Advanced Clinical Practitioner - Nurse Specialist

Job responsibilities

The ANP will work with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure appropriate care is delivered in the right place, at the right time. The post holder will be expected to

Work as ANP in the Westhoughton PCN delivering primary care services to the registered practice populations across the network.

Provide timely clinical care to patients in the form of advice or face-to-face consultation whilst on duty.

To evaluate clinical information from examination and history taking and initiate appropriate treatment and/or referral.

To undertake and interpret diagnostics and take appropriate action to manage patient care, whilst distinguishing between abnormal and normal findings to relate them to a possible diagnosis.

Ensure all consultations, referrals, and investigations are recorded into the patients electronic medical records.

To refer patients to appropriate care settings, within locally agreed pathways.

To discharge or treat, as appropriate and within the scope of practice.

To prescribe as an independent non-medical prescriber, according to agreed protocols and local prescribing formulary.

To maintain accurate and systematic documentation of patient interactions and clinical care provided, including any adverse events.

To advise and support members of the public on healthy lifestyles, health promotion and disease prevention.

To liaise and interact with multi-professional teams across organisational boundaries, including primary care, social services, and secondary care providers according to patient need and appropriate care pathways.

To ensure effective communication so that the patient receives the appropriate level of care, and wherever possible, avoiding unnecessary hospital admission.

To take an active role in maintaining effective communication with patients, carers and relatives which meets their individual needs, acting as advocate appropriately.

To deal with complaints in a calm and courteous manner, ensuring that, wherever possible, complaints are dealt with efficiently and satisfactorily on a local level.

Access and support clinical supervision as required for self, and other members of the team.

To proactively communicate with the team to ensure the smooth running of the PCN.

To be responsible for prioritisation and timeliness of all assigned workload and consultations.

Work with colleagues to maximise effective and efficient delivery of care to patients.

To work within the prescribing formulary, taking account of the appropriate length of prescribed treatment.

To record full consultation details using practice templates and protocols.

Register on the GM Passport to enable the PCN administration team to monitor HR and training requirements.

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration (NMC, HCPC etc.)
• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice.
• Evidence of CPD
• Evidence of teaching or assessing in clinical practice.
• Mentorship or teaching qualification.
• Degree or Level 7 equivelent

Experience

Essential

• Broad range of clinical experience in a variety of settings with significant experience at Band 6 or above.
• Experience of working with a degree of autonomy and high level clinical decision making and accountability.
• Experience in taking patient history. Able to undertake assessment and critically analyse to make safe clinical decisions.
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Demonstrable competency in wide range of clinical skills and willingness to learn.
• IT literacy

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including emotional intelligence, in order to deal effectively with complex and sensitive patient information, distressed or aggressive patients, or those with an impaired level of understanding.
• Ability to deliver a high standard of research based clinical care including developing and implementing policies and protocols.
• Clear understanding of professional responsibility and accountability.
• Ability to manage change and contain conflict ensuring resolution with positive outcomes, with the use of negotiation skills.
• Able to use various forms of media and IT systems.
• Ability to act as role model, provide clinical leadership and mentoring to the clinical team and promote collaborative working relationships between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to provide clinical training and education to other members of health care team.

General requirements

Essential

• Able to work independently and undertake supported and independent study.
• Ability to cope with exposure to potentially unpleasant working conditions(bodily fluids, incontinence, sputum)
• Flexibility in working in a rostered environment including night shifts
• Ability to meet the travel requirements of the post travel to various bases across
• Bolton.

Other attributes

Essential

• Sound organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload.
• Confident decision maker.
• Systematic approach to problem solving.
• Compassionate and empathetic with the ability to deal with distressing ,emotive and at times challenging situations.
• A leader by example with a strong sense of quality and compliance.

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).