Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE:
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Interview dates: Thursday 11th April 2024
The Fakenham Medical Practice
We require an experienced, enthusiastic and motivated practice nurse to
join our expanding friendly team. We are a highly skilled and experienced
practice team and provide a supportive learning environment.
The Fakenham Medical Practice is an
eleven-doctor dispensing practice providing care to around 15,000 patients in
and around Fakenham in North Norfolk.
We work from modern, purpose-built premises.
The partners and staff have a shared belief in the delivery of high quality,
traditional personal family healthcare.
Patients interests are kept very much to the fore and there is a strong
commitment to develop patient services.
To promote a multi-disciplinary team approach, we share our premises with
other providers including a pharmacy, adult social services and local community
services e.g. physiotherapy and midwifery.
The practice is part of North Norfolk Clinical
Commissioning Group and has a branch surgery at Walsingham. We are a training
practice for GP Trainees.
Practice Mission Statement
Fakenham
Medical Practice is committed to working with compassion and understanding to
provide all its patients with accessible, responsive and efficient services
that deliver good, safe and effective care.
Main purpose of role
To work in
accordance with practice guidelines and protocols to provide high quality
nursing care and meet the needs of patients.
To project a
positive, friendly and professional image of the practice to patients, carers
and other visitors to the practice.
Key
relationships
Partners, salaried doctors, trainees,
Operations Manager, Nurse Manager, Nurses, HCAs, all other Fakenham Medical
Practice staff, patients, carers, Patient Participation Group members and other
community providers.
Job
Duties and responsibilities:
To assist the medical personnel in the care of
practice patients to include diagnosis, treatment, preventative care, screening
and patient education.
Providing assessment, screening
treatment services and health education advice.
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and
evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an
undifferentiated diagnosis.
Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and
evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with a minor
illness.
Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness,
appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and
national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
Undertake care for patients in their
homes as required by the Partners.
Provide regular care to patients in
residential and nursing homes, ensuring all patients have up to date care
plans.
Work with vulnerable patients to help
reduce the need for unplanned hospital admissions ensuring all patients have up
to date care plans in place.
Provide nursing treatment to patients
in participation with general practitioners or independently within agreed
protocols.
Provide general and specific health
screening to the practice patients (within the agreed protocols) with referral
to general practitioners as necessary.
Be competent and confident in managing
people with long term health conditions.
Assess diagnosis, 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).
Diagnose and manage both acute and
chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and nondrug- based treatment methods
into a management plan.
Prescribe and review medication for
therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with
evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of
practice.
Work with patients in order to support
compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
Provide information and advice on
prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects
and interactions.
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.
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive
communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to
treatment.
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 NSF, NICE guidelines
and evidence-based care.
In partnership with other clinical teams,
collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and
national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
Evaluate patients response to health care
provision and the effectiveness of care.
Pathological
specimens and investigatory procedures
Undertake the collection of pathological
specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc.
Administrative
and professional responsibilities
Support staff development in order to maximise
potential.
Actively promote the workplace as a learning
environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external
good practice.
Take a lead role in planning and implementing
changes within the area of care and responsibility
Contribute to the development of local
guidelines, protocols and standards.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective
time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and
treatments are recorded adequately on the computer.
Ensure acute completion of all necessary
documentation associated with the patient healthcare and registration of the
practice.
Ensure collection and maintenance of
statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.
Liaison
Maintain effective liaison with other agencies
and staff concerned with patient care and all other disciplines within the
practice, with appropriate regard to confidentiality.
Professional
Development
Maintain continued education by attendance at courses
and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development and
DOH requirements.
General
Staff must behave in a professional and
discreet manner at all times.
Full details of conditions of employment are
shown in the contract of employment.
Evidence
and Research
To evaluate and audit the practice of self and
others, selecting and applying a broad range of valid, reliable and appropriate
evaluation approaches and methods.
To maintain an active interest in research and
participate in research studies independently or in collaboration with other
health professional to improve nursing care.
Confidentiality
In the performance of the duties outlined in
this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential
information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other
healthcare workers. They may also have
access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be
regarded as strictly confidential Patient and professional confidentiality is
of prime importance. Any breach of confidentiality can result in immediate
suspension/dismissal.
Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only
be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and
procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and
sensitive data.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of quality
and risk.
Assess own performance and take accountability
for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by
reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve
and enhance the teams performance.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the
importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team
members, Chief Executive, Practice Manager and GPs.
Contribution
to the Implementation of Services
The post-holder will
Apply practice policies, standards and
guidance.
To communicate politely and effectively with patients, carers,
colleagues and other contacts, recognising peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication e.g. translation services and responding accordingly.
In this way, through good communication and working collaboratively with
colleagues and other agencies to support the provision of a seamless
co-ordinated multidisciplinary service.
At all times, to maintain the highest standards of behaviour, to comply
with and follow practice and CQC policies, protocols and procedures, including
information governance, confidentiality, health and safety, infection control,
equality and diversity and to report any risk/breach or suspected risk/breach
immediately.
This job description is not exhaustive. You
are required to carry out all duties and obligations of which you have been
advised, and also to comply with any rules, instructions, directions, policies,
protocols and procedures as may from time to time relate to your
employment. You will also be provided
with oral instructions as to your job duties and responsibilities, and you
should follow such instructions.
