Job summary
The purpose of the role of Advanced
Nurse Practitioner (ANP) or Nurse Practitioner (NP) within the SHP team will be
to be an integral part of our clinical team, caring for patients with both
acute care needs, and where appropriate, where patients require some continuity
of care. Interested ANPs and NPs with special interests such as in acute care,
frailty and mental health are welcome to apply, however those who feel they are
more generalist ANPs and NPs should not be deterred.
As an experienced nurse, you will act
within your professional boundaries. You will have skills to be able to provide
a first line clinical assessment of care via telephone or online triage and where
needed and is best practice, you will review patients for face to face
assessment. You will take an initial history and clinical assessment to provide
a diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of the patients care. You will
demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within SHP.
You will be part of a wider clinical team on site and will be welcome to ask
for support or to escalate situations or health needs which feel out of your
scope of practice and learn from jointly caring for patients with the GPs.
Main duties of the job
The aim of the role will be to help the
wider SHP team provide high quality care to our patient population and enhance
patient experience. As part of this role you will support service improvement
and feed in where you feel we can provide a better service to our patients or
better workforce satisfaction. The role will involve training and development
of our wider clinical and non-clinical team as part of our ethos at SHP.
You will work collaboratively
within the multidisciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of
patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse
leadership as and when required. We are looking for
highly motivated ANPs and NPs with independent prescribing skills to join our team.
The role will require you to provide timely, high quality, person centred
clinical care to patients addressing their needs to the highest standard of
evidence based clinical care.
The role will involve following up patients who need
further assessment, making and receiving referrals and actioning results of
investigations and medication requests.
About us
SHP are a Solihull based partnership looking after over 56,000 patients and operating out of 7 sites. This
role provides an opportunity to join a large forward thinking organisation whose vision is to be the most
respected Primary Care provider in the West Midlands.
Through our centralised back-office functions, our systems are organised so we can concentrate on
healthcare and not administration. Our practices place great value on teaching, training and mentorship
within the team.SHP Vision Statement: To provide person-centred care at the heart of the community.
Mission Statement:
Solihull Healthcare Partnership aims to be the provider of choice in delivering holistic care to our neighbourhood.
Honest - We practice and encourage open and honest communication, acting with integrity in all that we do.
Excellence - We strive to achieve the highest standards in the care we deliver
and enable our team to create an environment that encourages excellence.
Accountable - We take personal and collective responsibility for our actions and the way we deliver care.
Respectful - We engage with our team, our patients and our community with respect, providing kind and compassionate person-centred care.
Transformational - We are committed to continually improving our standards, working with the community, being responsive and adapting to the changing needs of the neighbourhood
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical practice
Competently triage patients via online forms
or telephone conversations
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate
treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with a minor illness
and/or an undifferentiated diagnosis
Assess patients via telephone or face to face,
recognising the need to assess patients at the most appropriate place to take
into account the healthcare need
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate
interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs. Proactively
identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of
developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)
Assess, treat and educate patients as
required, making use of prescribing experience to prescribe safe, effective
and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.
To follow up patients as appropriate dependent
on healthcare need and the most appropriate use of resources for our
population
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
Make professionally autonomous decisions for
which you are accountable
Book diagnostic investigations as indicated.
Refer patients directly to other
services/agencies as appropriate
Follow up patients as required by clinical
need and guidelines within scope of practice
Undertake the assessment of pathology reports,
interpret results and direct for further action as warranted
Complete medical reports for various agencies,
including DWP and insurance companies (where the patient is known to you and
it does not specifically require completion by a GP)
Delivering a quality service
Recognise and work within own competence and
professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC. Produce accurate,
contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with
legislation, policies and procedures
Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and
evidence-based care
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through
self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
Initiate and participate in the maintenance of
quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its
activities
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of
evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing
improvements where required
In partnership with other clinical teams,
collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and
national policies and initiatives as appropriate
Support and participate in training, shared
learning across the practice and wider organisation 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
Act as nurse advisor to other members of the
Primary Healthcare team.
Supervise other allied healthcare
professionals where appropriate
Encourage and develop teamwork within the
practice.
Involvement in quality improvement and service
development particularly pertaining to access improvement as part of a team
Help the practice operate in a cost-effective
manner.
Identify and manage nursing care risks on a
continuing basis.
Participate in practice meetings and practice
management meetings, reporting progress as required. Participate in audits
and inspections as appropriate.
Work closely with the doctors and
administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice
systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and
Quality Indicator targets.
Ensure that all Practice Policies are fully
implemented.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical practice
Competently triage patients via online forms
or telephone conversations
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate
treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with a minor illness
and/or an undifferentiated diagnosis
Assess patients via telephone or face to face,
recognising the need to assess patients at the most appropriate place to take
into account the healthcare need
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate
interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs. Proactively
identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of
developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)
Assess, treat and educate patients as
required, making use of prescribing experience to prescribe safe, effective
and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.
To follow up patients as appropriate dependent
on healthcare need and the most appropriate use of resources for our
population
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
Make professionally autonomous decisions for
which you are accountable
Book diagnostic investigations as indicated.
Refer patients directly to other
services/agencies as appropriate
Follow up patients as required by clinical
need and guidelines within scope of practice
Undertake the assessment of pathology reports,
interpret results and direct for further action as warranted
Complete medical reports for various agencies,
including DWP and insurance companies (where the patient is known to you and
it does not specifically require completion by a GP)
Delivering a quality service
Recognise and work within own competence and
professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC. Produce accurate,
contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with
legislation, policies and procedures
Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and
evidence-based care
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through
self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation
Initiate and participate in the maintenance of
quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its
activities
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of
evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing
improvements where required
In partnership with other clinical teams,
collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and
national policies and initiatives as appropriate
Support and participate in training, shared
learning across the practice and wider organisation 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
Act as nurse advisor to other members of the
Primary Healthcare team.
Supervise other allied healthcare
professionals where appropriate
Encourage and develop teamwork within the
practice.
Involvement in quality improvement and service
development particularly pertaining to access improvement as part of a team
Help the practice operate in a cost-effective
manner.
Identify and manage nursing care risks on a
continuing basis.
Participate in practice meetings and practice
management meetings, reporting progress as required. Participate in audits
and inspections as appropriate.
Work closely with the doctors and
administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice
systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and
Quality Indicator targets.
Ensure that all Practice Policies are fully
implemented.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Has worked autonomously in an ANP or NP role
- Worked within a primary care network or general practice setting
- Demonstrable experience in triage
- Experience of case management
- Experience of conducting audits
- Experience in handling and updating QOF data
Desirable
- Experience of supervising or supporting the training of junior clinical team members
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical examination skills
- Able to triage patients
- Communicates effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome difficult levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating, whilst ensuring the patient is fully informed
- Able to work as part of a wider clinical and non-clinical team for the benefit of the patient and organisation
- Management of patients with acute care needs
- Experience of managing patients with long term conditions and/or frailty or within care homes
- Experience of using prescribing qualification and carrying out medication reviews within skill set and competencies
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies and comfortable giving lifestyle advice and signposting to agencies to support patients
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care
- Effective decision making and negotiation skills
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Ability to problem solve whilst working under pressure
- Excellent organisational skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
- IT skills (MS Office and EMISweb)
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the business
- Able to travel to all SHP sites
- DBS required
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP or NP
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Qualification
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
Desirable
- Masters degree for qualification post December 2020 refer to RCN Credentialing for Advanced Level of Nursing Practice.
- Or Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
- Accredited training in
- Minor illness
- Urgent care
- Chronic disease management or frailty
- Mentor or teaching qualification
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Has worked autonomously in an ANP or NP role
- Worked within a primary care network or general practice setting
- Demonstrable experience in triage
- Experience of case management
- Experience of conducting audits
- Experience in handling and updating QOF data
Desirable
- Experience of supervising or supporting the training of junior clinical team members
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical examination skills
- Able to triage patients
- Communicates effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome difficult levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating, whilst ensuring the patient is fully informed
- Able to work as part of a wider clinical and non-clinical team for the benefit of the patient and organisation
- Management of patients with acute care needs
- Experience of managing patients with long term conditions and/or frailty or within care homes
- Experience of using prescribing qualification and carrying out medication reviews within skill set and competencies
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies and comfortable giving lifestyle advice and signposting to agencies to support patients
- Knowledge of clinical governance issues in primary care
- Effective decision making and negotiation skills
- Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
- Ability to problem solve whilst working under pressure
- Excellent organisational skills
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
- IT skills (MS Office and EMISweb)
- Flexibility to meet the needs of the business
- Able to travel to all SHP sites
- DBS required
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP or NP
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Qualification
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
Desirable
- Masters degree for qualification post December 2020 refer to RCN Credentialing for Advanced Level of Nursing Practice.
- Or Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
- Accredited training in
- Minor illness
- Urgent care
- Chronic disease management or frailty
- Mentor or teaching 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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 (opens in a new window).
