Are you a tenacious, organised and skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioner? Are you committed to delivering high-quality healthcare to patients? Do you want to make a real difference in people's lives?
Due to rapid, continued growth, an exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, committed Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our group of GP practices in Huddersfield.
This Advanced Nurse Practitioner role will involve working alongside a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and Nurses to provide care and treatment to patients with either long term conditions or undiagnosed undifferentiated diagnoses.
The successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner will work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness or injury across all age groups including young children. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video consultation.
Main duties of the job
What you will get as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner;
* Salary: Depending on experience
* Hours: Across the week
* Fieldhead: HD7 4QQ
* Lockwood: HD1 3XH
* Nook: HD3 3XA
* Thornton Lodge: HD1 3SB
* Benefits: 6 weeks annual leave (plus bank holidays), paid protected study time, opportunity to join the NHS Pensions Scheme
About us
The team you will be working with as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner;
* A fully staffed multi-disciplinary team including a full complement of Administration Staff
* Across the 4 practices in the vicinity, you will be supported by over 10 GPs & ANPs, 3 Practice Nurses & 3 HCAs
* The team are a progressive and collaborative group, ready to welcome on board any successful additions
* Teamwork and mutual support are integral to our working practices and the successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner must share this vision.
If this sounds like the role for you, click apply and submit a copy of your most recent CV.
Job responsibilities
The successful post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
Key Responsibilities:
* 10-minute consultations x 15 slots morning and 15 slots afternoon
* Share of home visits
* Able to manage acute presentations
* Able to manage chronic conditions
* Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology)
* Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions
* Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing
* Able to file pathology results
* Able to see all age groups
* No restrictions on prescribing
* Able to see pregnant women in regards non pregnancy related issues
* Able to deal with mental health presentations
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
* Masters degree OR Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation
* Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
* Qualified triage nurse
* Teaching qualification
Experience
* Experience of practice within the four pillars
* Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
* Experience of working in a primary care environment
* Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
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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