Job summary
Friary House Surgery are additionally keen to recruit a Advanced Nurse Practitioner (30hrs per week) to work within the team. Whilst this is not a PCN role, we do closely work with PCN
pharmacists, physiotherapists, social prescribers, podiatrists and mental
health workers.
Main duties of the job
The Advanced Nurse
Practitioner (ANP) has been assessed competent in practice using their clinical
knowledge and skills. They have the freedom and authority to act and make
autonomous decisions in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
The ANP provides an
opportunity for patients to avoid the need to be referred to a GP, thereby
enabling them to receive timely care and negate unnecessary delay in receiving
treatment.
ANPs in primary
care can develop close, long-term relationships with their patients and work in
partnership with them to achieve optimum health. They are autonomous in making
decisions based on assessment, diagnosis and interpretation of test results.
They can independently prescribe appropriate medication, evaluate and refer to
other specialists if necessary.
About us
We are a surgery of approximately 12,500 patients, covering a wide geographical area in Plymouth. As a surgery, we are very involved with education and
encourage all staff to partake as applicable to their role. Involvement with research and audit are also
an expectation, meeting the four pillars of advanced practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The core
responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) are as follows. On
occasion, there may be a requirement to carry out tasks not listed below, that
are within the reasonable scope of the role.
-
Develop,
implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
-
Manage
patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions,
providing subject matter expert advice
-
Implement
and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease
patients
-
Identify,
manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions,
preventing adverse effects to the patients health
-
Provide
advanced, specialist nursing care t patients are required in accordance with
clinical based evidence, NICE and NSF
-
Provide
wound care (ulcer/doppler, etc)
-
Provide
specialist clinics such as contraception etc
-
Undertake
the collection of pathological specimens
-
Provide
travel medicine services
-
Request
pathology services as necessary
-
Process
and interpret pathology and other test results as required
-
Provide
chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring
patients to secondary/specialist care as required
-
Maintain
accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
-
Ensure
SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
-
Maintain
chronic disease registers
-
Develop,
implement and maintain well woman, well man and travel clinics
-
Take part
in implementation of an effective immunisation programme
-
Prioritise
health issues and intervene where necessary
-
Support
the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
-
Recognise,
assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
-
Implement
vaccination programmes for adults and children
-
Be an
extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
-
Support
patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines
(within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
-
Contribute
to practice targets (QOF etc), complying with both local and regional guidance
-
Liaise
with the external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported
appropriately (vulnerable patients etc)
-
Delegate
clinical responsibilities where appropriate (ensuring safe practice and that
the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
-
Support
the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and
national policies
-
Understand
practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour,
referring patients appropriately
-
Deliver
opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Job description
Job responsibilities
The core
responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) are as follows. On
occasion, there may be a requirement to carry out tasks not listed below, that
are within the reasonable scope of the role.
-
Develop,
implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
-
Manage
patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions,
providing subject matter expert advice
-
Implement
and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease
patients
-
Identify,
manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions,
preventing adverse effects to the patients health
-
Provide
advanced, specialist nursing care t patients are required in accordance with
clinical based evidence, NICE and NSF
-
Provide
wound care (ulcer/doppler, etc)
-
Provide
specialist clinics such as contraception etc
-
Undertake
the collection of pathological specimens
-
Provide
travel medicine services
-
Request
pathology services as necessary
-
Process
and interpret pathology and other test results as required
-
Provide
chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring
patients to secondary/specialist care as required
-
Maintain
accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
-
Ensure
SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
-
Maintain
chronic disease registers
-
Develop,
implement and maintain well woman, well man and travel clinics
-
Take part
in implementation of an effective immunisation programme
-
Prioritise
health issues and intervene where necessary
-
Support
the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
-
Recognise,
assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
-
Implement
vaccination programmes for adults and children
-
Be an
extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
-
Support
patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines
(within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
-
Contribute
to practice targets (QOF etc), complying with both local and regional guidance
-
Liaise
with the external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported
appropriately (vulnerable patients etc)
-
Delegate
clinical responsibilities where appropriate (ensuring safe practice and that
the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
-
Support
the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and
national policies
-
Understand
practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour,
referring patients appropriately
-
Deliver
opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Registered Nurse (NMC Pin)
- Masters degree in advanced clinical Practice or Post-graduate diploma/degree for Advanced Practice
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Requesting pathology tests and processing results
- Understanding requirement of PGDs and associated policies
- Womens health (cytology, contraception, etc)
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Chronic disease management (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, etc)
- Travel Medicine
- Spirometry
- Experience in infection prevention and control measures
Desirable
- Experience with SystemOne
- Experience leading a nursing team
- Experience managing elderly and housebound patients
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Effective time management
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
- Registered Nurse (NMC Pin)
- Masters degree in advanced clinical Practice or Post-graduate diploma/degree for Advanced Practice
- Independent Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working within Primary Care
- Experience of chronic disease management
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Requesting pathology tests and processing results
- Understanding requirement of PGDs and associated policies
- Womens health (cytology, contraception, etc)
- Immunisations (routine, childhood and travel)
- Chronic disease management (Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, etc)
- Travel Medicine
- Spirometry
- Experience in infection prevention and control measures
Desirable
- Experience with SystemOne
- Experience leading a nursing team
- Experience managing elderly and housebound patients
- Clear, polite telephone manner
- Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
- Ability to follow clinical policy and procedure
- Effective time management
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).
