Job responsibilities
JOB
DESCRIPTION
Advanced
Nurse Practitioner
Reporting to: GP Partners
and the Practice Manager on organisational and administrative issues
Accountable
to: GP Partners
Hours of work: We are looking for
approximately 20 hours per week
Days of work: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Contract type: Part time Advanced
Nurse Practitioner position
Role summary: Provide
assessment,
treatment and diagnosis at first point of contact dealing with a wide range of
health needs in a primary care setting. Comply with the practices General
Medical Services (GMS) contract, DES/LES contracts and adhere to the principles
of good medical practice.
Location: Heath Lane
Medical Centre, Chester
Salary: Negotiable
depending on qualifications and experience
Heath Lane
Medical Centre:
We
are a practice of 7500 patients situated in the Boughton Heath area of Chester.
We have a clinical team of GPs, ANPs and Practice Nurses delivering high
quality health care and attaining high QOF achievements. The practice is one of
four in the Chester East Primary Care Network (PCN). We work closely with our
PCN colleagues and are further developing our workforce as a group. The PCN has
recently employed a team of clinical pharmacists and a Pharmacy Technician. We
also have a low-level Mental Health service and a Social Prescribing Link
worker.
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience in General
Practice
- Have an active
registration with the NMC
- Practice within the four
pillars: Advanced Clinical Practice, Leadership, Facilitation of
education and learning, Evidence research and development
- Have a Job Plan that
demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working
at this level
- Be educated to Masters
level l(180
level 7 points (Scottish equivalent of level 11)).
- Be an independent
prescriber
- Meet NMC revalidation
requirements
- Demonstrate autonomous
evidence
Clinical responsibilities:
You will be required to:
Act upon most alerts (e.g. QOF) and reminders during a routine
consultation
Provide all ANP services required
Respond to medical problems
presented by patients, including history taking, examination, investigation,
diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate.
Provide appropriate
preventative health care and advice.
Provide medical support as
required to patients referred by nursing staff
Adhere to the practice
prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines.
Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting
problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers
within the organisation
Record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to
agreed standards
Collect data for audit purposes
Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat
prescriptions
In
general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and
responsibilities associated with working within primary care.
Other
responsibilities with the Practice:
Supporting the practice staff
and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practice
reception, secretarial and nursing staff.
Attend MDT, clinical and
practice meetings.
Provide additional enhanced services to the practices that meet
the needs of the practices patient population and maximise the income streams
to the practice
Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice
policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health
and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or
allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other
matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will
respect their privacy and act appropriately;
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 Company as a business organisation.
All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly
confidential.
Flexibility
This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The
post-holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards the duties
outlined which may be subject to amendment at any time in consultation with the
post-holder and in line with the needs of the organisation.
Health & Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own
and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health &
Safety Policy, to include:
Using personal security systems within the workplace according to
practice guidelines
Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking
such activities in a way that manages those risks
Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills
Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work
areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards
Reporting potential risks identified.
Equality and Diversity
The
post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers
and colleagues, to include:
Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights,
interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and
policies, and current legislation
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients,
carers and colleagues
Personal/Professional Development
In
addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses
and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development
requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training
programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training
to include:
Participation in an annual individual performance review at
practice level maintaining a record of their own personal and/or professional
development
Taking responsibility for own development, learning and
performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are
undertaking similar work.
Communication
The post-holder should recognise the
importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team members
Communicate effectively with patients and carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication
and respond accordingly
Contribution to the planning and implementation of services
The
post-holder will:
Apply practice policies, standards and guidance
Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards
and guidelines will affect own work
Work with the Partners and Management to achieve standards of
quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels
of patient healthcare.
Contribute towards the development and implementation of new
standards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practices
now and in the future (as directed by NHS/ DoH/ SHA/ PCT, new legislation etc.)
Please visit our website www.heathlanemedicalcentre.co.uk for further information about the practice.
For any queries or an informal visit please
contact Katherine McClay on 01244 563105 or katherine.mcclay@nhs.net
