Job summary
The
Advanced Nurse Practitioner(ANP) has been assessed as competent in
practice using their expert 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 or refer to other specialists if necessary.
Main duties of the job
The
following are the core responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be
dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a.
Develop,
implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
b.
Manage
patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions,
providing subject matter expert advice
c.
Implement
and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease
patients
d.
Identify,
manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions,
preventing adverse effects to the patients health
e.
Provide
advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with
clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
f.
Provide
wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.)
g.
Provide
specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception, etc.
h.
Undertake
the collection of pathological specimens
i.
Provide
travel medicine services
j.
Request
pathology services as necessary
k.
Process
and interpret pathology and other test results as required
l.
Provide
chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring
patients to secondary/specialist care as required
Also support the clinical team at all times
About us
Swanscombe Health Centre is a very busy Surgery with an excellent team.
There are six other surgeries associated with it
Job description
Job responsibilities
Secondary Responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be
requested to:
a. Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
b. Act as the IPC lead for the practice, ensuring compliance,
undertaking audit as necessary
c. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of
medicaments
d. Undertake overall management of the nursing team, providing
guidance when necessary, acting as a mentor to students and newly
qualified staff
e. Maintain an effective nursing staff rota ensuring all clinics are staffed
appropriately
f. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient
care
g. Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
h. Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the
organisation
i. Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies
and initiatives where appropriate
j. Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying
a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
k. Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation,
liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as
required
l. Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the
needs of the patient and current legislation
Job description
Job responsibilities
Secondary Responsibilities
In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be
requested to:
a. Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
b. Act as the IPC lead for the practice, ensuring compliance,
undertaking audit as necessary
c. Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of
medicaments
d. Undertake overall management of the nursing team, providing
guidance when necessary, acting as a mentor to students and newly
qualified staff
e. Maintain an effective nursing staff rota ensuring all clinics are staffed
appropriately
f. Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient
care
g. Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
h. Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the
organisation
i. Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies
and initiatives where appropriate
j. Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying
a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
k. Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation,
liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as
required
l. Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the
needs of the patient and current legislation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
- Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
- Minor illness qualification
- Experience of practice within the four pillars
- Job plan that demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working at this level
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Clinical knowledge and skills (add/delete as applicable) including:
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting and processing pathology tests
- Advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine and childhood)
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Travel medicine
- Understand 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 understand when to refer to GPs
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- 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 as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across locality on a regular basis
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse
- Teaching qualification
- ALS and PALS
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
- Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the NMC Revalidation booklet
- Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
- Minor illness qualification
- Experience of practice within the four pillars
- Job plan that demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working at this level
- Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
- Experience of working in a primary care environment
- Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
- Clinical knowledge and skills (add/delete as applicable) including:
- ECGs
- Venepuncture
- New patient medicals
- Chaperone procedure
- Requesting and processing pathology tests
- Advising patients accordingly
- Diabetes
- Hypertension
- Asthma
- Spirometry
- CHD
- Immunisations (routine and childhood)
- Womens health (cervical cytology, contraception, etc.)
- Travel medicine
- Understand 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 understand when to refer to GPs
- Knowledge of health promotion strategies
- Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
- 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 as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across locality on a regular basis
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse
- Teaching qualification
- ALS and PALS
- Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse
- Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
- Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
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).
