Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Torfaen CRT

Job summary

Are you a tenacious, organised and 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?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, committed Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Torfaen CRT Rapid Response Team.

ThisAdvanced Nurse Practitioner role will involve working alongside a multidisciplinary team, including CRT Consultant and medics, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and the wider CRT disciplines to provide care and treatment to patients with acute medical issues within the community.

The successfulAdvanced Nurse Practitioner will work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video consultation.

The post holder must be a Registered Nurse and is therefore bound by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses, Midwifes and Health Visitors.

Main duties of the job

• Perform as a clinical expert in the recognition and initial management of the deteriorating patient, to prevent further deterioration.
• Provide clinical leadership to nursing staff and professional advice to other healthcare professionals, patients and carers.
• Lead on and support educational strategies, programmes, audit and national recommendations to enhance the care of deteriorating or critically ill patients within the Health Board.
• Participate in the monitoring and setting of standards of care and guidelines by incorporating evidence based practice and current research.
• Facilitate the professional development of the nursing staff working within the team

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your speciality or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.