Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities of Post

Practice, without direct supervision, as an independent Advanced Nurse Practitioner , participating in care of all age ranges and presenting acute conditions.

Independently prioritise, assess, diagnose, treat, and safely discharge/refer patients attending with undifferentiated and undiagnosed primary/urgent health care problems. Formulate management plans ensuring relevant follow up.

To manage daily surgeries comprising of face to face consultations, telephone consultations and telephone triage work.

Undertake occasional routine home visits and acute visits for certain medical emergencies arranging hospital admission if required.

Act as a referral agent and care co-ordinator by establishing multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patient.

To actively lead, formulate plans and contribute to the achievement of revised Quality outcomes Framework (QoF) indicators.

Actively participate with the implementation of Clinical Enhanced Services as directed by the ICB, PCN and Practice.

Work with clinical and non-clinical team to ensure that The Chorley Surgery makes a significant contribution to health improvement and the reduction of health inequalities.

Use individual skills and experience in order to make a positive contribution to the organisation and the development of the one team approach.

Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team.

Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded adequately on the computer.

Discuss patients continuing care with GP if required.

Take responsibility for continuity of care

Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.

Process, file and deal with own lab results and process documents and tasks

Assist in the formulation of practice philosophy, strategy and policy.

Professional Development

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development.

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (e.g. courses and conferences)

Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate

Partake in annual appraisals within practice, training, and personal continuous development

Maintain revalidation as per NMC guidance

Compete annual mandatory training

General Requirements

Contribute to the continuous professional development of the surgery, taking part in individual supervision and team meetings to ensure consistent practice.

Ensure the surgeries policies and procedures are adhered to, paying particular attention to confidentiality and the surgery requirements regarding the handling of personal identifiable information.

Work as part of a team to ensure the delivery of quality health care services.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in accordance with the NMC
• Code of Professional conduct
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a nurse-led service
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Experience of implementing protocols and clinical guidelines
• Experience of Microsoft Office software, in particular, Word, Excel and email

Desirable

• Audit experience
• Experience of EMIS Web clinical system
• Previous experience of working in General Practice
• and/or Community Nursing

knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Management of patients with long-term conditions
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Advanced clinical examination skills
• Clinical leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Ability to work proactively within a team
• Dealing with complex and challenging clinical consultations
• Understanding of responsibilities under CQC standards
• Change management
• Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
• Health-needs assessment

Desirable

• Experience of using EMIS
• Experience of building and analysing searches using EMIS web
• Good presentation skills
• Working with community development initiatives

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered first level nurse with BSC or MSC equivalent
• Recognised Advanced / Emergency Nurse Practitioner course e.g. RCN
• Non Medical Prescriber
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• CPR/anaphylaxis training in last 12 months

Desirable

• Mentor/ Teaching qualification
• Community Nursing specialist qualification

Personal Qualities

Essential

• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• To have a tolerant, patient and empathetic attitude
• Ability to use own judgement, resourcefulness and common sense
• Ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities
• Ability to work as part of an integrated multi-skilled team
• Flexible, reliable and responsive to change
• Demonstrates motivation and commitment to team working and the development of others
• A commitment to Primary Health Care and the NHS
• A commitment to Equal Opportunities in General Practice
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic in role
• Ability to work flexibly
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal Strong organisational 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 (opens in a new window).