Job summary
The postholder will be an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner holding the ACPMasters or similar qualification, acting within their professional boundaries,will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking,clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. You willdemonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients withinthe practice and our care homes. You will be working as part of the clinicalteam in the practice.
Main duties of the job
Assess, triage and provide treatment to patients or make necessary referrals to other members of theprimary care team.
Manageundifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlyingserious pathology and take appropriate action.
Activelytake a personalised care approach toenable shared decision-making with the presenting person.
Provide a choice of direct access to a nurse practitioner, both in Practice andover the telephone.
Home visits.
Instigatenecessary diagnostic tests/ investigations andinterpret findings/reports.
Prescribesafe, effective and appropriate medication whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Providesafe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care.
Offera holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriatean ongoing plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care.
Promotehealth and well-being through the use of health education,screening and therapeutic communication skills.
Referpatients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.
Contributeto the practice achieving its targets such as QOF and IIF to sustainthe high standards of patient care and service delivery.
Helpdevelop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives toimprove existing patient services.
About us
About us
Our clinical team is made up of GP Partners,salaried GPs, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurses, Nursing Associate,Health Care Assistants and a wide variety of Primary Care Network ARRS roles.
Castleton Health Centre are based within a few miles of the M62 and have10,200 patients on their list.
We are part of the Canalside Primary Care Network sitting within theHeywood, Middleton and Rochdale footprint.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assess andtriage patients, including same-day triage, and as appropriate providedefinitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy,patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines andlocal care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of theprimary care team.
Manageundifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlyingserious pathology and take appropriate action.
Use complexdecision-making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, and complete managementof episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.
Activelytake a personalised care approach and population-centred care approach toenable shared decision-making with the presenting person.
Provide thechoice of direct access to a nurse practitioner, both in the Practice and overthe telephone, for the general practice population.
Make homevisits to those in need where required.
Makeprofessionally autonomous decisions for which you are accountable.
Instigatenecessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations andinterpret findings/reports.
Prescribesafe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by the currentlegislative framework in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (orgenerically) whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Providesafe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care.
Offer aholistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriatean ongoing plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care.
Promotehealth and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education,screening and therapeutic communication skills.
Referpatients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.
Contributeto the practice achieving its quality targets such as QOF and IIF to sustainthe high standards of patient care and service delivery.
Helpdevelop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives toimprove existing patient services.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Masters qualification for Advanced Clinical Practice or similar accreditation
2. Independent Prescribing qualification
3. NMC registration
Desirable
4. Clinical supervision and training experience
Experience
Essential
5. Evidence of Continued Professional Development
6. Experience of working in Primary Care
7. Ability to prioritise and organise own case load
8. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
9. Ability to evaluate and implement appropriate clinical service developments.
10. IT knowledge to include Emis Web and Docman
11. Experience of working within a team.
12. Willingness to undertake further training as required.