Nurse Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. JOB TITLE Nurse Practitioner

2. LOCATION Various GP Practices throughout Gateshead

3. BAND/SALARY Band 7

4. CONTRACT Zero Hours Contract

(Variable hours during practice opening hours only)

5. JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

As a Specialist Practitioner, your role will be to support GP practices in Gateshead on a sessional basis during practice opening hours. You will be a Registered Nurse, Paramedic or AHP with the skills to autonomously assess and treat patients within General Practice. Telephone consultations and face to face contact. You will need to have excellent clinical assessment and decision-making skills along with a passion to provide patient centred care and have highly developed communication skills.

You will be required to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team managing patients identified as at risk so that they receive appropriate interventions to be able to improve their health and wellbeing and achieve their maximum level of independence. These patients may have complex needs and potentially numerous co-morbidities including frailty. This post is a clinical role where hands on and face to face consultations will be undertaken to clinically assess/diagnose/signpost/treat in a timely fashion working in a multi professional team.

You can choose shifts from a number of practices who we represent in Gateshead's Primary Care Network via our online rota system. Shifts are on a sessional basis, during practice opening hours.

We believe in recruiting locally, to build stronger relationships with our partners and patients. We have a dedicated team based in Team Valley who will support applicants with the application and any training required.

6. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

The post holder will have the following essential knowledge, skills, training and experience:

Essential

• Registered General Nurse (Adult) Or HCPC.
• Non-Medical Prescriber with an understanding of the broad spectrum of general medicine
• Educated to Degree/Masters Level.
• Accredited Clinical Skills Course/or registered Nurse / Paramedic /AHP Practitioner.
• Accredited history taking course.
• Enhanced IT skills databases, excel, word, outlook and internet.
• Autonomous practitioner.
• Experience at band 5 or 6 (Clinical Role) or above.
• Experience of communicating delicate, complex and sensitive information.
• Demonstrate a high level of interpersonal and communication skills to all stakeholders.
• Evidence of ongoing CPD and professional development.
• An thorough understanding of the principles of clinical governance and NHS policy issues.
• Motivational and can do attitude.
• Ability to cope with and diffuse difficult and stressful situations.
• Evidence of an ability to prioritise workload for themselves.
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning including the ability to reflect upon own performance.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• An understanding of primary care systems

The above list is not necessarily exhaustive but reflects only the principal duties and responsibilities of the post. It will be subject to review in the light of developing services.

7. MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• See, treat, support treatment for a variety of conditions.
• Management and appropriate interventions across a range of long-term conditions in line with best practice and NICE guidelines.
• Implement individual care packages to patients working autonomously but with access to a GP.
• Establish and maintain communication within the multi-disciplinary practice team.
• Maintain written records to a high standard and within professional guidelines.
• Display a positive and considerate approach to patients and their families / carers.
• Support the team to provide high standards of patient care.
• Provide clinical care within sphere of competence/specialty, knowing when to seek support or help as needed.
• May be required to work alongside a GP to support see and treat interventions.
• Continue own professional development within primary care.
• Keep up to date with the company policies and procedures and complete statutory training.
• Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security and be responsible for reporting in line with policy and procedures.
• Provide a high standard of Health and / or Social Care to patients depending on individual patient care as identified in the care plan.
• Ensure own actions support equality, diversity, and rights.
• Act in such a way that is consistent with employers procedures and respect each patient need for confidentiality, dignity and individuality.
• Apply standard principles of infection control to all activities at all times.
• Full understanding of safeguarding and reporting process
• Exercise excellent communication skills with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Daily use of EMIS
• Ensure access to safe disposal of waste and sharps in line with policy and procedures within practice.

8. CONFIDENTIALITY

In the course of their work the hub member may have access to confidential information relating to the practice, its staff, stakeholders, and patients. All such information must be treated as highly confidential, and any breach will be subject to disciplinary action. In addition, the nature of this role may mean that the post holder also has access to information regarding local general practices and this should also be treated as confidential.

9. COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Excellent communication skills with all staff including:

o Practice Managers and Partners

o Practice Team Leads

o Flexible Workforce Hub Team (CBC Workforce Solutions)

o Local general practices

10. PERSONAL AND PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT

The hub member will participate in any training implemented by CBC Workforce Solutions as part of their contract and professional development.

11. WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Frequent use of VDU
• Occasionally exposed to verbal/violence and aggression
• Face to face direct patient
• Remote clinical assessment/patient contact
• Working autonomously
• Working as part of a team
• Remote working/need to drive to work across locations.
• Regular interruptions when concentrating
• Competing priorities- time constraints
• Same day next day appointments
• Frequent interruptions/changes in requests
• May need to move around 1 or more facility frequently
• Will be required to work outside of normal hours including evenings, weekends and bank holidays as the service needs

12. HEALTH AND SAFETY RESPONSIBILITY

It is the responsibility of the individual to work in compliance with all current health and safety legislation and the companys Health and Safety Policy and to complete any training requirements both statutory and mandatory in line with the companys legal responsibility to comply with the Health and Safety and Welfare at Work Act 1974.

13. INFECTION CONTROL

It is the responsibility of all individuals to comply with infection control policies and to attend any appropriate training requirements in line with the companys responsibility to comply with Government Directives, including COVID-19 regulations.

14. PRIVACY & DIGNITY & RESPECT AND EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY

CBC Workforce Solutions is committed to ensuring that all current and potential staff, patients, and visitors are treated with dignity, fairness, and respect regardless of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, age, marital or civil partnership status, religion or belief or employment status. Staff will be supported to challenge discriminatory behaviour.

15. PROFESSIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT

To abide by the Code of Practice of Professional body as published by the relevant regulatory body.

16. PARTNERSHIP WORKING

CBC Workforce Solutions delivers services with Partner organisations as part of Gateshead Care Partnership. The other Partner organisations are made up of, Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust (GHNFT), Gateshead Local Authority, and CBC Workforce Solutions.

Collaboration, mutual respect, and trust are fundamental to successful partnership working.

All staff employed into the company will frequently be working across organisational boundaries to ensure patient safety is paramount, and pathways of care are seamless and inclusive. All staff are expected to work professionally, respectfully and in collaboration with the partners and with frequent contact with voluntary and third sector organisations.

17. GENERAL

This job description is intended as a guide to the principal duties and responsibilities for the post and should not be considered an exhaustive list. It is subject to change in line with future development of the company.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to Degree Level
• Non-Medical Prescriber
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Registered Nurse with NMC

Desirable

• MSc in nursing related subject

Experience

Essential

• Experience in a GP practice / walk-in centre / urgent primary care centre
• Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
• Advanced clinical practice skills Management of patients with long-term conditions, complex needs and chronic diseases (diabetes review, cardiovascular disease coronary heart disease, hypertension, COPD, asthma)
• Nurse-led triage
• Nurse prescribing
• Knowledge of long-term condition management
• EMIS trained
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Flexibility of working days and hours including extended hours provision/able to travel to different locations at short notice
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills and competent in use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously

Desirable

• Immunisations (routine, childhood, B12, travel)
• Wound care / treatment of advanced injuries / removal of staples and sutures / dressings
• Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc)
• Knowledge of public health issues in local area
• Requesting pathology tests and processing results, advising patients accordingly

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Community Based Care Workforce Solutions LTD

Address

Ground Floor, Building 7

Queenspark, Queensway

Gateshead

Tyne and Wear

NE11 0QD

Employer's website

https://www.cbchealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)