Job summary
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Positions
available:
1 x
Permanent - hours negotiable up to 37.5 per week
1 x 1
Year Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover) - 37.5 hours per week
Salary:
Dependent on Experience
We are looking for a motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner
or Advanced Clinical Practitioner to join our friendly and supportive team at
Millwood Surgery. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a large,
forward-thinking practice with a diverse patient population and strong GP
support.
You will work alongside a team of six ANPs providing
high-quality care to patients within our large practice population. Our diverse
patient demographic offers a varied and rewarding scope of practice. The duty
GP is available throughout the day for clinical support when required.
Main duties of the job
You will provide advanced assessment, diagnosis, and management of patients, working autonomously with GP support. Applicants must be a registered healthcare professional (nurse and paramedic considered) with postgraduate-level training in advanced practice and ideally experience in a general practice setting. The role involves working across the four pillars of advanced practice clinical practice, leadership, education, and research contributing to patient care, service development, and professional growth.
About the Practice
Millwood Surgery is a well-established GP practice serving
approximately 19,800 registered patients. Our multidisciplinary team includes 8
salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, a dedicated pharmacy team, and an
in-house home visiting team, supported by experienced nurses, healthcare
assistants, and administrative staff. We also work closely with colleagues
within our Primary Care Network (PCN), providing additional support from a
wider multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
Appointments are typically 15 minutes for ACP team, with protected
administration time built into the schedule. Double appointments are available
for patients presenting with more than one condition.
About us
Norfolk Primary Care Ltd is a Community Interest Company. It was established to:
- Support and strengthen primary care and to promote and assist practices to improve quality by working with and on behalf of primary care in Norfolk.
- Help with challenges identified by practices workload, GP recruitment, sharing best practice.
- Recognise the changing nature of primary care and assist to ensure that the right level of service is provided to address the needs of the local population.
- Provide benefit to patients of primary care, the clinicians and administrators who work in it and practice organisations in Norfolk.
- Work within health systems to provide patient care in innovative and solution-focused ways.
- We offer successful candidates a supportive working environment, competitive salary, excellent working conditions and the benefits of the NHS pension scheme. Other benefits include access to NHS discounts and discounted First Bus travel.
- If you are interested in working in an organisation committed to a culture of professionalism, growth, integrity, positivity and kindness then we would love to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The
Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) has been assessed as competent in practice
using their advanced clinical knowledge and skills. They work autonomously and
part of a team to provide decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment
of patients.
ANPs/ACPs in
primary care can develop close, long-term relationships with their patients and
work in partnership with them to achieve optimum health. They are autonomous in
making decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and interpretation of test
results. They can independently prescribe appropriate medication, evaluate or
refer to other specialists if necessary.
ANPs/ACPs are registered nurses with advanced education and clinical training
including non- medical prescribing. They must meet the NMC requirements for
advanced practice, which includes the 4 pillars clinical practice, leadership,
education and research.
Key
Responsibilities:
The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced
Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other
tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing
levels:
-
Develop, implement and embed health promotion
and wellbeing programmes
-
Provide high-quality and advanced care for
patients of all ages with a range of conditions, including acute and chronic
illnesses. They perform physical exams, take medical histories, and order
diagnostic tests. They also develop and implement care plans, prescribe
medications, and manage ongoing care via face to face, video or telephone
consultations.
-
Make clinical decisions based on diagnostic
results and adjust treatment plans as needed.
They must demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert care. And
work within own scope of practice.
-
Work with physicians, specialists, and other
healthcare professionals to provide patient-centered care. Provide clinical
triage of patients to appropriate services and healthcare professionals.
-
Educate patients and their families about
healthy lifestyle choices, disease prevention and self-management techniques.
-
Stay up to date with the latest evidence and
standards of care through ongoing education and research.
-
Mentor less experienced nurses and staff.
-
Support the Practices future development and
share the Practices values.
-
Manage patients presenting with a range of acute
and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
-
Identify, manage and support patients at risk of
developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients
health
-
Provide wound care where appropriate
-
Provide specialist clinics such as contraception
where appropriate
-
Undertake the collection of pathological
specimens
-
Request pathology services as necessary
-
Process and interpret pathology and other test
results as required
-
Maintain accurate clinical records in
conjunction with extant legislation
-
Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used
effectively
-
Be responsible for the implementation of an
effective immunisation programme
-
Chaperone patients where necessary
-
Prioritise health issues and intervene
appropriately
-
Support the team in dealing with clinical
emergencies
-
Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting
with mental health needs
-
Be an extended and supplementary prescriber,
adhering to extant guidance
-
Support patients in the use of their prescribed
medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice),
reviewing annually as required
-
Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.),
complying with local and regional guidance
-
Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure
the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
-
Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately
(ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of
the individual)
-
Support the clinical team with all safeguarding
matters in accordance with local and national policies
-
Understand practice and local policies for
substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients
appropriatelyProvide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as
necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
-
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where
appropriate
Secondary Key Responsibilities:
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced
Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner may be requested to:
-
Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the
audit cycle
-
Act as the IPC lead for the practice, ensuring
compliance, undertaking audit as necessary
-
Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation
and disposal of medicaments
-
Participate in local initiatives to enhance
service delivery and patient care
-
Support and participate in shared learning
within the organisation
-
Continually review clinical practices,
responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
-
Participate in the review of significant and
near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis
(RCA)
-
Develop practice administrative and clinical
protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation
Note: The
responsibilities of this role will normally include all duties described in
this job description and any additional or different duties, which the employer
may require from time to time.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The
Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)/Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) has been assessed as competent in practice
using their advanced clinical knowledge and skills. They work autonomously and
part of a team to provide decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment
of patients.
ANPs/ACPs in
primary care can develop close, long-term relationships with their patients and
work in partnership with them to achieve optimum health. They are autonomous in
making decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and interpretation of test
results. They can independently prescribe appropriate medication, evaluate or
refer to other specialists if necessary.
ANPs/ACPs are registered nurses with advanced education and clinical training
including non- medical prescribing. They must meet the NMC requirements for
advanced practice, which includes the 4 pillars clinical practice, leadership,
education and research.
Key
Responsibilities:
The following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced
Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other
tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing
levels:
-
Develop, implement and embed health promotion
and wellbeing programmes
-
Provide high-quality and advanced care for
patients of all ages with a range of conditions, including acute and chronic
illnesses. They perform physical exams, take medical histories, and order
diagnostic tests. They also develop and implement care plans, prescribe
medications, and manage ongoing care via face to face, video or telephone
consultations.
-
Make clinical decisions based on diagnostic
results and adjust treatment plans as needed.
They must demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert care. And
work within own scope of practice.
-
Work with physicians, specialists, and other
healthcare professionals to provide patient-centered care. Provide clinical
triage of patients to appropriate services and healthcare professionals.
-
Educate patients and their families about
healthy lifestyle choices, disease prevention and self-management techniques.
-
Stay up to date with the latest evidence and
standards of care through ongoing education and research.
-
Mentor less experienced nurses and staff.
-
Support the Practices future development and
share the Practices values.
-
Manage patients presenting with a range of acute
and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
-
Identify, manage and support patients at risk of
developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients
health
-
Provide wound care where appropriate
-
Provide specialist clinics such as contraception
where appropriate
-
Undertake the collection of pathological
specimens
-
Request pathology services as necessary
-
Process and interpret pathology and other test
results as required
-
Maintain accurate clinical records in
conjunction with extant legislation
-
Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used
effectively
-
Be responsible for the implementation of an
effective immunisation programme
-
Chaperone patients where necessary
-
Prioritise health issues and intervene
appropriately
-
Support the team in dealing with clinical
emergencies
-
Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting
with mental health needs
-
Be an extended and supplementary prescriber,
adhering to extant guidance
-
Support patients in the use of their prescribed
medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice),
reviewing annually as required
-
Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.),
complying with local and regional guidance
-
Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure
the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
-
Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately
(ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of
the individual)
-
Support the clinical team with all safeguarding
matters in accordance with local and national policies
-
Understand practice and local policies for
substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients
appropriatelyProvide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as
necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
-
Deliver opportunistic health promotion where
appropriate
Secondary Key Responsibilities:
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced
Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner may be requested to:
-
Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the
audit cycle
-
Act as the IPC lead for the practice, ensuring
compliance, undertaking audit as necessary
-
Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation
and disposal of medicaments
-
Participate in local initiatives to enhance
service delivery and patient care
-
Support and participate in shared learning
within the organisation
-
Continually review clinical practices,
responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
-
Participate in the review of significant and
near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis
(RCA)
-
Develop practice administrative and clinical
protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation
Note: The
responsibilities of this role will normally include all duties described in
this job description and any additional or different duties, which the employer
may require from time to time.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of practice within the four pillars
- Job plan that demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working at this level
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Travel medicine
- Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP
- Clinical knowledge and skills including:
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting and processing pathology tests
- Advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine and childhood)
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Masters degree required for qualification post December 2020 refer to RCN Credentialing for Advanced Level of Nursing Practice or Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
- Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
- Minor illness qualification
Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse
- Teaching qualification
- ALS and PALS
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of practice within the four pillars
- Job plan that demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working at this level
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Travel medicine
- Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
- Broad knowledge of clinical governance
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP
- Clinical knowledge and skills including:
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting and processing pathology tests
- Advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine and childhood)
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
Desirable
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Masters degree required for qualification post December 2020 refer to RCN Credentialing for Advanced Level of Nursing Practice or Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
- Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
- Minor illness qualification
Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse
- Teaching qualification
- ALS and PALS
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
- Motivated, forward thinker
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
- High levels of integrity and loyalty
- Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
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).
