Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Come and be part of an innovative team, working in a fast-pacedenvironment open to new ideas and thinking, with the patient at the forefrontof our mission.

We are looking for an experienced Advanced Nurse/Care Practitionereducated to masters level in Advanced Health Assessment, holding a Prescribingqualification.

Working as part of our urgent care team, you will work autonomously yetcollaboratively to provide advice, diagnosis and treatment both on the phoneand face to face in surgery or within the community. Part of the role includesthe review of patients with a Nursing Home setting, therefore you will need theuse of your own car.

Main duties of the job

Provide the choice of direct access to a ANP/ACP, both in the practiceand over the telephone, and dependent on the individual, at home and in thecommunity for the general practice population with an acute or chronic healthproblem

Provide a first point of contact within the practice for patientspresenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills inhistory taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinicaldecision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan

To prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined bycurrent legislative framework. Registered Independent Prescribing.

Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developingwhere appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis onprevention and self-care.

Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion,health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills.

Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice and with otherservice providers to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care

Assess acute and chronic illness in the surgery and in Nursing and Carehomes.

About us

Hereford Medical Group is a large General Practice operating over 4 sites in and around Hereford City. Our main hub is a purpose built practice in the Centre of Hereford, close to the train station.We are a people centered organisation, caring for a population of approximately 49,000 patients and employing approximately 180 permanent staff in addition to trainees.

We place great value on our staff and offer many employee benefits, such as:

• 25 to 30 days annual leave entitlement in addition to bank holidays, depending on service (pro rata for part-time staff).
• On-site Occupational Health Services and support.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Access to a generous NHS pension scheme with 14.38% employer contribution.
• Specsavers eVoucher once per year
• Access to the Blue Light extensive discount scheme.

Our mission is provide highly quality and compassionate primary care.

Job responsibilities

The post holder should be anexperienced nurse or paramedic, educated to at least Masters Level in advancedhealth assessment and nonmedical prescribing who will act within theirprofessional boundaries to provide care for the presenting patient from initialhistory taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation ofcare. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care forpatients within the surgery.

The Practitioner will have theability and training to work autonomously yet collaboratively within the team toprovide clinical care and support colleagues within the team clinically andoperationally.

The role includes additionalduties remunerated dependent upon provision of evidence and indirectobservation of duties.

Person Specification Experience

• Experience of working in an autonomous role relevant to primary care
• Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
• Experience of working under pressure
• Awareness of own accountability and other aspects of NMC code of conduct
• An understanding, acceptance and adherence to the need for strict confidentiality
• Works autonomously and collaboratively, recognising when referrals are required
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• IT skills computer and keyboard literate
• Good time management and the ability to work under pressure prioritising workload
• Relay clinical information and maintain accurate, comprehensive consultation records in line with NMC requirements
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development and The NMC Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates
• Experience of dealing with the public/patients
• Experience as a non- medical prescriber
• Experience of EMIS WEB clinical system and using templates
• Knowledge on Quality outcomes Framework
• Experience of leadership
• Experience of managing others Experience
• Experience of Microsoft Office software
• Leadership and management experience

Qualifications

• RGN current NMC registration with minimum 4 years post registration experience
• A demonstrable commitment to professional development
• Advanced health assessment
• Registered as a non-medical prescriber
• Safeguarding adults and children
• In date CPR training (within 18 months)
• Qualification in chronic disease

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.

£53,635 to £57,213 a yearDependent on experience