Advanced Nurse PractitionerNHS

Job summary

Christiana Hartley Medical Practice are wanting to recruit an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner on a fixed term contract of 6-12 months.

Current list size - 11,000 patients

• Currently 6 GPs
• 4 Advanced Nurse Practitioners
• Practice Pharmacist
• 3 Practice Nurses
• 1 HCA
• 1 Phlebotomist
• Dedicated and experienced administration team

We are friendly and welcoming practice who are also part of a GP Federation and the local PCN.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide autonomous, first-contact clinical care for patients across the practice, undertaking telephone and face-to-face consultations, with home visits where appropriate. Duties will include assessing, diagnosing and managing acute, minor illness, long-term and complex conditions; requesting and interpreting investigations; prescribing within scope of practice; making appropriate referrals and providing safety-netting. The post-holder will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to health promotion, clinical governance and service improvement.

Job description

Christiana Hartley Medical Practice

JOB TITLE: Advanced Nurse Practitioner

REPORTS TO: Practice Manager

Job summary:

The post holder will be an experienced nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care.

They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice.

The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process.

Personal Traits:

Reliable

Patient friendly

Committed

Good team player

Enthusiastic and positive

Efficient

Articulate

Skills:

Excellent communication, organisational and planning skills

Excellent time management

Ability to prioritise

Ability to work autonomously, balanced with good team working.

Ability to make judgements , analyse and interpret data

Knowledge and Experience:

Proven record within Primary Care

ANP qualification

Confidentiality:

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data

Health & safety:

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of health promotion and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety and Infection Control policies and published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety, using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification, questioning, reporting and risk management

Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of health and safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensuring implementation across the business

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the business

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed

Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where appropriate) with other sector managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training (minimum annually)

Routine management of own / team areas, and maintenance of work space standards

Demonstrate due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

Equality and diversity:

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues

Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights

Personal/Professional development:

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work

Quality:

Strive to maintain quality within the practice, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources

Communication:

Recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Communicate effectively with patients and carers

Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly

Contribution to the implementation of services:

Apply practice policies, standards and guidance

Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work

Participate in audit where appropriate

About us

Christiana Hartley Medical Practice is a well established GP practice whose aim is to provide the highest possible quality of care to all its patients. We aim to achieve timely responsive, supportive and courteous care through continuous professional development of our highly motivated team. We are committed to preserving and enhancing our good reputation as a caring and innovative practice. By respecting the dignity and diversity of our community we strive to provide a service which puts patients welfare at the heart of all we do. Our goal is to provide a relaxed, safe, friendly environment where patients have the choice of healthcare professionals and appointment times