Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Urgent and Unscheduled Care

Job responsibilities

Job Advert PCN Urgent & Unscheduled Care Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Waterside Primary Care Network (PCN)

20 to 37.5 hours per week

Up to £42, 000 to per annum pro rata

About us

Waterside PCN provides proactive and coordinated care to 43,000 patients. We have a strong focus on health promotion and personalised care, supporting people to make informed decisions about their health and social care.

We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive PCN with significant experience in training healthcare professionals and offering new models of care utilising a diverse skill mix of professionals

Job Overview

There has never been a more exciting time to work in primary care, and Waterside Primary Care Network (PCN) is expanding its Clinical Team.

We are seeking to recruit a positive, caring and self-motivated individual to take on the role and work in our Urgent Care Centre.

Main duties of the job

As an advanced practitioner you will be a leading example of clinical excellence, with a minimum of two years experience, supporting colleagues in the department, and providing advanced level clinical assessment and care. With a range of diagnostics available to aid your clinical examination, the UCC environment is an ideal place to consolidate previous experience of Emergency Department, Walk in Centres, GP Practices or OOH environments.

A full job description and person specification is available.

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse

Post graduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)

Qualified Nurse Prescriber

Qualified Triage Nurse

Desirable

Minor Illness Qualification

Teaching Qualification

ALS,PALS

Interested?

For an informal discussion please contact Dr Jessica Pickford, PCN Clinical Director ; via email jessicapickford@nhs.net

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Post graduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)
• Qualified Nurse Prescriber
• Qualified Triage Nurse

Desirable

• Minor Illness Qualification
• Teaching Qualification
• ALS,PALS

Experience

Essential

• Experience
• Experience of patients presenting with urgent and unscheduled care conditions
• Clinical Knowledge & Skills
• Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting pathology tests and processing the results, advising patients accordingly
• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Asthma
• CHD
• Understands the importance of evidence based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understanding when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understands the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Personal Qualities
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort
• Skills
• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure / in stressful situations
• Effectively able to communicate and understand the needs of the patient
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Effectively utilises resources
• Punctual and committed to supporting the team effort

Desirable

• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews

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).