Advanced Nurse Practitioner

An opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our thriving, high achieving training practice on a Friday.

We are a well-established, patient focused practice based in Nantwich, looking to appoint an enthusiastic and innovative ANP to join our passionate, friendly team who are committed to delivering excellent patient care.

We recognise that looking after each other is key to delivering high quality clinical care and improves both personal and working life, we have an incredibly supportive team and a high retention of clinical staff.

Main duties of the job

In general, the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with an ANP working within primary care.

• 1 day per week (Friday)
• Option to purchase a car parking permit
• Acute on the day appointments
• Chronic Long Term Condition appointments
• EMIS web
• ICB representation
• Protected Team and Clinical Meetings monthly along with Lunch and Learn events
• Outside interests encouraged to enhance our wide depth of current external interests from GP Partners

About us

Our Practice is within a purpose-built Primary Care Centre in the heart of Nantwich with 20 clinical rooms and 1 operating suite on the ground floor from which with provide a minor surgery provision and an onsite Research Team.

Nantwich is a charming historical market town, set beside the river Weaver, with excellent transport links with Manchester only an hour away by train, the beautiful city of Chester is a 45-minute drive away and the North Wales coast just over an hour away. Nantwich also has a number of excellent primary schools and two very reputable senior schools.

We serve a population of circa 13,000 patients and our medical team comprises of 6 GP Partners, 2 salaried GPs, 3 Advanced Nurse Practitioners, 1 Nurse Practitioner, 3 Practice Nurses, 1 Nursing Associate and 1 Health Care Support Worker and 2 Physiotherapists. We are part of Nantwich and Rural PCN and currently have ARRS roles in Care Co-ordinator, Nurse Associate, 2 Pharmacy Technicians, 2 Pharmacists and a social prescriber.

We also have an onsite dedicated Research Team with 3 Nurses, Admin and three of our own GP Partners, with valuable research studies constantly ongoing there is always the opportunity to become involved in our research team.

Kiltearn is also a GP training practice for F1, F2, ST Doctors and medical students. We also have Partners with an interest in coach mentoring, career conversation facilitating and as appraisers, one of our GP Partners is also the Education Lead for the PCN.

Job responsibilities

Toprovide direct access to patients seeking primary health care advice encompassingboth face to face consultation and telephone access. Appointments will consist of face to face acute appointments, chronic disease face to face appointments and follow up and telephone reviews.

Thepost holder is required to work within the policies and guidance set out by thepractice and with due regard for the NMC code.

Assessdiagnose and plan treatments /interventions for pts presenting with anundifferentiated diagnosis, referring to community or secondary care servicesas appropriate.

Assessand evaluate pts with complex needs and complete care planning documentation asrequired and to have comprehensive knowledge of chronic disease management,processes and management. To work closely to NICE and local guidance forchronic disease management and prescribing.

Proactivelyidentify treat and manage those pts at risk of developing long term conditions.

Performmedication reviews for therapeutic effectiveness appropriate to the pts needsand in accordance with EBP and national and practice policies and within ownclinical competence.

Takean active role in maintaining QOF register and responding to alerts in clinicalpractice. Liaison for QOF work should be directed towards lead GP for thatparticular clinical area.

Supportpts to adopt health promotion strategies and self-care.

Person Specification Experience

• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience of clinical risk management
• Experience of prescribing and carrying out medication reviews
• Experience of minor ailments

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with NMC
• Recognised ANP qualification at minimum of degree level
• Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC Register
• Enhanced DBS check

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.