Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Leighton Road Surgery
Posted 3 hours 55 minutes ago by NHS
ModalityPartnership Leighton Road Surgery has an exciting opportunity for a fulltime/parttime, dedicated and compassionate Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join ourteam. We are seeking a committed professional who is passionate aboutdelivering high-quality, patient-centred care in a dynamic and supportiveenvironment. The ideal candidate will have a passion for patientcare and possess strong medication administration skills along with in-depthanatomy knowledge. As an ANP, you will play a key role in the provision of frontlinehealthcare services. Working within your professional boundaries and in linewith NMC requirements for advanced practice
This role is ideal for individuals who are patient focused andpassionate about working in a flexible and agile way to deliver high qualitycare. The successful candidate will thrive in a collaborative,multidisciplinary environment and will contribute to the delivery of innovativehealthcare services for our registered patient population.
As an employee with us you can benefit from:
Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme
Annual leave minimum 27 days, plus 8days bank holiday pro rata
Employee discounts and benefits scheme
Employee assistance programme (EAP)
Education and career pathways
Enhanced Family friendly policies
Wellbeing support and initiative
If you are interested in learning more, please read on.
Main duties of the jobThe role is anall-rounded, patient facing role with triage built in as well as administrationwork which is associated with the role of the ANP. We are seeking individuals to join our teamwho are caring, compassionate and confident, who demonstrate effectivecommunication, excellent clinical assessment skills, IT skills, and the abilityto treat patients with holistic care. The postholder will be a key member of the practice teamand will be responsible for patients either face to face or via telephoneconsultation. They will demonstrate safe,clinical decision making and expert care, including assessment and diagnosticskills, for patients within the general practice.
The role is not aregular 9am-5pm job and is not solely a patient face-to face role; the jobrequires innovation, flexibility and commitment and the postholder will be berequired to work resourcefully as part of the team to support patients withmedication compliance, to prioritise their own health needs, and interveneappropriately with complex, urgent and emergency situations.
About usWe are one of thelargest GP super-partnerships in the UK, serving over 450,000 patients and witha workforce of 1500+. We are unique, we are always looking at ways to improveour delivery of services through the implementation of new and innovative solutionsthat we can scale across the organisation. Your job is to work directly withkey stakeholders to help us to harmonise ways of working and improve workingpractices to improve patient and staff satisfaction. This is a role that will alsoequip you with a portfolio of clinical assessment skills to effectively treatpatients within Primary Care, to make sustainable changes.
We are seekingdedicated postholders to join our team and who can display our CARE values:Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellence.
ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.
Job responsibilitiesPlease refer to thesupporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.
You will love thisjob if you have a passion for providing high quality patient care, thinkingoutside the box, are innovative and are driven to find and implement solutionsto improve the day to day working environment. You will learn more because youwill improve the way we work from the ground up whist working closely withleadership teams to influence service improvement.
If you feel this isthe ideal career advancing opportunity for you and you want to rise to thechallenge of this opportunity, we welcome an application for you to join ourgrowing team of likeminded people.
Please note:Modality Partnership reserves the right to close this vacancy at any pointduring the recruitment stage.
Pre-employment
As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we willbe checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manageindividual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may beundecided about vaccinations.
For recruitment to this role, you must provide full Hep b vaccinationhistory, titre levels and/or booster evidence, MMR and Varicella evidence.
Right to work checks
All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage
References
References must be secured prior to beginning employment, onemust be your current or most recent employer.
Employment history
You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.
Person Specification Skills- 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.
- Highly motivated.
- Flexibility.
- Team player.
- Ability to work across boundaries.
- 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.
- Project management.
- Working with community development initiatives.
- Health-needs assessment.
- Leading a team.
- Registered first level nurse.
- Clinical supervision training and experience.
- 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.
- Clinical governance issues in primary care
- Patient group directions and associated policy.
- Knowledge of public health issues.
- Able to identify determinants on health in the area.
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.