Job summary
Cross sites - East Berkshire
(Upton Hospital Slough, St Marks Hospital Maidenhead and Brants Bridge Bracknell)
The post is for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner who will deliver specialist clinical practice within the ARC.
The service aims to deliver care 5 days a week 08.00-16.00.
The role will include clinical triage of patients referred for urgent community care, this may include signposting referrals to other community services, or visiting patients to avoid an acute admission. There is also the facility to step patients up to community inpatient beds.
In the ARC outpatient clinic facility the ANP will undertake holistic advanced history taking and assessment, including diagnostic testing whilst working alongside the Consultant and wider team to create and deliver a management plan.
The post holder will provide advanced clinical assessment skills to patients in ARC clinics to holistically assess and plan care, the patient group may include those who are frail, at risk of falls, have a long-term condition or palliative diagnosis.
Establish, co-ordinate and deliver direct clinical care across the service.
The post holder will also work in partnership with the Nursing Team, Consultant Geriatricians, ward doctors, GP's, Community Matrons, therapy teams, the acute trust, social care staff and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate patient focused care.
Main duties of the job
- To receive and triage Urgent Community referrals from variety of referral routes and priorities and allocate the referrals based on the clinical needs and utilise the skills mix of available community teams
- To practice at an advanced level of nursing working as an autonomous practitioner within the multidisciplinary team including visiting patients in their own homes, seeing them in clinic, or admitting patients to community inpatient units in collaboration with the specialist doctor, Community Geriatrician and GP.
- As an experienced advanced nurse practitioner, you will take responsibility and be accountable for the clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of complex patients considering local and national guidelines.
- Develop, deliver, and ensure high quality innovative clinical practice. Be proactive in clinical decision making, underpinned by an advanced level of theoretical and practical knowledge and be able to demonstrate improved patient care outcomes.
- To be mindful of patients' needs, wishes and culture encouraging self-management. Empower and educate patients, carers, and relatives so that they make informed decisions about their plan of care and encourage self-management.
- The "must haves" for this role:
- Current NMC Registration.
- To have undertaken accredited courses which enable Advanced Practitioner registration.
- Substantial post registration experience and two years' experience working at band 7 or equivalent.
About us
Benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell leave
- Generous NHS pension scheme - 20.68% employer contribution
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- Advanced IT enablement
- 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants via the Blue Light Card
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and more to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave and access to our three staff nurseries
Job description
Job responsibilities
Registered Nurse.
Post registration Advanced Clinical Study
Non-medical Prescriber.
Current NMC Registration.
Evidence of continuing professional development.
To have undertaken study at masters level.
To have undertaken accredited courses which enable Advanced Practitioner registration.
Experience of teaching, delivering seminars.
Qualification in teaching and assessing.
Leadership/Management Qualification or willing to undertake.
Please see Job Description attached for full list of essential criteria
Job description
Job responsibilities
Registered Nurse.
Post registration Advanced Clinical Study
Non-medical Prescriber.
Current NMC Registration.
Evidence of continuing professional development.
To have undertaken study at masters level.
To have undertaken accredited courses which enable Advanced Practitioner registration.
Experience of teaching, delivering seminars.
Qualification in teaching and assessing.
Leadership/Management Qualification or willing to undertake.
Please see Job Description attached for full list of essential criteria
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse.
- Non-medical Prescriber.
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have undertaken study at masters level.
- To have undertaken accredited courses which enable Advanced Practitioner registration.
- Qualification in teaching and assessing.
- Leadership/Management Qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Post registration Advanced Clinical Study
- Experience of teaching, delivering seminars.
Previous experienc
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and two years' experience working at band 7 or equivalen
- Experience of working in primary or community health setting.
- Experience of cannulation, administration of IV antibiotics, IV fluids, IV medications, urinary catheterisation, palliative car
- Experience of complex case management.
- Experience of financial management.
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Experience of NHS Management
- Evidence of successful Change Management.
- Evidence of NHS structure and leadership initiatives.
- Extensive knowledge of older people's and long term conditions agenda.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical skills.
- Demonstrate an in depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
- Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
- Experience of promoting self-care.
- Cultural awareness.
- Experience of multi-agency working across service interfaces.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of undertaking Audit and developing action plans.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding
- Ability to lead and participate in the integration of multi- agency services.
- Proven ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
- Able to analyse and use information to inform practice and service needs.
- Computer literate.
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working
- Full driving licence and daily access to car
Desirable
- Research awareness skills.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse.
- Non-medical Prescriber.
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To have undertaken study at masters level.
- To have undertaken accredited courses which enable Advanced Practitioner registration.
- Qualification in teaching and assessing.
- Leadership/Management Qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
- Post registration Advanced Clinical Study
- Experience of teaching, delivering seminars.
Previous experienc
Essential
- Substantial post registration experience and two years' experience working at band 7 or equivalen
- Experience of working in primary or community health setting.
- Experience of cannulation, administration of IV antibiotics, IV fluids, IV medications, urinary catheterisation, palliative car
- Experience of complex case management.
- Experience of financial management.
- Evidence of leadership skills
- Experience of NHS Management
- Evidence of successful Change Management.
- Evidence of NHS structure and leadership initiatives.
- Extensive knowledge of older people's and long term conditions agenda.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical skills.
- Demonstrate an in depth knowledge and experience of clinical examination, history taking, pharmacology, pathophysiology, etc.
- Experience of instigating and interpreting investigations and initiating appropriate plans of care for patients.
- Experience of promoting self-care.
- Cultural awareness.
- Experience of multi-agency working across service interfaces.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Evidence of undertaking Audit and developing action plans.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to communicate highly complex information situations including where there are barriers to understanding
- Ability to lead and participate in the integration of multi- agency services.
- Proven ability to identify, develop and implement risk management and clinical governance systems at an expert level.
- Able to analyse and use information to inform practice and service needs.
- Computer literate.
- Demonstrates motivation, reliability and commitment to team working
- Full driving licence and daily access to car
Desirable
- Research awareness skills.
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).
