Job summary
Job summary
Are you a motivated, well organised and a skilled
Advanced Nurse Practitioner? Are you committed to delivering high-quality
healthcare to patients?Do you want to make a real difference in peoples lives?
Due to continued growth, an exciting opportunity
has arisen for an experienced, committed Advanced Nurse Practitionerto
join our practice in Norton.
This Advanced Nurse Practitioner role
will involve working alongside a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, ANP, Clinical Pharmacists and Nurses to provide care and treatment to
patients with either long term conditions or undiagnosed undifferentiated
diagnoses.
The successful Advanced Nurse Practitionerwill
work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and
discharging patients with illness or injury across all age groups including
young children. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video
consultation.
Main duties of the job
The successful postholder will manage a caseload
and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring
the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
In accordance with the practice timetable, as
agreed, the postholder will make themselves available to undertake a variety
of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and
queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions
and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
Key Responsibilities:
An autonomous consultor
Share of home visits.
Able to manage acute
presentations
Able to manage chronic
conditions
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
No restrictions on prescribing.
Able to see pregnant women in
regards non pregnancy related issues.
Able to deal with mental health
presentations
About us
About us
The team you will be working with as an Advanced
Nurse Practitioner;
A fully staffed
multi-disciplinary team including a full complement of Administration Staff
You will be supported by 5 GP
partners, 5 salaried/retainer GP's & 1 ANP, 6 Practice Nurses & 3 HCAs
The team are a progressive and
collaborative group, ready to welcome on board any successful additions
Teamwork and mutual support are
integral to our working practices and the successful Advanced Nurse
Practitioner must share this vision.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What we are looking for in an Advanced Nurse
Practitioner;
Registered Adult Nurse
registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council NMC.
Hold anAdvanced Nurse
Practitioner qualification
Can show evidence of using autonomous
physical examination and assessment skills in practice
Can demonstrate a broad and
sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults
and children
Knowledge and experience of QOF
desirable
Job description
Job responsibilities
What we are looking for in an Advanced Nurse
Practitioner;
Registered Adult Nurse
registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council NMC.
Hold anAdvanced Nurse
Practitioner qualification
Can show evidence of using autonomous
physical examination and assessment skills in practice
Can demonstrate a broad and
sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults
and children
Knowledge and experience of QOF
desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Masters Degree OR Postgraduate diploma or degree for Advanced
- Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation.
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber.
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements.
- Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level.
Desirable
- Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse.
Experience
Essential
- Essential
- Experience of practice within the four pillars.
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews.
- Experience of working in a primary care environment.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Masters Degree OR Postgraduate diploma or degree for Advanced
- Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation.
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber.
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements.
- Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level.
Desirable
- Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse.
Experience
Essential
- Essential
- Experience of practice within the four pillars.
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews.
- Experience of working in a primary care environment.
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
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).