Advanced Nurse PractitionerNHS

Job summary

We are looking for a dynamic and committed Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Derby Family Medical Centre to work as part of the clinical team and support the delivery high level care for our patients. Experience of independent working in primary care and having a prescribing qualification is essential.

You will be working as part of a primary care team that prides itself on the delivery of high quality healthcare services. you will be well supported by senior GPs as well as a friendly and enthusiastic admin team.

Main duties of the job

In this role you will work independently, making professional, autonomous decisions.

• You will be responsible for making any necessary referrals, requests for investigations and do these in in an appropriate manner and timescale.
• The role will involve initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment plan and evaluation of patient care.
• You will be responsible for making any necessary referrals, requests for investigations and do these in in an appropriate manner and timescale.
• The role will involve independent prescribing within the scope of professional practice.
• The advanced nurse practitioner will support the GP team managing same day appointment requests from patients.
• The nurse practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, seeking GP input as appropriate where the problem lies outside their professional capability.
• You will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and a high level of independent care including assessment, diagnostic and prescribing skills.
• You will attend patients with urgent medical problems

Job description

Derby Family Medical Centre recognise the Advanced Level Nurse Practitioner as a core role within our working teams. We expect all of our NMC registered nurses to uphold the 2018 NMC `The Code Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates'.

SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work as an autonomous practitioner

Responsible for:

• Attending to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional
• Diagnosing, treating and prescribing for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed illness or injury
• Making an assessment of their needs, based on highly developed nursing skills including physical assessment.
• Seeing and advising people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs
• Patients are to be seen in a timely manner enabling contractual requirements to be met
• The ANP will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner. There will be a requirement to see extra or emergency patients
• Responsible for developing, with the patient, a continuing management plan for the health of the patient and when appropriate to refer to other clinicians and agencies
• To provide high quality nursing services to a defined practice population
• The role will include responsibility within the practice for the development and direction of the clinical and managerial aspects of nursing care, as well as an advanced clinical role
• The role is flexible and demanding and may be expanded in accordance with practice requirements and the nurse practitioners own scope of practice.

About us

Derby Family Medical Centre has a very warm and family friendly atmosphere with patients from multi ethnic background. We have strong work ethics, providing patient care and team work.

We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.