Job summary
This is an
exciting opportunity to come and join our growing team at Newcastle South PCN.
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for
attending to patients who wish to be seen by a healthcare professional,
diagnosing, and treating patients presenting with minor illness, seeing, and
advising patients in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs,
making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.
We are looking for someone who has excellent communication
and interpersonal skills and who is flexible to meet the needs of the service
and act as a positive role model. Be a team player yet can work autonomously
at advanced practice level and make expert clinical decisions to support the
development of PCN services and inform practice.
The ACNP in primary care will develop
close, long-term relationships with their patients and work in partnership 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 toother specialists when necessary.
If you would
like to know more about the role, we would very much welcome a discussion
with you please contact Alison Moore: Alison.moore@staffs.nhs.uk
Main duties of the job
The following are the core responsibilities of
the ACNP.
There may be, on
occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon
factors such as workload and staffing levels.
Clinically examine, assess, diagnose, plan, implement and
evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients, using expertise and
decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing
with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex
situations; using information from multiple sources to make appropriate,
evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses.
Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions,
initiating, evaluating, and modifying a range of interventions which may
include prescribing and reviewing medicines for therapeutic effectiveness
(appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice
and national protocols within scope of practice), therapies, lifestyle advice
and care into a management plan.
As an independent prescriber, prescribe safe, effective, and
appropriate medication in line with current guidance and legislation.
About us
Newcastle South PCN are a
group of practices working together to focus on local patient care.
Newcastle South PCN is a group six GP practices
serving a patient population of approximately 43,000. We are continuing our journey to develop and
deliver innovative services to meet the needs of our local population.
Working from our main base at Ryecroft Surgery in Newcastle
we support Silverdale Medical Centre, Madeley Medical Practice, Kingsbridge
Medical Practice, Keele Practice, Ashely Practice and Betley Practice.
We are a friendly and dynamic team consisting of Clinical
Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Care Coordinators and Social Prescribing Link
Workers. We also have the support of a
Mental Health Team and First Contact Physiotherapists.
We work
collaboratively with our local GP Federation who support core General Practice and help sustain its future. The Federation are facilitating and
supporting the recruitment of these new roles within our Primary Care Network.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Practice
- Deliver a high standard of care using advanced
clinical skills and in-depth theoretical knowledge
Undertake unscheduled care clinics for patients
who need to be seen on the day
Undertake home visits as necessary (this may
include some care home visits)
Practice in compliance with the respective code
of professional conduct and within own scope of practice, being responsible and
accountable for decisions and actions
Clinically examine, assess, diagnose, plan,
implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients, using
expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches
when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations
and complex situations; using information from multiple sources to make
appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses
Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic
conditions, initiating, evaluating, and modifying a range of interventions
which may include prescribing and reviewing medicines for therapeutic
effectiveness (appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with
evidence-based practice and national protocols within scope of practice),
therapies, lifestyle advice and care into a management plan
Work in partnership with individuals, families, and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. of
history-taking; holistic assessment; identifying risk factors; requesting,
undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests; and conducting health needs
assessments)
Offer a holistic service to patients and their
families, supporting people in making decisions, planning care, or seeking to
make positive changes, with an emphasis on health promotion and self-care
As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe,
effective, and appropriate medication in line with current guidance and
legislation
- Work with patients to support compliance with
and adherence to prescribed treatments, providing information and advice on
prescribed or over the counter medications, on medication regimes, side effects
and interactions
- Support and manage health needs of women
presenting for family planning or sexual health consultation
Identify and refer patients presenting with
mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health
Collaborate with other members of the Primary
health Care Tea, accepting referrals and referring to them
Refer patients directly to other services and
agencies as appropriate
Exercise professional judgement to manage risk
appropriately, especially where there may be complex and unpredictable events
and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of individuals, families,
and carers
Act as a clinical role model/advocate for
developing and delivering care that is response to changing requirements,
informed by an understanding of local population heal needs, agencies, and
networks
Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines,
and evidence-based care
To record accurate data in the patient records
to an agreed standard
Leadership and Management
- Pro-actively initiate and develop effective
relationships, fostering clarity of roles within teams, to encourage productive
working.
- Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in
a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Role model the values of the PCN and its member
practices, demonstrating a person-centred approach to service delivery and
development.
- Evaluate own practice and participate in multi-disciplinary
service and team evaluation, demonstrating the impact of advanced clinical
practice on service function and effectiveness, and quality (i.e. outcomes or
care, experience, and safety).
- Actively engage in peer review to inform own and
others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and
make improvements.
- Actively seek feedback and involvement from
individuals, families, carers, communities and to help improve services.
- Critically apply advanced clinical expertise to
enhance quality, reduce unwarranted variation and promote the sharing and
adoption of best practice.
- Demonstrate team leadership, resilience, and
determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex, or
unpredictable and seeking to build confidence in others.
- Continually develop practice in response to
changing population health needs.
- Demonstrate receptiveness to challenge and
preparedness to constructively challenge others escalating concerns that affect
individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues safety and
well-being when necessary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical Practice
- Deliver a high standard of care using advanced
clinical skills and in-depth theoretical knowledge
Undertake unscheduled care clinics for patients
who need to be seen on the day
Undertake home visits as necessary (this may
include some care home visits)
Practice in compliance with the respective code
of professional conduct and within own scope of practice, being responsible and
accountable for decisions and actions
Clinically examine, assess, diagnose, plan,
implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients, using
expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches
when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations
and complex situations; using information from multiple sources to make
appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses
Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic
conditions, initiating, evaluating, and modifying a range of interventions
which may include prescribing and reviewing medicines for therapeutic
effectiveness (appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with
evidence-based practice and national protocols within scope of practice),
therapies, lifestyle advice and care into a management plan
Work in partnership with individuals, families, and carers, using a range of assessment methods as appropriate (e.g. of
history-taking; holistic assessment; identifying risk factors; requesting,
undertaking and/or interpreting diagnostic tests; and conducting health needs
assessments)
Offer a holistic service to patients and their
families, supporting people in making decisions, planning care, or seeking to
make positive changes, with an emphasis on health promotion and self-care
As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe,
effective, and appropriate medication in line with current guidance and
legislation
- Work with patients to support compliance with
and adherence to prescribed treatments, providing information and advice on
prescribed or over the counter medications, on medication regimes, side effects
and interactions
- Support and manage health needs of women
presenting for family planning or sexual health consultation
Identify and refer patients presenting with
mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health
Collaborate with other members of the Primary
health Care Tea, accepting referrals and referring to them
Refer patients directly to other services and
agencies as appropriate
Exercise professional judgement to manage risk
appropriately, especially where there may be complex and unpredictable events
and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of individuals, families,
and carers
Act as a clinical role model/advocate for
developing and delivering care that is response to changing requirements,
informed by an understanding of local population heal needs, agencies, and
networks
Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines,
and evidence-based care
To record accurate data in the patient records
to an agreed standard
Leadership and Management
- Pro-actively initiate and develop effective
relationships, fostering clarity of roles within teams, to encourage productive
working.
- Prioritise, organise, and manage own workload in
a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
- Role model the values of the PCN and its member
practices, demonstrating a person-centred approach to service delivery and
development.
- Evaluate own practice and participate in multi-disciplinary
service and team evaluation, demonstrating the impact of advanced clinical
practice on service function and effectiveness, and quality (i.e. outcomes or
care, experience, and safety).
- Actively engage in peer review to inform own and
others practice, formulating and implementing strategies to act on learning and
make improvements.
- Actively seek feedback and involvement from
individuals, families, carers, communities and to help improve services.
- Critically apply advanced clinical expertise to
enhance quality, reduce unwarranted variation and promote the sharing and
adoption of best practice.
- Demonstrate team leadership, resilience, and
determination, managing situations that are unfamiliar, complex, or
unpredictable and seeking to build confidence in others.
- Continually develop practice in response to
changing population health needs.
- Demonstrate receptiveness to challenge and
preparedness to constructively challenge others escalating concerns that affect
individuals, families, carers, communities and colleagues safety and
well-being when necessary.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Professional Qualification - RGN / RMN
- Master's degree in advanced practice or have completed the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (supported) route
- Non-Medical prescriber
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
- Clinical Supervisor
- Mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
- Substantial post registration experience in at least one of the following settings:
- General Practice
- Walk in Centre
- GP Out of Hours Service
- Ability to use complex decision making to inform diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance.
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a highly demanding environment.
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous clinical decisions within own area of competence.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- High level communication skills both written and verbal.
- Ability to work as part of a multi professional team.
- Knowledge of audit/research and experience of analysing findings to improve practice.
- Ability to reflect on own practice.
Desirable
- Experience of quality improvement and change management.
- Experienced in the development and implementation of protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Working with community development initiatives.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Extensive post qualification experience.
- Current experience in assess and treating adults and children in a primary care/urgent care setting.
- Highly developed clinical judgement in holistic assessment of patient needs.
- Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice.
- Ability to work autonomously at advanced practice level and make expert clinical decisions to support the development of PCN services and inform practice.
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills within the context of multi professional and multi-agency working.
- Evidence of influencing, motivating, and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
- Ability to problem solve, with a strong solution focused approach
- Evidence of influencing, motivating, and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
Personal Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Car owner or regular access to a vehicle.
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
- Excellent organisational skills, show the ability to plan and organise workload and facilitate learning events.
- Strong IT skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Highly motivated.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
- Ability to work and make decisions autonomously and take initiative.
- Positive role model.
Desirable
Other requirements
Essential
- Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ACP
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across locality on a regular basis
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant Professional Qualification - RGN / RMN
- Master's degree in advanced practice or have completed the Centre for Advancing Practice ePortfolio (supported) route
- Non-Medical prescriber
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
- Clinical Supervisor
- Mentorship qualification
Experience
Essential
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in health and social care.
- Substantial post registration experience in at least one of the following settings:
- General Practice
- Walk in Centre
- GP Out of Hours Service
- Ability to use complex decision making to inform diagnosis, investigation, complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance.
- Demonstrate the ability to work in a highly demanding environment.
- Ability to work independently and make autonomous clinical decisions within own area of competence.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- High level communication skills both written and verbal.
- Ability to work as part of a multi professional team.
- Knowledge of audit/research and experience of analysing findings to improve practice.
- Ability to reflect on own practice.
Desirable
- Experience of quality improvement and change management.
- Experienced in the development and implementation of protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Working with community development initiatives.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Extensive post qualification experience.
- Current experience in assess and treating adults and children in a primary care/urgent care setting.
- Highly developed clinical judgement in holistic assessment of patient needs.
- Portfolio of evidence showing achievements in practice.
- Ability to work autonomously at advanced practice level and make expert clinical decisions to support the development of PCN services and inform practice.
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills within the context of multi professional and multi-agency working.
- Evidence of influencing, motivating, and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
- Ability to problem solve, with a strong solution focused approach
- Evidence of influencing, motivating, and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
Personal Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Car owner or regular access to a vehicle.
- Flexible to meet the needs of the service.
- Excellent organisational skills, show the ability to plan and organise workload and facilitate learning events.
- Strong IT skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage a diverse workload.
- Highly motivated.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
- Ability to work and make decisions autonomously and take initiative.
- Positive role model.
Desirable
Other requirements
Essential
- Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
- Occupational health clearance
- Meet the requirements and produce evidence for revalidation
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ACP
- Access to own transport and ability to travel across locality on a regular basis
- Flexibility to work outside core office hours
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).
