Advanced Nurse PractitionerNHS

Job summary

We are a city centre practice with 6,400 patients looking to employ an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our nurse led practice. Working alongside GP's, Nurse Prescribers, Practice Nurses, HCA and Pharmacy Technicians.

Main duties of the job

• To act as an autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other Health Care Professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending and to initiate referrals and treatment plans where needed.
• Request pathology and interpret results
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation and to ensure read codes are used effectively
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance

Job description

To work independently and in conjunction with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within primary care initiating direct referrals as appropriate.

To provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner works autonomously and is accountable for their own professional actions.

Undertakes Clinical Nursing Practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary health care services.

Interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures.

Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct.

Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management.

Independent non-medical prescriber.

Communicates highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives and carers.

Contributes to practice targets both local and national within the disease management agenda eg QOF, prescribing incentive scheme.

Contributes to disease registers.

Audits outcomes of care against standards and initiates changes as necessary.

Undertakes annual review of patients understanding and ability to self-manage and medication reviews.

To actively implement safeguarding protocols for children and vulnerable adults and to know who to refer to and how to escalate concerns about radicalisation.

Actively participates in clinical and practice meetings.

Develops own knowledge and practice to meet objectives/changes in service, through attendance on study days, self-directed learning, and reflection on practice.

Makes effective use of the clinical system by ensuring the consistent and accurate entering of data and clinical coding.

About us

We are a small team including a range of Health Professionals and administrative members. We are a nurse led practice working well together, we encourage open communication and a positive environment to work.

The role includes access to the NHS Pension Scheme.