Acute Home Visiting Nurse (prescribing)

Job description

Job responsibilities

This role will be mainly reactive work for which we need an experienced Independent Nurse Prescriber with a good breadth of general healthcare experience who can undertake acute case home visiting. You will be part of a very experienced team and there will be plenty of debrief opportunities with other clinicians, including prescribing Advanced Clinical Practitioners within your own team. You will be assigned a clinical supervisor to help with your continued professional development and training opportunities will be available from time to time. Your responsibilities will include the assessment and treatment of acutely unwell patients who will be booked on to your ledger after having contacted their own GP surgery. You will have a fixed number of home visits per day once you have completed your induction period.

More details about how the role looks on a daily basis:

You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with other specialists / clinical disciplines within our organisation in a bid to provide truly holistic care, improving patient outcomes.

You will be responsible for assessing acute conditions in the patients residence, providing treatment and safety netting as well as actioning appropriate onward referrals (such as the Virtual Home Ward).

You will have access to a GP on call for immediate advice and guidance should you need it.

You will manage your own visits based on prioritising the needs of the patient. You may be responsible for organising hospital admission should it be needed.

You will be expected to work independently in the patients residence and take responsibility for your own clinical decisions.

You will have access to multiple clinical specialists who can advise on a care plan following your clinical assessment.

You will be exposed to a variety of acute conditions such as UTIs, chest infections, oedema, infected wounds, migraines etc. as well as exacerbation of chronic illness. Experience in these areas will be essential

You will maintain accurate clinical records of all patient consultations and related work

The provision of this service is vital to our member practices and frees up practice GP time while we fulfil these visits for them

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE grade A to C in English and Maths
• NMC registered / holding a Nursing Diploma or Degree
• Independent Prescriber
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Desirable

• Advanced Clinical Practice degree
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Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development
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Desirable

• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations including the voluntary sector
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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

West Leeds Primary Care Network

Address

Manor House Ground Floor

23 Robin Lane

Pudsey

West Yorkshire

LS28 7BR

Employer's website

https://www.westleedspcn.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)