The Pontypool Medical Centre is a well-established surgery with approximately 18,500 patients located in Pontypool, currently has a fantastic opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their close-knit teams. You will work autonomously alongside our welcoming and supportive Nursing and Administration team.
An excellent opportunity to develop skills and broaden experience within this proactive surgery.
Up to £2,500 joining bonus available! *terms and conditions apply
Main duties of the job
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?
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.
About us
We continue to prioritise patient care and be a great employer. So we are looking for clinicians that want to be part of that change and be instrumental in moving the surgery and services forward.
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.
Job responsibilities
1. 10-minute consultations x 15 slots morning and 15 slots afternoon
2. Share of home visits
3. Able to manage acute presentations
4. Able to manage chronic conditions
5. Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology)
6. Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions
7. Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing
8. Able to file pathology results
9. Able to see all age groups
10. No restrictions on prescribing
11. Able to see pregnant women in regards to non-pregnancy related issues
12. Able to deal with mental health presentations
Person Specification
Qualifications
1. Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
2. Masters degree OR Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber
3. Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level Minor illness qualification
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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