JOB SUMMARY / PURPOSE The ANP will operate within their own sphere of competence and agreed acceptable limits of practice to provide expert professional clinical advice and treatment to patients, carers and colleagues, ensuring clinical safety and excellence. The ANP will work as anautonomouspractitioner: diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness or injury within their professional scope of practice. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or in their place of residence. The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner. The postholder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads for treatments, referral, admitting and discharging patients as appropriate. This role will involve working within a multidisciplinary team to provide care and treatment to patients with either long term conditions or undiagnosed undifferentiated diagnoses. RESPONSIBILITIES The main responsibilities of the role include: Autonomous consulter: diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with acute presentations and chronic conditions. Making professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation. Assessing the health care needs of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Order appropriate investigations Refer appropriately to other disciplines, to secondary care or to organise emergency admission. Share of clinical administration duties in the practice Clinical advice and mentorship to members of the nursing team