Job summary
Do you want to be part of the delivery of healthcare services
across the beautiful Blackdown Hills?
We have an opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work
as part of our excellent and friendly clinical team in supporting the duty/same
day service and management of long term conditions.
We want a caring healthcare professional who takes a pride in
delivering a service that is of a high standard.
The post is initially for two days a week either a Tuesday,
Thursday or Friday. The hourly rate will be dependent on experience.
As a member of the team, you have access to the NHS pension
scheme for which the employer contributions are 23.7% and the Blue Light card,
offering a wide range of exclusive discounts to public sector workers. A
full-time post would have 35 days holiday, including bank holidays (pro-rata
for part-time employees).
Applications are by CV, please ensure your application considers
the job description and person specification for the role. This is a Primary
Care Network (PCN) role based within the practice therefore the postholder must
qualify for reimbursement under the Additional Role Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an advanced nurse practitioner to work
autonomously in practice within the practice team to support the duty/same day
service as well as providing care for patients with long term conditions.
You will be an integral part of both our practice and the wider
multidisciplinary teams operating across primary care.
Candidates who are qualified as
advanced care practitioners but are not yet qualified as an independent
prescriber must be prepared to work towards a non-medical prescribing
qualification.
About us
The
organisational purpose of the Blackdown Practice is to provide high quality
clinical and dispensing services to the practice population.
We
aim to deliver a service that staff would wish for a family member and that
staff and patients would recommend to others.
We
need to meet the regulatory requirements within budget and ensure that the
practice remains robust financially so partners will invest, and the practice
remains viable.
We want those working in the practice to enjoy their
roles and maintain the correct balance of caring for patients, caring for each
other and caring for themselves.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Advanced Nurse
Practitioner has the following key responsibilities in delivering health
services to our patients:
- Practice both independently within
scope of practice and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) under
the clinical supervision of a General Practitioner, ensuring interventions and
treatments are undertaken in line with best practice.
- Work as part of the practice
and wider multidisciplinary teams to support the delivery of the duty/same day
service and reviewing complex patients with long term conditions and sharing
expertise to improve patient care.
- Be an independent prescriber, using
prescribing and deprescribing skills to optimise the use of medicines to
improve patient outcomes.
- Undertake home visits for the
practice.
- Perform at an advanced level
under the core capabilities across the four pillars of Advanced Practice
(Health Education England Multi-Professional Framework 2017):
Clinical Practice - full
details in the attached job description
- Undertake clinical assessment
of the patient, analysing complex clinical signs, patient history, and
investigation to establish a clear care plan, including the generation of
anticipatory, escalation, or admission avoidance plans, arranging rescue
medicines and ensure the completion of out of hours special messages.
- Interpret clinical results and
act on findings accordingly.
- Admit and discharge patients
from the caseload appropriately, providing accurate and effective clinical
handovers across professional boundaries and receiving/making referrals as
appropriate.
Leadership and Management -
full details in the attached job description
- A senior clinician involved in
the delivery of a responsive, proactive, duty/same day service in the practice.
- Communicate at all levels
across organisations ensuring that an effective, duty/same-day service is
delivered and understood.
- Work collaboratively and in
partnership with other health care professionals, providing appropriate leadership,
guidance, and supervision to colleagues.
- Be involved in planning and
implementing standards of care in the practices or PCN, practice guidelines and
to continually evaluate the quality of patient care.
Education - full details in
the attached job description
- Provide supervision, advice,
support and training for the clinical and non-clinical members of the practice
team.
- Where requested, take an
active role in educating and developing members of the wider practice multidisciplinary
teams, including students through formal and informal teaching sessions.
Research - full details in the
attached job description
- Maintain an up-to-date
knowledge in the specialist field, using information to affect change in
practice and ensuring the effective dissemination of new knowledge.
- Able to critically appraise
and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits and
act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop
the service.
- Able to review and critically
appraise new evidence to ensure that practice is evidence based and in line
with current local and national guidance.
- Identify gaps in evidence or
areas of practice requiring development, undertaking audit, implementing change
of practice where appropriate and evaluating outcomes
Also
- Communicate proactively and
effectively with all colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, attending
and contributing to meetings as required.
- Support in the delivery of
enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf of the Practice.
- Ensuring cost-effective use of
resources, adherence to personnel policies and the achievement of service
targets.
- Participate in the management
of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the
identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and
near-miss events.
- Undertake all mandatory
training and induction programmes.
- Always maintain a clean, tidy,
effective working area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our Advanced Nurse
Practitioner has the following key responsibilities in delivering health
services to our patients:
- Practice both independently within
scope of practice and in partnership with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) under
the clinical supervision of a General Practitioner, ensuring interventions and
treatments are undertaken in line with best practice.
- Work as part of the practice
and wider multidisciplinary teams to support the delivery of the duty/same day
service and reviewing complex patients with long term conditions and sharing
expertise to improve patient care.
- Be an independent prescriber, using
prescribing and deprescribing skills to optimise the use of medicines to
improve patient outcomes.
- Undertake home visits for the
practice.
- Perform at an advanced level
under the core capabilities across the four pillars of Advanced Practice
(Health Education England Multi-Professional Framework 2017):
Clinical Practice - full
details in the attached job description
- Undertake clinical assessment
of the patient, analysing complex clinical signs, patient history, and
investigation to establish a clear care plan, including the generation of
anticipatory, escalation, or admission avoidance plans, arranging rescue
medicines and ensure the completion of out of hours special messages.
- Interpret clinical results and
act on findings accordingly.
- Admit and discharge patients
from the caseload appropriately, providing accurate and effective clinical
handovers across professional boundaries and receiving/making referrals as
appropriate.
Leadership and Management -
full details in the attached job description
- A senior clinician involved in
the delivery of a responsive, proactive, duty/same day service in the practice.
- Communicate at all levels
across organisations ensuring that an effective, duty/same-day service is
delivered and understood.
- Work collaboratively and in
partnership with other health care professionals, providing appropriate leadership,
guidance, and supervision to colleagues.
- Be involved in planning and
implementing standards of care in the practices or PCN, practice guidelines and
to continually evaluate the quality of patient care.
Education - full details in
the attached job description
- Provide supervision, advice,
support and training for the clinical and non-clinical members of the practice
team.
- Where requested, take an
active role in educating and developing members of the wider practice multidisciplinary
teams, including students through formal and informal teaching sessions.
Research - full details in the
attached job description
- Maintain an up-to-date
knowledge in the specialist field, using information to affect change in
practice and ensuring the effective dissemination of new knowledge.
- Able to critically appraise
and synthesise the outcomes of relevant research, evaluations and audits and
act on this information in collaboration with colleagues to continually develop
the service.
- Able to review and critically
appraise new evidence to ensure that practice is evidence based and in line
with current local and national guidance.
- Identify gaps in evidence or
areas of practice requiring development, undertaking audit, implementing change
of practice where appropriate and evaluating outcomes
Also
- Communicate proactively and
effectively with all colleagues across the multidisciplinary team, attending
and contributing to meetings as required.
- Support in the delivery of
enhanced services and other service requirements on behalf of the Practice.
- Ensuring cost-effective use of
resources, adherence to personnel policies and the achievement of service
targets.
- Participate in the management
of patient complaints when requested to do so and participate in the
identification of any necessary learning brought about through incidents and
near-miss events.
- Undertake all mandatory
training and induction programmes.
- Always maintain a clean, tidy,
effective working area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds a MSc advanced practice programme qualification accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice or has completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route or is enrolled on either programme/route.
- Holds an Advanced digital badge or is on an approved programme for which a digital badge will be awarded.
- Is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Is able to practice as an advanced nurse practitioner.
- If not a qualified non-medical prescriber, must be prepared to obtain the non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Is an independent non-medical prescriber.
- Teaching qualification.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- High level of integrity and loyalty
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety.
- Undertake a range of administrative tasks such as ensuring stock levels are maintained and securely stored and equipment is kept in good working order.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of practice within the four pillars with portfolio/evidence or role that demonstrates ability to work as an advanced clinical practitioner.
- Clinical experience and knowledge that is relevant to same day care and the management of long term conditions.
- Ability to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients appropriately and evaluate patient care confidently.
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
- An appreciation of the nature of general practice.
- An appreciation of the NHS landscape including the relationships. between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
Desirable
- Experience of prescribing, medication reviews and optimising treatments.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team.
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP surgeries, QOF and enhanced services.
- Knowledge of national standards that inform general practice (e.g. NICE guidelines).
- Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
- Occupational Health Clearance.
- Evidence of continuing professional development commensurate with the role of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to follow clinical, legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
- Able to work within the parameters within skills and knowledge, to recognise the limitations of practice and to work within the boundaries of training and capability to make clear decisions with confidence.
- Advanced communication skills to impart complex, highly sensitive, and potentially distressing information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisation skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of patients, managers and clinicians.
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
- Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
- Clear, polite telephone manner.
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision.
- Effective time management (planning and organising).
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Holds a MSc advanced practice programme qualification accredited by the Centre for Advancing Practice or has completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route or is enrolled on either programme/route.
- Holds an Advanced digital badge or is on an approved programme for which a digital badge will be awarded.
- Is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
- Is able to practice as an advanced nurse practitioner.
- If not a qualified non-medical prescriber, must be prepared to obtain the non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Is an independent non-medical prescriber.
- Teaching qualification.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ability to use own initiative, discretion and sensitivity
- High level of integrity and loyalty
- Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity.
- Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals.
- Knowledge of and ability to work to policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance and health and safety.
- Undertake a range of administrative tasks such as ensuring stock levels are maintained and securely stored and equipment is kept in good working order.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of practice within the four pillars with portfolio/evidence or role that demonstrates ability to work as an advanced clinical practitioner.
- Clinical experience and knowledge that is relevant to same day care and the management of long term conditions.
- Ability to effectively assess, plan, treat and refer patients appropriately and evaluate patient care confidently.
- In-depth therapeutic and clinical knowledge and understanding of the principles of evidence-based healthcare.
- An appreciation of the nature of general practice.
- An appreciation of the NHS landscape including the relationships. between individual practices, PCNs and the commissioners.
Desirable
- Experience of prescribing, medication reviews and optimising treatments.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Evidence of working autonomously or as part of a team.
- Understanding and knowledge of healthcare provision in GP surgeries, QOF and enhanced services.
- Knowledge of national standards that inform general practice (e.g. NICE guidelines).
- Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check.
- Occupational Health Clearance.
- Evidence of continuing professional development commensurate with the role of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own home.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to follow clinical, legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
- Able to work within the parameters within skills and knowledge, to recognise the limitations of practice and to work within the boundaries of training and capability to make clear decisions with confidence.
- Advanced communication skills to impart complex, highly sensitive, and potentially distressing information effectively with people at all levels by telephone, email and face to face.
- Excellent interpersonal, influencing, negotiation and organisation skills with the ability to constructively challenge the view and practices of patients, managers and clinicians.
- Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
- Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
- Knowledge of IT systems including the ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
- Clear, polite telephone manner.
- Good clinical system IT knowledge of EMIS/SystmOne/Vision.
- Effective time management (planning and organising).
- Demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and work well under pressure.
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).
