Specialist Practice Nurse Ambulatory Care

Job responsibilities

Undertake clinical practice at an advanced level using knowledge, within scope of competence, to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary healthcare services, largely in their own homes/care homes

Work with the PCNs practices to identify and manage hard to engage patients

Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions for patients with long term conditions

Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate

Provide assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice

Undertake pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

Assist in and perform routine tasks related to patient care

Work with other members of the practice teams and wider PCN, to plan and deliver ambulatory care services, promoting integrated and seamless pathways of care

Support and mentor other colleagues within the PCN who are seeing similar patients.

Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care

Promote health and well-being

Contribute to the PCNs practices achieving quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery

Develop and establish new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services

Qualifications

Essential

• Have appropriate registration with the NMC
• Current UK Driving Licence

Desirable

• Independent Prescriber

Experience

Essential

• Ability to develop care/management plans for patients
• Knowledge of and experience of working with patients with long term conditions
• Able to request and interpret investigations and results
• Able to work and make decisions autonomously, working within own professional boundaries
• Clinical leadership skills
• Minimum of 3 years post registration experience
• Evidence of CPD
• Able to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of own practise

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS strategy, particularly related to primary care
• Knowledge of primary and community healthcare
• Clinical audit knowledge and skills
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding
• Experience of working with SystmOne

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the cooperation of relevant stakeholders
• Is able to recognise personal limitations and refer to other colleagues/agencies when necessary
• Ability to identify and manage risk when working with individuals
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative working and practise
• Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure
• Ability to plan, organise and prioritise
• High level of written and oral skills
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or own initiative

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).