Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities:

Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness

• Triage and treat patients wishing to see a health care professional making any necessary referrals to other members of the primary health care team
• Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations.
• Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary

Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice:

• Dietary advice
• Blood pressure checks
• Urinalysis
• Health screening
• Ear syringing
• Dressings
• ECG
• Phlebotomy
• Routine injections
• Contraception
• Minor injuries
• Routine immunisations and vaccinations
• Assisting with minor procedures in the treatment room
• Organise and coordinate the provision of nursing services for the Practice to include the delegation of duties to other members of the Practice nurse team as appropriate
• Provide general and specific health screenings to the Practice patients (within agreed protocols) with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform investigatory procedures requested by the GPs

Administration and professional responsibilities

• Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team
• Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes
• Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded and amended
• Ensure appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any problems to the Practice Manager
• Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice
• Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit
• Attend and participate in Practice meetings as required

Training and personal development

• Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with Practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the Practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.
• Participate in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the introduction of all members of the Practice staff where appropriate
• Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development ensuring PREP requirements are met.
• If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.
• Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan

Clinical Meetings

• It will be necessary to attend and contribute to various Clinical/Staff meetings as requested. The only reason for not attending will be annual or sick leave.

Confidentiality:

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential
• Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Experience

Essential

• Competent in the use of EMIS, Office and Outlook
• Nurse led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
• Nurse led triage including telephone triage
• Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
• Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking
• Audit
• Extended and supplementary
• Skills in management of patients with long term conditions / QOF knowledge
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding
• when to refer to GPs.
• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families

Desirable

• Working with community development initiatives
• Health needs assessment of patients
• Sexual health
• Childhood health surveillance and immunisation clinic experience
• At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience
• Minimum 5 years post registration experience
• Negotiation and conflict management skills

Qualifications

Essential

• MSc/Post graduate Diploma: Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care or
• equivalent
• RGN with current NMC pin
• Independent/Supplementary Nurse Prescribing
• Management of Long Term Conditions

Desirable

• Long Term Conditions Qualification or similar, COPD, Asthma, CVD, Diabetes, Dementia
• Smears

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes

Essential

• Communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Competent in the use of EMIS, Office and Outlook
• Self motivated
• Enthusiastic
• Confident
• Able to work on own initiative
• Able to work as part of a team
• Ability to work across boundaries
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.
• Use initiative ability to adapt to changing requirements of the practice.
• Ability to be reflective accepts criticism and act constructively.
• Ability to work flexible hours when required
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check

Desirable

• Car driver/access to car

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).