Job summary
Modality
Partnership Leighton Road Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a fulltime/part
time, dedicated and compassionate Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join our
team. We are seeking a committed professional who is passionate about
delivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a dynamic and supportive
environment. The ideal candidate will have a passion for patient
care and possess strong medication administration skills along with in-depth
anatomy knowledge. As an ANP, you will play a key role in the provision of frontline
healthcare services. Working within your professional boundaries and in line
with NMC requirements for advanced practice
This role is ideal for individuals who are patient-focused and
passionate about working in a flexible and agile way to deliver high-quality
care. The successful candidate will thrive in a collaborative,
multidisciplinary environment and will contribute to the delivery of innovative
healthcare services for our registered patient population.
As an employee with us you can benefit from:
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8
days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Flexible working
Wellbeing support and initiative
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
Main duties of the job
The role is an
all-rounded, patient facing role with triage built in as well as administration
work which is associated with the role of the ANP. We are seeking individuals to join our team
who are caring, compassionate and confident, who demonstrate effective
communication, excellent clinical assessment skills, IT skills, and the ability
to treat patients with holistic care. The postholder will be a key member of the practice team
and will be responsible for patients either face to face or via telephone
consultation. They will demonstrate safe,
clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic
skills, for patients within the general practice.
The role is not a
regular 9am-5pm job and is not solely a patient face-to-face role; the job
requires innovation, flexibility and commitment and the postholder will be
required to work resourcefully as part of the team to support patients with
medication compliance, to prioritise their own health needs, and intervene
appropriately with complex, urgent and emergency situations.
About us
We are one of the
largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with
a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve
our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutions
that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly with
key stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working and improve working
practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. This is a role that will also
equip you with a portfolio of clinical assessment skills to effectively treat
patients within Primary Care, to make sustainable changes.
We are seeking
dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values:
Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
Modality
Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring
equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line with
the Equality Act, 2010.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the
supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this
job if you have a passion for providing high quality patient care, thinking
outside the box, are innovative and are driven to find and implement solutions
to improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you
will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with
leadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel this is
the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the
challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our
growing team of likeminded people.
Please note:
Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point
during the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations.
For recruitment to this role, you must provide full Hep b vaccination
history, titre levels and/or booster evidence, MMR and Varicella evidence.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their
right to work in the UK at the interview stage
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one
must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the
supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this
job if you have a passion for providing high quality patient care, thinking
outside the box, are innovative and are driven to find and implement solutions
to improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because you
will improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely with
leadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel this is
the ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to the
challenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join our
growing team of likeminded people.
Please note:
Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any point
during the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations.
For recruitment to this role, you must provide full Hep b vaccination
history, titre levels and/or booster evidence, MMR and Varicella evidence.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their
right to work in the UK at the interview stage
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one
must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Triage Skills.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Change management.
- Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
- Resource management.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Enthusiasm.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
- Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries.
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Audit.
Desirable
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Relevant nursing/health degree/MA.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice skills.
- Management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Management of patients with complex needs.
- Clinical examination skills.
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a primary care service.
- Local and national health policy.
- Wider health economy.
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Triage Skills.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Change management.
- Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
- Resource management.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Enthusiasm.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
- Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries.
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Audit.
Desirable
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Relevant nursing/health degree/MA.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice skills.
- Management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Management of patients with complex needs.
- Clinical examination skills.
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a primary care service.
- Local and national health policy.
- Wider health economy.
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
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).
