Job summary
Modality Partnership Nottingham Division have a full time vacancy for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP). We are seeking a dedicated Nurse Practitioner to join our healthcare team in providing high-quality medical care to patients within the Windmill Practice. The ideal candidate will have a passion for patient care and possess strong medication administration skills along with in-depth anatomy knowledge.
We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence. Salary for this role is £46,000 per annum WTE.
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.
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
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Flexible working
Wellbeing support and initiative
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
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.
The role is not a regular 9am-5pm job and 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.
Modality Partnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line with the Equality Act, 2010.
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. Duties will include.
- Respond to medical problems presented by patients including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate.
- Provision of appropriate preventative health care and advice within the context of primary health care.
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
- Maintain the patients clinical record to a high standard and take all reasonable steps to safeguard the confidentiality of the medical notes of your patients.
- Contribute to evaluation /audit and clinical standard setting.
- To make full contribution towards the Health Care Teams aims and objectives ensuring effective teamwork by attending meetings relating to duties.
- Subject to your other duties, you are required to seek to work in a co-operative way with staff at all times.
- Undertake clinically related administration needed for the delivery of medical services.
- To teach, develop and support all health care professionals.
- Provide cover, where necessary, for absent colleagues during periods of annual leave or sickness.
- In exceptional circumstances, provide additional services on an emergency basis as are within the post holders clinical competence and which would not otherwise jeopardise the delivery of medical services to patients.
- Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post and within the post holders clinical competence.
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.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
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.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
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. Duties will include.
- Respond to medical problems presented by patients including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate.
- Provision of appropriate preventative health care and advice within the context of primary health care.
- Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
- Maintain the patients clinical record to a high standard and take all reasonable steps to safeguard the confidentiality of the medical notes of your patients.
- Contribute to evaluation /audit and clinical standard setting.
- To make full contribution towards the Health Care Teams aims and objectives ensuring effective teamwork by attending meetings relating to duties.
- Subject to your other duties, you are required to seek to work in a co-operative way with staff at all times.
- Undertake clinically related administration needed for the delivery of medical services.
- To teach, develop and support all health care professionals.
- Provide cover, where necessary, for absent colleagues during periods of annual leave or sickness.
- In exceptional circumstances, provide additional services on an emergency basis as are within the post holders clinical competence and which would not otherwise jeopardise the delivery of medical services to patients.
- Undertake any other duties that are commensurate with the post and within the post holders clinical competence.
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.
Please Note: The Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time during the advertising period.
Pre-employment
Vaccinations
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.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove their right to work in the UK at the interview stage.
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, one must be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Triage 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Relevant nursing/health degree/MA.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
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
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- 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.
Desirable
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
Skills
Essential
- Clinical leadership skills.
- Triage 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.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered first level nurse.
- Relevant nursing/health degree/MA.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification.
Desirable
- Mentor/teaching qualification.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Self-directed practitioner.
- Highly motivated.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
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
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).
