Advanced Clinical Practitioner Triage

The Triage ANP role is integral to ensuring that all patient requests into the practice are clinically assessed and prioritised accordingly. The post holder will provide self-care advice appropriate to the patients needs or allocate them to the most appropriate practitioner or service. There may be occasions where the triage ANP would need to see some of the patients face to face.

Main duties of the job

Working as part of the triage team, the post holder will provide clinical triage of all online consultations, telephone calls and home visit requests where needed.

The post holder will identify the clinical need and urgency to provide a time frame for intervention, allocating them to the most appropriate clinician or service to meet the needs and will provide advice and signposting as required.

There may be, on occasion, a requirement to see some patients face to face.

About us

Ashby Turn Primary Care Centre has a patient list size of approx. 12,400.

We are a friendly, inclusive practice with 3 GP Partners and an extensive clinical and admin team, including GP registrars.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will utilise clinical triage and assessment skills, whilst working within the Scope of Professional Practice and adhering to local policies/guidelines. The post holder will work as part of the clinical team designated to respond to patients via online consultation, 111 referrals or phone calls to decide on best plan of care, this could include advice over the phone, signposting to other services or offering appointments.

Person Specification Experience

• Qualified independent prescriber
• Registered on their appropriate professional register
• Evidence of continuing post-registration development
• Triage / clinical assessment training

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.