The Nurse Practitioner will act within their professionalboundaries to provide patient care from initial triage, history taking,clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care in the surgeryand on home visits. The NursePractitioner will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision makingprocess. They willwork flexibly and supportively as a key member of the nursing team and widermultidisciplinary practice team maximising efficiency and skill mix.
Therole is to complement our existing team of excellent Practice Nurses and HCA’swho undertake all basic nursing duties, health promotion, chronic diseasemanagement and minor illness assessments.You will be expected to work autonomously and undertake face to face clinicalassessment of your patient list in 15 minute appointments, making clinicaldecisions based on experience, knowledge and analytical ability of undiagnosedpresentations. Experience of SystmOne clinical software would be an advantage
The applicant must bea Nurse prescriber, you must be willing to undertake home visits, makeappropriate clinical referrals and process pathology results and hospitalcorrespondence for your patients.
Main duties of the job
Summary ofResponsibilities:
* Supporting on the day duties
* Prescribing and advising on medication
* Minor injuries and illnesses
·History Taking
·Working autonomously and under pressure
* Attend Practice Meetings
* Perform audit of aspects of practice nursing work.
* Refer patients to appropriate disciplines within the Primary CareTeam and to outside agencies, with GPs involvement where appropriate.
* Work as a member of a coordinated Nurse team and take part in jointprojects.
* Attend such training courses as may be required to maintainprofessional qualifications and expertise
* Have an interest in, and commitment to, continuous professionaldevelopment
About us
Weare a forward thinking, supportive and innovative practice offering a range ofservices.
Asactive members of our PCN, the Practice also has access to shared services andresources including Social Prescribers, Clinical Pharmacists, Physiotherapists,MHP, and remote clinics.
The Surgerymoved to its new purpose-built home in Jan 2020. We are a friendly, modernpractice with a population of approx 7,100 patients.
Weare keen to train and develop our own practice staff and encourage personaldevelopment at every opportunity.
Job responsibilities
REPORTS TO: PracticeManager
We are a forward thinking,supportive, innovative practice who are looking for an enthusiastic,experienced ANP to complement our team. This is an opportunity to help us shape and developthe ANP role at Chapelford Medical Centre to ensure we achieve the best care toour patients
- active involvement withenhanced services and commissioning
- excellent team spirit,helpful administrative team and free car parking!
Summary ofResponsibilities:
* Supporting on the day duties
* Prescribing and advising on medication
* Minor injuries and illnesses
Triage
Prescribing
History Taking
Working autonomously and under pressure
Leadership
* Attend Practice Meetings
* Perform audit of aspects of practice nursing work.
* Refer patients to appropriate disciplines within the Primary CareTeam and to outside agencies, with GPs involvement where appropriate.
* Work as a member of a coordinated Nurse team and take part in jointprojects.
* Attend such training courses as may be required to maintainprofessional qualifications and expertise
* Have an interest in, and commitment to, continuous professionaldevelopment
Other
Keep appropriate written and computer records of all patientcontacts and all other appropriate aspects of practice nursing work.
Work closely with site manager to discuss relevant aspects ofadministration.
SupplementaryInformation
Confidentiality:
* In the courseof seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitiveinformation in relation to their health and other matters. They doso in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respecttheir privacy and act appropriately.
* In theperformance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holdermay have access to confidential information relating to patients and theircarers, Practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may alsohave access to information relating to the Practice as a businessorganisation. All such information from any source is to beregarded as strictly confidential.
* Informationrelating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers to thebusiness of the Practice may only be divulged to authorised persons inaccordance with the Practice policies and procedures relating toconfidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
* All staff arerequired to maintain complete confidentiality as a condition of employment.Any breach of this requirement will lead to disciplinary action.
Health & Safety:
The post-holderwill assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safetyand security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include:-
* Using personalsecurity systems within the workplace according to Practice guidelines.
* Identifyingthe risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in away that manages those risks.
* Makingeffective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
* Usingappropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidyand safe way and free from hazards.
All staff mustbe aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health & Safetyat Work Act and 1992 EC Directive on Working with Visual Display Screen Equipment.
Equality andDiversity:
The post-holderwill support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers andcolleagues, to include:-
* Acting in away that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting themin a way that is consistent with Practice procedures and policies andcurrent legislation.
* Respecting theprivacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
* Behaving in amanner which is welcoming and non-judgmental to an individual and respectstheir circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality:
The post-holderwill strive to maintain quality within the Practice and will:-
* Alert otherteam members to issues of quality and risk.
* Assess ownperformance and take accountability for own actions, either directly orunder supervision.
* Contribute tothe effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities andmaking suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance.
* Workeffectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs.
* Effectivelymanage own time, work and resources.
Communication:
The post-holdershould recognise the importance of effective communication within the team andwill strive to:-
* Communicateeffectively with other team members.
* Communicateeffectively with patients and carers.
* Recognisepeoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respondaccordingly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered General Nurse
* Non-Medical Independent Prescriber
Experience
* Several years post registration
* Experience in managing long term conditions
* Experience in minor illness, clinical decisions, telephone triage
* Experience of working autonomously
* Working within a primary care setting
Knowledge/Sills
* Knowledge of the working of general practice
* Up to date knowledge of health agenda, local and national Management of diseases, undiagnosed health roles Working autonomously Excellent interpersonal and communications skills Ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team as a key player Skills in clinical examination and diagnostic techniques.
* Knowledge of PGD & current prescribing regimes Awareness of the legal and ethical issues of the role Information Technology Skills.
* Knowledge of PanMersey Guidelines.
* Knowledge of clinical software package.
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.
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