

Management of health screening programmes and ensures other team members are aware of health priorities and screening objectives and programmes.

Innovation in practice to meet ongoing demands on the practices delivery of care.

Improve health outcomes for patients by introducing new developments, and can demonstrate them as reports and presentations where appropriate.

Supports practitioners in reporting the practice population to promote health improvement and disease prevention.

Makes referrals to appropriate agencies (statutory and voluntary) where necessary

Providing assessment, screening services and health education advice.

Providing assessment, screening services, health education advice:

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedure.
• Accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes
• Ensure clinical systems kept up to date, recording and/or amending accurate details
• Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the practice administrator
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice
• Attend and participate in practice meetings as required
• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• * MSc in Advanced Practice or equivalent
• * Independent & Supplementary Prescribing qualification
• * Experience managing minor illness and injuries autonomously
• * Confident using EMIS, AccuRx, and Ardens Templates
• * Strong Clinical decision-making and communication skills
• * Experience managing Palliative care and Care Home patients
• * Experience in Women's health including smear taking and contraception

Desirable

• * Mentor/Teaching qualifications or experience in clinical supervision
• * NMC Academic Assessor or Practice Supervisor/Assessor accreditation
• * Minor injuries qualification

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

Pendleside Medical Practice

Address

Railway View Road

Clitheroe

Lancashire

BB7 2JG

Employer's website

https://www.pendleside.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)