Job summary
Modality
Partnership Lewisham Division, have a full-time
vacancy for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP). The postholder will work across the division at Bellingham Green Surgery, South Lewisham Group Practice or The Jenner Practice. We are seeking
dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values:
Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
This job is
suitable for individuals who are patient
focused and have a passion for working in an agile manner, delivering high
quality patient care, working alongside a multidisciplinary team to contribute
to innovative health care services that we are providing our registered
patients.
The job is not suitable
to people who are not resilient to working in a fast-paced environment, working
flexibly in line with ever changing demands in Primary Care and the wider NHS.
As an employee with us you can benefit from:
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8
days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits
scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
Hybrid working
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership
reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising
period.
Main duties of the job
The role is an
all-rounded, patient facing role with triage built in as well as administration
work which is associated with the role of the ANP. We are seeking individuals to join our team
who are caring, compassionate and confident, who demonstrate effective
communication, excellent clinical assessment skills, IT skills, and the ability
to treat patients with holistic care. The postholder will be a key member of the practice team
and will be responsible for patients either face to face or via telephone
consultation. They will demonstrate safe,
clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic
skills, for patients within the general practice.
This job is not solely a patient face-to-face role; the job
requires innovation, flexibility and commitment and the postholder will be
required to work resourcefully as part of the team to support patients with
medication compliance, to prioritise their own health needs, and intervene
appropriately with complex, urgent and emergency situations.
About us
We are one of the
largest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and with
a workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improve
our delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative
solutions that we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work
directly with key stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working and
improve working practices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. This is a
role that will also equip you with a portfolio of clinical assessment skills to
effectively treat patients within Primary Care, to make sustainable changes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the
supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this
job if you have a passion for providing safe, and effective patient care and
making clinical decisions whilst working in collaboration with the wider team.
You will not enjoy
this job if you are looking for a repetitive working schedule and are
comfortable with more traditional ways of working.
If you feel this is
the ideal career and looking for a daily challenge, we welcome an application
for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
*ALL APPLICANTS INVITED FOR INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO
WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the
supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the core
responsibilities of this role.
You will love this
job if you have a passion for providing safe, and effective patient care and
making clinical decisions whilst working in collaboration with the wider team.
You will not enjoy
this job if you are looking for a repetitive working schedule and are
comfortable with more traditional ways of working.
If you feel this is
the ideal career and looking for a daily challenge, we welcome an application
for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we will
be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage
individual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may be
undecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles are
mandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is a
mandatory requirement.
*ALL APPLICANTS INVITED FOR INTERVIEW WILL NEED TO PROVE THEIR RIGHT TO
WORK IN THE UK AT THE INTERVIEW STAGE*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Relevant nursing/health degree/MA.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Change management.
- Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
- Resource management.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional approach to work.
- Good telephone manner.
- Strong team player.
- Smart appearance.
- Exercises tact and discretion at all times.
- Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift.
- Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours.
- Flexible can do attitude with a confident, friendly and approachable manner.
- Able to work autonomously and take direction and feedback.
- To confidently deal with complex issues including effective negotiation and influencing skills and escalate to the appropriate person/forum accordingly.
- Creative approach to work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice skills.
- Management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Management of patients with complex needs.
- Clinical examination skills.
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a primary care service.
- Local and national health policy.
- Wider health economy.
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directions and associated policy.
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post-registration experience.
- At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
- Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries.
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Audit.
Desirable
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Relevant nursing/health degree/MA.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Communication of difficult messages to patients and families.
- Negotiation and conflict management skills.
- Change management.
- Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting.
- Resource management.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Professional approach to work.
- Good telephone manner.
- Strong team player.
- Smart appearance.
- Exercises tact and discretion at all times.
- Demonstrates initiative to handle any unforeseen events during a shift.
- Demonstrates flexibility towards new working practices and towards working hours.
- Flexible can do attitude with a confident, friendly and approachable manner.
- Able to work autonomously and take direction and feedback.
- To confidently deal with complex issues including effective negotiation and influencing skills and escalate to the appropriate person/forum accordingly.
- Creative approach to work.
Knowledge
Essential
- Advanced clinical practice skills.
- Management of patients with chronic conditions.
- Management of patients with complex needs.
- Clinical examination skills.
- Accountability of own role and other roles in a primary care service.
- Local and national health policy.
- Wider health economy.
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directions and associated policy.
Desirable
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
- Knowledge of public health issues in the area
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 5 years post-registration experience.
- At least 2 years recent primary and community nursing experience.
- Nurse-led management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries.
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines.
- Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Audit.
Desirable
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
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).
