Job summary
Work for a progressive PCN based near Stockport, Cheshire. This is a 30 hour a week role working out of 2 of our practices in Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall.
The post holder will be an experienced nurse practitioner who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the practice. You will be working as part of the GP clinical team across practices within the PCN.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an experienced nurse practitioner who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the practice. You will be working as part of the GP clinical team across practices within the PCN.
About us
PCN Information
Work for a progressive PCN based near Stockport, Cheshire. This is a 30 hour a week role working out of 2 of our practices in Cheadle Hulme and Bramhall.
We are a 5 practice PCN with approximately 55,000 patients and a committed team of staff and proactive board.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team
- Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action
- Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice
- Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person; and
- Complete the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional clinical practice and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care, for example first contact practitioners and the personalised care roles.
- Provide the choice of direct access to a nurse practitioner, both in the Practice and over the telephone, for the general practice population
- Make home visits to those who are too unwell to come into the clinic in person
- Make professionally autonomous decisions for which you are accountable
- Provide assistance to GPs seeing and treating patients referred to you as appropriate
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
- Prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an ongoing plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
- Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
- Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
- Work with the team within the Practice, and across the wider NHS, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
- Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
- Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them
- Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
- Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make necessary referrals to other members of the primary care team
- Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action
- Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice
- Actively take a personalised care approach and population centred care approach to enable shared decision making with the presenting person; and
- Complete the relevant training in order to provide multi-professional clinical practice and CPD supervision to other roles within primary care, for example first contact practitioners and the personalised care roles.
- Provide the choice of direct access to a nurse practitioner, both in the Practice and over the telephone, for the general practice population
- Make home visits to those who are too unwell to come into the clinic in person
- Make professionally autonomous decisions for which you are accountable
- Provide assistance to GPs seeing and treating patients referred to you as appropriate
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
- Prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework in accordance with the Practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an ongoing plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
- Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
- Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
- Work with the team within the Practice, and across the wider NHS, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
- Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
- Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them
- Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Experience of working in Primary Care
- Ability to prioritise and organise own case load
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to evaluate and implement appropriate clinical service developments.
- Ability to use in house Patient Databases.
- Experience of working within a team.
- Willingness to undertake further training as required.
- To effectively communicate with different groups and individuals in various situations.
- To be able to form good working relationships with people from a wide range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- To be able to plan and organise your own workload and manage your time.
- To be able to contribute to the team and its overall effectiveness.
- To share skills, expertise and ideas with the team
- To act as a Senior responsible colleague to the nursing team
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters qualification for Advanced Clinical Practice or similar accreditation
- Independent Prescribing qualification
- NMC registration
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Experience of working in Primary Care
- Ability to prioritise and organise own case load
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to evaluate and implement appropriate clinical service developments.
- Ability to use in house Patient Databases.
- Experience of working within a team.
- Willingness to undertake further training as required.
- To effectively communicate with different groups and individuals in various situations.
- To be able to form good working relationships with people from a wide range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
- To be able to plan and organise your own workload and manage your time.
- To be able to contribute to the team and its overall effectiveness.
- To share skills, expertise and ideas with the team
- To act as a Senior responsible colleague to the nursing team
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters qualification for Advanced Clinical Practice or similar accreditation
- Independent Prescribing qualification
- NMC registration
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
