Job summary
We currently have a fantastic opportunity for an Advanced Nurse/ Clinical Practitioner to join our close knit team. You will work autonomously alongside our welcoming and supportive Clinical and Administration team.
An excellent opportunity to develop skills and broaden experience within this proactive surgery
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
The practice is under new management however, we aren't looking at making huge changes as we know that the surgery and the team are held in very high regard.
We are very family focused and have been serving our community for many, many years.
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 description
Job responsibilities
1. An autonomous consultor
2. 10-minute consultations x 15 slots morning and 15 slots afternoon
3. Share of home visits.
4. Able to manage acute presentations
5. Able to manage chronic conditions
6. Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology).
7. Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions.
8. Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing.
9. Able to file pathology results
10. Able to see all age groups
11. No restrictions on prescribing.
12. Able to see pregnant women in regards non pregnancy related issues.
13. Able to deal with mental health presentations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
14. Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council Masters degree OR Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level Minor illness qualification