Advanced Clinical Practioner ACP / ANP

Job description

Job responsibilities

POST TITLE: Advanced Nurse Practioner / Womens Health Lead

RESPONSIBLE TO: Senior Salaried GP

Job responsibilities

Work within the professional Code of Conduct and other directives as defined by the NMC.

Work autonomously and be accountable for own professional actions.

Practice Lead for Womens Health, providing specific patient clinics and working with management team to improve screening uptake within patient population.

Be responsible for remaining up-to-date with CPD requirements to maintain professional registration with the NMC; including revalidation every three years.

Ensure own educational commitment is at least sufficient to maintain CPD requirements and to ensure own mandatory training certificates are current, in line with organisational policy.

Provide clinical leadership, support and training to colleagues and students.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the accountability and legal implications of the ANP role.

Participate in a regular performance review with the Senior GP, using an agreed competency framework appropriate to the individuals scope of practice.

Clinical Responsibilities

Undertake clinical nursing practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to registered patients.

Assess patients with a range of acute, non-acute, and chronic medical conditions.

Take a history, conduct appropriate physical examinations, formulate differential diagnoses and carry through management treatment plans ensuring relevant follow-up.

Highlight any gaps in knowledge/training needs to the Senior GP and allow them the opportunity to offer support in order to fulfil the duties of this post.

Remain up-to-date with clinical guidelines to ensure that practice remains evidence based; particularly guidelines for the management of chronic diseases and national/local guidance/ICB formularies when prescribing.

Where appropriate make referrals to other healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care and arrange hospital admission for applicable cases.

Attend MDT meetings and maintain effective relationships with multi-professional colleagues; such as the care co-ordinators, community palliative care team, district nurses, specialist nurses, mental health and social care.

Undertake telephone triage work and provide telephone advice calls/signposting to other services as appropriate.

Undertake consultations in the most appropriate setting, using various consultation types; including, but not limited to, face to face, video, telephone, e-consultation.

Undertake medication reviews in line with local medicines management guidelines and with the support of the locality pharmacist.

Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within the boundaries of competence.

Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments, with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary

Work in line with organisational policies and procedural guidelines.

Attend and participate in practice meetings as required

Take part in clinical audit to continually review and improve the quality-of-care provision.

Prescribe treatment in line with local and national guidelines and ICB formulary.

You will be required to undertake all other duties that may be reasonably asked of you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current NMC registration
• Independent Prescribing qualification
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalent

Desirable

• Womens Health Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Qualified cervical smear taker
• Coil / contraceptive management
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a nurse practitioner
• Experience in triage
• Experience of dealing with a range of clinical conditions

Desirable

• Experience prescribing and managing HRT
• Experience with EMIS clinical system

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Cricklewood General Practice

Address

Cricklewood General Practice

7 Oaklands Road

London

NW2 6DJ

Employer's website

https://www.cricklewoodgp.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)