NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.
Fulltime and part-time hours will be considered.
Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours.
As part of the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde’s pre-employment checking for all appointed candidates, evidence of NMC registration will be required prior to start date. You should therefore note that candidates who are unable to provide confirmation of current NMC registration, in line with projected start date for this post, may not be shortlisted for interview. This post requires PVG Scheme Membership/ Disclosure Scotland Check. Full driving licence essential.
Role of the Department: To assist in coordinating the provision of seamless care, in conjunction with medical staff and to liaise with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team to facilitate investigation, treatment, transfer or discharge of the patient effectively and effectively as possible.
To provide a high quality, safe and supportive environment in order to care for patients within NHSGGC meeting the identified physical and psycho-social needs.
The ANP will encounter a broad spectrum of conditions and develop an expertise in dealing with these. Health education and health promotion will be encouraged in order to rehabilitate or promote and maintain independent living for patients and their support carers working collaboratively with social care colleagues.
The job the applicant will be doing:
The post–holder will be expected to work across role and geographical boundaries, providing complete clinical care for their patients as part of the multi-disciplinary team. They will
* Access, diagnose and manage the clinical (medical and nursing) needs of a wide cohort of patients autonomously and with other members of the interdisciplinary team.
* Responsible for ensuring the delivery of evidence-based care.
* Providing clinical leadership and advice to nursing staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
* Work autonomously within the multidisciplinary team.
* Responsible for setting, implementation and evaluation of standard of nursing practice.
* Work collaboratively in both a planned and responsive manner to ensure
* Nursing skill and expertise is afforded to residents of Inverclyde.
* There will be a requirement to link and liaise effectively with GP and OOH medical colleagues via NHS 24, Scottish Ambulance Service and provide guidance and support to unregistered staff supplying care and support services to HSCP service users.
Skills/Qualifications:
ANP’s are educated at Masters Level in advanced practice and are assessed as competent in this level of practice. As a clinical leader they have the freedom and authority to act and accept responsibility and accountability for those actions. This level of practice is characterised by high level of autonomous decision making, including assessment, diagnosis, treat, including prescribing for patients with complex multi-dimensional problems. Decisions are made using high level expert knowledge and skills. This includes the authority to refer, admit and discharge within appropriate clinical areas.
ANP’s have developed a highly specialist knowledge across a range of work practices and procedures underpinned by theoretical and practical knowledge and experience.
The successful candidate should be:
* Recorded as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber (V300) with the NMC
* Have an appropriate Masters level qualification in Advanced Practice which has enabled competence in: · Clinical assessment · Clinical reasoning, judgement and diagnostic decision making · Anatomy and pathophysiology · Non medical prescribing- V300 · Leading, delivering and evaluating care · Practice learning/transferable work based learning
* Experience is essential.
* Community experience is desirable.
* An interest in palliative Care and Management of Long term conditions/ Anticipatory Care alongside associated technical skill and ability is considered advantageous.
Interview date is Thursday 24th April
For further information, please contact: Moira Bradley, Lead Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Community Adult Nursing, Tel. no, 01475 501260
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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