Job summary
Knaresborough and Rural Primary Care Network have an exciting opportunity to recruit an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their friendly teams. The role involves working closely with the primary care teams of 3 GP practices in this 6-practice PCN.
We are looking for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to work autonomously in practice and the community, responding to urgent and same day requests for acute and long term conditions. You will be confident in assessing, triaging, diagnosing and treating acute presentations, minor illness and injuries, making judgements and managing varying degrees of risk in complex cases. This includes prescribing or issuing medication, performing basic investigations and supporting our care homes.
Main duties of the job
You will work with the practices to provide a specialist Advanced Nurse Practitioner resource, working in collaboration with other members of the Multidisciplinary Team.
You will be an autonomous, accountable Advanced Nurse Practitioner, in the provision of a holistic approach for individuals including assessment, diagnosis and treatment, to deliver quality patient services.
About us
Knaresborough and Rural PCN consists of 6 GP practices working together to provide safe, effective, high quality care to improve the health and wellbeing of our local population.
We share a commitment to joint working, whilst maintaining the continuity and identity that our communities value with each practice essentially acting as an inclusive multi-disciplinary team.
Our PCN covers a large, and beautiful geographical area stretching from the wind swept vistas of Nidderdale to the historic centre of Knaresborough, providing a magnificent back drop to home visits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess patients' health status, triage and diagnose illnesses, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE national and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways).
- Manage and coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions, ensuring continuity of care and optimising health outcomes.
- As an independent prescriber, prescribe safe, effective, and appropriate medications as defined by current legislation. Monitor, and adjust medications to address acute and chronic health issues, promoting medication adherence and safety.
- 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.
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing personalised care plans.
- Manage undifferentiated, undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology, taking appropriate action.
- Educate patients and caregivers on disease management, self-care, and preventive measures to enhance patient empowerment and autonomy.
- Respond to urgent situations and provide acute care interventions, ensuring patients receive appropriate medical attention.
- 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 stakeholders including the GP practices in the Primary Care Network and the wider ICB to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.
- Contribute to the Quality Outcome Framework and other Primary Care targets to sustain high standards of patient care and service delivery.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assess patients' health status, triage and diagnose illnesses, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE national and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways).
- Manage and coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions, ensuring continuity of care and optimising health outcomes.
- As an independent prescriber, prescribe safe, effective, and appropriate medications as defined by current legislation. Monitor, and adjust medications to address acute and chronic health issues, promoting medication adherence and safety.
- 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.
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing personalised care plans.
- Manage undifferentiated, undiagnosed condition and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology, taking appropriate action.
- Educate patients and caregivers on disease management, self-care, and preventive measures to enhance patient empowerment and autonomy.
- Respond to urgent situations and provide acute care interventions, ensuring patients receive appropriate medical attention.
- 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 stakeholders including the GP practices in the Primary Care Network and the wider ICB to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care.
- Contribute to the Quality Outcome Framework and other Primary Care targets to sustain high standards of patient care and service delivery.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice program or completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route; both pathways enable eligibility for an Advanced digital badge issued by the Centre.
- Relevant clinical/health degree.
- Non-Medical prescribing.
Desirable
- Community nursing specialist qualification.
- Mentor/teaching qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable post-registration experience.
- Recent Primary Care and/or unplanned and urgent care experience.
- Autonomous management of patients presenting with unplanned and urgent healthcare needs.
- Clinical examination, diagnostic and clinical leadership skills.
- Clinical leadership.
- Clinician-led triage.
- Experience of Nurse Prescribing.
Desirable
- Teaching and mentoring clinical setting.
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Working with community development initiatives.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice program or completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route; both pathways enable eligibility for an Advanced digital badge issued by the Centre.
- Relevant clinical/health degree.
- Non-Medical prescribing.
Desirable
- Community nursing specialist qualification.
- Mentor/teaching qualification.
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable post-registration experience.
- Recent Primary Care and/or unplanned and urgent care experience.
- Autonomous management of patients presenting with unplanned and urgent healthcare needs.
- Clinical examination, diagnostic and clinical leadership skills.
- Clinical leadership.
- Clinician-led triage.
- Experience of Nurse Prescribing.
Desirable
- Teaching and mentoring clinical setting.
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Working with community development initiatives.
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
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
