Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Primary Care Careers

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Job summary

Are you an experienced healthcare worker, looking to expand your contribution to healthcare and personal job satisfaction? If so, this could be the opportunity for you.

Cobbs Garden Surgery is looking to recruit an advanced nurse practitioner to join our multi-disciplinary team, to help us to transform and modernise pathways of care, enabling the safe and effective sharing of skills across traditional professional boundaries.

The post is for 32 hours per week spread over 4 to 5 days. There is flexibility within this role, which will be discussed at interview stage.

The successful candidate will demonstrate flexibility in attitude and behaviour. They will be keen to undertake new ways of working and delivering healthcare, committing to under-taking the professional development required to adapt to changing circumstances.

Main duties of the job

  • demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
  • be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice.
  • support new ways of working that emphasise a more efficient and patient-focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
  • have responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.

About us

Cobbs Garden is based in Olney, a beautiful market town in north Buckinghamshire and we also serve the surrounding villages. We are proud of our current CQC rating which is good with an outstanding rating for responsiveness. Our multidisciplinary team is made up of a range of very experienced clinicians including practice nurses, minor illness nurses, paramedics, pharmacists, a physiotherapist, HCAs and a social prescriber.

We offer a range of benefits including the NHS pension scheme and Costco membership.

Date posted

01 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Band 8A Equivalent

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7294_2

Job locations

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional registration with relevant professional body: NMC.
  • Post-graduate qualification in specific speciality, or equivalent experience.
  • Post-registration experience at a senior level (Band 7 or above) in specialty area.
  • Qualified prescriber.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of on-going CPD.
  • Advanced clinical assessment skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to perform in stressful and complex situations.
  • Sound clinical reasoning and decision making.
  • Flexibility.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional registration with relevant professional body: NMC.
  • Post-graduate qualification in specific speciality, or equivalent experience.
  • Post-registration experience at a senior level (Band 7 or above) in specialty area.
  • Qualified prescriber.

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of on-going CPD.
  • Advanced clinical assessment skills.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to perform in stressful and complex situations.
  • Sound clinical reasoning and decision making.
  • Flexibility.

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Primary Care Careers

Address

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


Employer's website

https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Cobbs Garden Surgery

enquiries@eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk

01206918760

Date posted

01 May 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

Depending on experience Band 8A Equivalent

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

7294_2

Job locations

West Street

Olney

Buckinghamshire

MK46 5QG


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