Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Allesley Park Medical Centre are looking for an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the team. The ideal candidate will work autonomously but collaboratively with muti-professional teams to meet the needs of patients.

The experienced practitioner will act within professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patients, history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care.

This is a full time post 37.5 hours per week 5 days a week.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for urgent, on the day appointments for patients with undifferentiated, undiagnosedillness.
• The post holder must be able totake history, assess, examine, make diagnosis and prescribe treatmentplans.
• The post holder must be able toorder tests, make referrals as appropriate, and support other members of themedical team as required.
• There is arequirement to see extra or emergency patients.
• The post holder must be able to manage own workload and prioritiseappropriately.
• The post holder will be ableto triage patients appropriately by telephone as required. Work effectively with all of the nursing teamand other nurse practitioner.
• The postholder will oversee the practices progress towards the QoF targets.

About us A great opportunity to join a well-established, high achieving and friendly GMS practice.

We are a 6-partner practice, 6 part time salaried GPs, with a strong Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurse and HCA team. Vacancy is for a full time Advanced Nurse Practitioner 37.5 hours, 5 days a week.

Our team is built on the principle of providing friendly, caring and compassionate health care to all and we are proud of our clinical and admin teams for this expertise, support and care. Allesley Park Medical Centre has been voted the best practice in Coventry for 4 consecutive years.

We operate from a modern, purpose-built premises with an on-site pharmacy serving over 21,000 patients at our Allesley Park Practice site and our linked University site campus at The University of Warwick thus providing a diverse stimulatin mix of patients.

Job responsibilities The nursing team

Together with the other nurse practitioner become an active and integral part of the nursing service.

To help develop and maintain practice policies and protocols for all nursing activities.

Ensure the practice manager is informed of any matters arising or problems/potential problems.

To help work towards the QOF targets ensuring that the highest level of points are achieved. This will involve working closely with all members of the primary health care team.

Where appropriate to work with the PCN nursing team across all 3 practices.

Diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness

To see patients with undiagnosed, undifferentiated illness.

Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge limitations.

Advise patients on general health care and management of current illness with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.

Prescribe treatment, order tests, and make referrals.

To see patients at home if required.

To see extra patients if required

To triage patients if required.

Providing assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice:

• In addition to the usual working pattern, you may be called upon to support the nursing team and perform practice nurse duties. This might include contraceptive checks and advice, simple dressings, blood pressure and chronic disease assessment, female pelvic examinations, swabs, and assisting in minor procedures in the treatment room etc. This is not an exhaustive list and other duties may be required.

Pathological specimens and investigatory procedures

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including bloods, urine samples and swabs.

Administration and professional responsibilities

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.

Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes.

Ensure the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details recorded and amended.

Ensure that proactive and opportunistic steps are taken in order to ensure that all patients are assessed for the QoF targets and that all nursing team is aware of these targets (this should be completed on an ongoing basis as targets do change).

Ensure appropriate data entry is undertaken to ensure the maximum QOF points can be achieved.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.

Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit.

Taking a lead on areas of interest,

Training and personal development

Training requirements will be monitored by yearly appraisal and will be in accordance with practice requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the Practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with recent developments.

Together with the other nurse practitioner develop and maintain an in-house nurse-training programme reporting to the practice manager.

Maintain continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed useful or necessary for professional development as appropriate to the role undertaken within the practice and with prior agreement from the practice manager.

If it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities, full training will be given.

Develop and maintain a personal learning or reflective plan.

Clinical supervision.

Management

To promote a working environment with the support of the partners that supports learning and shared values for patient care.

To provide clinical mentorship to the practice nursing team.

To develop and maintain practice policies and protocols for all nursing duties.

To liaise with the infection control nurse in the practice to ensure all staff are aware of current procedures.

Ensure that the practice manager is informed of any matters arising or problems/potential problems.

Together with the other nurse practitioner organise nurse meetings.

As well as the nursing team there is a need to work closely with reception and administrative team to ensure the smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems encountered to the relevant person and ensuring everyone is aware of the different roles within the nursing team.

To establish and maintain good liaison with other surgeries and agencies including secondary care providers.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation.All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.

Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.

Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.

Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

Acting in a way that recognizes the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation.

Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.

Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.

Personal/Professional Development

The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

Participation in an annual individual performance review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development.

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