Job summary
We are looking for an experienced ANP who is a team player and is determined to deliver high levels of patient health. The ideal candidate should be enthusiastic and knowledgeable, constantly looking to improve their skill set and wanting to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
Your main duties will be to assess and diagnose patients and develop the best healthcare plan for them. To produce accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patient consultations, consistent with legislation, policies, and procedures. Applicants should be able to prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and within scope of practice.
About us
Grove House Practice is a well-respected, long-established surgery that provides services for 14,500 patients, in Runcorn old town, across two sites (approx. 1 mile apart). Patient services are delivered by a team consisting of a 5 GP partnership, 6 salaried GPs, 5 nurses, 2 ANPs, 2 HCAs, and a Clinical Pharmacist as well as a host of administration staff.
Date posted: 14 April 2025
Pay scheme: Other
Salary: Depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: A1732-25-0000
Job locations
St Pauls Health Centre
High Street
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 1AB
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
1. Clinical practice:
* Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated illness and for patients with complex needs.
* Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly.
* Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
* Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
* Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and within scope of practice.
* Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
* Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication, on medication regimens, side effects and interactions.
* Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
* Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles and apply principles of self-care.
1. Delivering a Quality Service:
* Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by NMC.
* Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultations, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
* Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
* Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
* Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
* Evaluate patients’ response to health care provision and effectiveness of care including participation in the Friends and Family Test.
* Support and participate in shared learning across the Practice and wider organisation (CCG).
* Use a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events.
* Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients’ health procedures and local guidance.
2. Team Working:
* Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
* Be flexible and contribute to both the Doctor and Nursing teams at the practice.
* Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working including triage for patient appointments, duty clinician and home visit responsibilities as required.
* Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient needs.
* Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
* Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
* Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.
* Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team.
* Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success and contribute to outcomes reporting in relation to current and proposed projects and new service delivery.
3. Management of Risk:
* Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients.
* Liaising with Clinical Team including attendance at Group Meetings including SEAs, Proactive Care and GSF.
* Obtaining support and guidance from GP Team in support of decision making process where required.
* Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines.
* Ensure the nursing team undertakes mandatory and statutory training requirements.
* Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines.
4. Learning and Development:
* Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards.
* Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
* Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning.
5. Administrative and Professional Responsibilities:
* Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.
* Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients’ notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate.
* Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with membership/qualification, patient health care and registration with the practice.
* Attend and participate in practice meetings as required.
* Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy.
* Maintain effective liaison with other agencies and staff concerned with patient care and with all other disciplines within the practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.
6. Professional Development:
* To maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.
7. Confidentiality:
* In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.
* In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
* Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.
8. Health and Safety:
* The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others’ health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health and Safety Policy, to include:
* Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.
* Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
* Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
* Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
* Reporting potential risks identified.
9. Equality and Diversity:
* The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:
* Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people’s rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies and current legislation.
* Respecting the privacy, dignity, need and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
* Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
10. Personal/Professional Development:
* The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:
* Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.
* Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.
11. Quality:
* The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice and will:
* Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
* Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
* Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team’s performance.
* Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patient needs.
* Effectively manage own time, workload and resources.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
* Good IT skills
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Innovative approach, willing to try new ideas
* Good team player with ability to work autonomously
* A good grasp of the needs of both staff and patients from a Practice nursing team
* Knowledge and good understanding of performance monitoring, including
Qualifications Essential
* RGN qualified
* Prescriber
* Triage diploma
* Demonstration of the need to continually keep up-to-date with nursing skills
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Grove House Practice
Address:
St Pauls Health Centre
High Street
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 1AB
Employer's website: Grove House Practice
#J-18808-Ljbffr