Job summary
Weare a friendly, innovative, and enthusiastic team, seeking a similarlymotivated Nurse Practitioner, who is passionate about great patient care.
Weoperate from modern, premises in Cullompton, a historic market town setsurrounded by beautiful Devon countryside, yet only 15 miles north of thevibrant city of Exeter. We have four branches in surrounding villages and carefor over 18,500 patients.
Ourteam meets together every day for a clinical meeting over a cuppa and havelunch together whenever we can out in our award-winning garden.
Main duties of the job
The role is primarily to work within our SDS (Same Day Service) Team inproviding a same day urgent treatment service and telephone triage.
About us
Were proud to have been rated Outstanding by the CQC. We are a teaching and training practice for many different clinical roles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Therole is primarily to work within our SDS (Same Day Service) Team in providing asame day urgent treatment service and telephone triage.
1. Clinical
To provide a holistic, autonomous, and clinical nursing service by attending toreferrals and self-referrals of practice patients. Making an assessment oftheir physical, psychological and social needs, implementing an agreedmanagement plan with patients including appropriate prescribing and referral.
2.Independent/Supplementary Prescribing
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medications,side effects and interactions.
Manage medicines including prescribing and administering medication andappliances for patients, as an Independent/Supplementary Prescriber, or withinPatient Group Directions.
To take responsibility, as a designated independent nurse prescriber, toprescribe medicines and appliances/dressings from the relevant nationalformulary for individual patients receiving care for a condition for which thenurse has clinical responsibility.
To maintain competency to practice safely as an independent/supplementaryprescriber.
To comply with all legal and NMC requirements of prescribing practice.
3.Research
To ensure Clinical Nursing activities are evidence based.
When requested, to undertake an active role in carrying out research studies,independently or in conjunction with other health professionals.
4. Management
To ensure Nursing activities remain within broad policy, objectives of theorganisation and a major role in developing policy objectives.
To report, document, and evaluate the work of the Nurse Practitioner and todemonstrate its importance both to patients and the Practice.
4. Professional
To provide a high standard of Professional conduct and Nursing care at alltimes in accordance with the NMC.
To participate in teaching Nurse Learners, medical students and other studentsas appropriate who visit.
To attend relevant meetings, courses, seminars and keep professionallyup-to-date.
Any other duties considered relevant to the Post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Nurse
2. Relevant Nurse Practitioner qualification
3. Prescribing qualification
Experience
Essential
4. At least 2 years recent experience of nursing in a Primary Care environment
5. Minimum 5 years post-registration
6. Management of minor illnesses or ailments
Desirable
7. Use of SystmOne clinical system
Skills
Essential
8. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
9. Clear, polite telephone manner
10. Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
11. Effective time management (Planning & Organising)
12. Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
13. Good interpersonal skills
14. Problem solving and analytical skills
15. Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
Desirable
16. Strong IT skills
17. SystmOne
18. Experience with audit and able to lead audit programmes
19. Experience with clinical risk management
Personal Qualities
Essential
20. Polite and confident
21. Flexible and cooperative
22. Motivated, forward thinker
23. Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
24. High levels of integrity and loyalty
25. Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
26. Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
27. Effectively utilises resources
28. Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
29. Commitment to ongoing professional development
30. Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
Other Requirements
Essential
31. Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
32. NMC registration
Clinical Knowledge and Skills
Essential
33. Advanced clinical skills
34. Clinical examination skills
35. Management of patients with complex needs
36. Clinical governance Quality and Outcomes Framework
37. Broad knowledge of clinical governance
38. Ability to record accurate clinical notes
39. Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
40. Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
41. Knowledge of health promotion strategies
42. Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
Desirable
43. Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
44. Awareness of issues within the wider health arena