Are you an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitionerlooking for an exciting new opportunity?
A highly regarded, forward-thinking Teaching Practice, combining the valued elements of a traditional family practice, with a progressive attitude. There are exciting opportunities for the future and long-term stability.
Main duties of the job
The ANP provides an opportunity for patients toavoid the need to be referred to a GP, thereby enabling them to receive timelycare and negate unnecessary delay in receiving treatment.
ANPs in primary care can develop close, long-termrelationships with their patients and work in partnership with them to achieveoptimum health. They are autonomous in making decisions based on assessment,diagnosis and interpretation of test results. They can independently prescribeappropriate medication, evaluate or refer to other specialists if necessary.
About us
Located in Knighton, Powys within easy commute of Shrewsbury or Hereford, set in beautiful countryside.The beautiful rural location still offers a variety of clinical cases, and the surgery are happy for an incoming ANP to develop further professionally.
Job responsibilities
Provide high-quality, patient-centred care across a range of clinical settings.
Perform advanced clinical assessments, diagnostics, and treatments.
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement care plans.
Lead initiatives to improve patient outcomes and enhance service delivery.
Mentor and support junior staff and contribute to their professional development.
* Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
* Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
* Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
* Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patients health
* Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
* Provide wound care, ulcer/Doppler, etc.
* Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
* Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
* Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC Registered
* Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice
* Independent Non-medical Prescriber
* Experience working in Primary Care
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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