Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity
for two Advanced Nurse Practitioners to join South Lincoln Healthcare PCN as
part of our expanding clinical team.
The post holder will work within
and across our 7 member practices (Bassingham Surgery, Branston &
Heighington Family Practice, Brant Road Surgery, Church Walk Surgery, Cliff
Villages Medical Practice, The Heath Surgery, Washingborough Family Practice)
along with undertaking work for the PCN.
It is anticipated that the post holder will mainly work across 3-4
practices, with a need to cover other practices on occasion, depending on need.
The role will support the PCNs
passion for providing an all-encompassing approach to personalised care and
health inequalities across the PCN.
Part time/job share would be considered.
The post holder will need to hold a full driving licence and be prepared to travel between locations to support the remit of the role.
Main duties of the job
The post holder(s) will be an
integral part of both the PCN and General Practice Teams, and will work
alongside GPs, Practice Nurses, HCAs, GPAs, Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy
Technicians, Occupational Therapists, Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health
& Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, Mental Health Practitioners and Musculoskeletal
Practitioners.
The role will mainly consist of working
within our member practices to enhance and support day to day access and
capacity by providing a mixture of on the day and routine consultations which
may be face to face, telephone, online or home visits. Time will be allocated for associated administration.
In addition, the postholder(s)
will spend a smaller proportion of their time supporting the PCN by working
with our care home team. This would involve supporting with triage, telephone
consultations and visits to care homes.
For a suitable candidate, there
will be the opportunity to provide programme leadership for of our Cancer
and/or Cardiovascular Disease Programmes and leadership for nurses (eg the
importance of SMI health checks, elderly health checks, and LD health checks).
The post holder will have access
to skills development and support so they are able to further build their
skills and experience within the role.
The role will
require the ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the organisation and
this may include working outside of core General Practice hours or within our
Enhanced Access service.
About us
South Lincoln Healthcare is a forward-thinking,
innovative Federation of 7 GP practices, covering a population of just over 50k
patients in the South Lincoln Healthcare Primary Care Network area.
By working together our ambition
is to strengthen and stabilise general practice.
Our aim is to continue to provide
high quality healthcare to our patients in the community, whilst taking up
opportunities to improve and extend our services.
South Lincoln Healthcare is
supportive of all staff and strives to cultivate inclusivity and a sense of
belonging.
PLEASE NOTE: We reserve the right
to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of
applications.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Integrate
and work within our member practices to enhance and support day to day access
and capacity.
- Provide
additional capacity support for the PCN care home team.
- Assess
and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide
definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy,
patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and
local care pathways or make necessary referrals to other members of the Primary
Care team.
- Manage
undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlying
serious pathology and take appropriate action.
- Use complex decision making to inform the
diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a
broad scope of practice.
- Actively
take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to
enable shared decision making with the presenting person.
- Complete
the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional, clinical practice
and CPD supervision to other roles within Primary Care, for example, first
contact practitioners and personalised care roles.
- Undertake
clinical audit and quality improvement work across the PCN.
- Optional
for the right candidate:
- Provide programme leadership for our Cancer
and/or Cardiovascular Disease Programmes
- Provide leadership for practice nursing teams
(i.e. the importance of SMI health checks, elderly health checks, LD health
checks)
- Provide support with the PCNs research
programme
- Is
responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads
- Follows
organisational policies, protocols, procedures, and standards.
- Reports
any incidents, accidents or complaints in a timely manner, taking appropriate
action where necessary
- Develops themselves and the role through
participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities
- Contributes to a patient safety culture
through reporting and investigation of incidents and undertaking proactive
measures to improve patient safety
- Maintains
accurate clinical records of all patient consultations and related work
- Supports
in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf
of the PCN
- Participates
in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participates
in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through clinical
incidents and near-miss events
- Undertakes
all mandatory training and induction programmes
- Attends
a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a
performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a
regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
- Performs
other general tasks as assigned.
- This
list is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities and is not intended to
be an exhaustive list. The postholder will be expected to carry out other
tasks, which may be reasonably required by the employer. The post may be
subject to change/review as the needs of the role change.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Integrate
and work within our member practices to enhance and support day to day access
and capacity.
- Provide
additional capacity support for the PCN care home team.
- Assess
and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide
definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy,
patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and
local care pathways or make necessary referrals to other members of the Primary
Care team.
- Manage
undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlying
serious pathology and take appropriate action.
- Use complex decision making to inform the
diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a
broad scope of practice.
- Actively
take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to
enable shared decision making with the presenting person.
- Complete
the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional, clinical practice
and CPD supervision to other roles within Primary Care, for example, first
contact practitioners and personalised care roles.
- Undertake
clinical audit and quality improvement work across the PCN.
- Optional
for the right candidate:
- Provide programme leadership for our Cancer
and/or Cardiovascular Disease Programmes
- Provide leadership for practice nursing teams
(i.e. the importance of SMI health checks, elderly health checks, LD health
checks)
- Provide support with the PCNs research
programme
- Is
responsible for the day-to-day planning of personal workloads
- Follows
organisational policies, protocols, procedures, and standards.
- Reports
any incidents, accidents or complaints in a timely manner, taking appropriate
action where necessary
- Develops themselves and the role through
participation in clinical supervision, training and service redesign activities
- Contributes to a patient safety culture
through reporting and investigation of incidents and undertaking proactive
measures to improve patient safety
- Maintains
accurate clinical records of all patient consultations and related work
- Supports
in the delivery of enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf
of the PCN
- Participates
in the management of patient complaints when requested to do so and participates
in the identification of any necessary learning brought about through clinical
incidents and near-miss events
- Undertakes
all mandatory training and induction programmes
- Attends
a formal appraisal with their manager at least every 12 months. Once a
performance/training objective has been set, progress will be reviewed on a
regular basis so that new objectives can be agreed
- Performs
other general tasks as assigned.
- This
list is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities and is not intended to
be an exhaustive list. The postholder will be expected to carry out other
tasks, which may be reasonably required by the employer. The post may be
subject to change/review as the needs of the role change.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Have at least 1 years advanced clinical practice experience in a primary care or urgent care setting to evidence autonomous clinical practice
- Be working at masters level or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies
- Highly developed specialist knowledge which is underpinned by theory and experience
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
- Has a personalised care and What Matters to Me approach embedded within working practices
- Ability to work under pressure and manage varied workloads with changing demands
Desirable
- Ability to see patients of all ages, including children
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team within a primary care environment
- Knowledge of local primary care services
Skills
Essential
- Ability to support and manage patients including assessment, planning, evaluation and monitoring, including signposting and provision of health promotion and education to patients and carers
- Ability to demonstrate effective written, communication, counselling and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and within professional boundaries, including when ordering tests, requesting investigations and developing interventions
- Ability to exercise a high level of personal and professional autonomy, including making critical judgements to meet the expectations and demands of the role
- Ability and awareness to seek support from peers when faced with patients with presenting conditions outside of clinical knowledge
- Ability to work within a team, and with multiple teams in different settings
- Participation in clinical audit/quality improvement work
Desirable
- Skills and experience in leadership
- Participation in research
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of SystmOne
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team player with a can do attitude
- Good communicator
- Willing to embrace change that will enhance the quality of the service and contribute to developing patient quality audits and pathways
- Flexible and cooperative
- Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work outside of core General Practice hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered nurse
- NMC registered non-medical prescriber
- One of the following must apply to Masters level study:
- -Graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio (Supported) Route; both pathways enable eligibility for an Advanced digital badge issued by the Centre for Advancing Practice, demonstrating recognised educational and experiential preparation in advanced practice
- -Currently enrolled as a trainee on a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme
- -Currently enrolled on and progressed past the initial Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) stage of the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (supported) Route
- Evidence of continued professional development
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Have at least 1 years advanced clinical practice experience in a primary care or urgent care setting to evidence autonomous clinical practice
- Be working at masters level or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies
- Highly developed specialist knowledge which is underpinned by theory and experience
- Experience of dealing with vulnerable patients
- Has a personalised care and What Matters to Me approach embedded within working practices
- Ability to work under pressure and manage varied workloads with changing demands
Desirable
- Ability to see patients of all ages, including children
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team within a primary care environment
- Knowledge of local primary care services
Skills
Essential
- Ability to support and manage patients including assessment, planning, evaluation and monitoring, including signposting and provision of health promotion and education to patients and carers
- Ability to demonstrate effective written, communication, counselling and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work autonomously and within professional boundaries, including when ordering tests, requesting investigations and developing interventions
- Ability to exercise a high level of personal and professional autonomy, including making critical judgements to meet the expectations and demands of the role
- Ability and awareness to seek support from peers when faced with patients with presenting conditions outside of clinical knowledge
- Ability to work within a team, and with multiple teams in different settings
- Participation in clinical audit/quality improvement work
Desirable
- Skills and experience in leadership
- Participation in research
- Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of SystmOne
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Team player with a can do attitude
- Good communicator
- Willing to embrace change that will enhance the quality of the service and contribute to developing patient quality audits and pathways
- Flexible and cooperative
- Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks
- Problem solving & analytical skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety
Other Requirements
Essential
- Flexibility to work outside of core General Practice hours
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registered nurse
- NMC registered non-medical prescriber
- One of the following must apply to Masters level study:
- -Graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio (Supported) Route; both pathways enable eligibility for an Advanced digital badge issued by the Centre for Advancing Practice, demonstrating recognised educational and experiential preparation in advanced practice
- -Currently enrolled as a trainee on a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme
- -Currently enrolled on and progressed past the initial Learning Needs Analysis (LNA) stage of the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (supported) Route
- Evidence of continued professional development
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).
