PCN Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Nurse Practitioner

As a RegisteredNurse Practitioner you will be expected to be able to perform core clinicalnurse practitioner responsibilities alongside delivering excellent healthservices.

Main duties of the job

• Delivering a high standard of patient care, using advanced, autonomousclinical skills and a broad in-depth theoretical knowledge-base.
• Assessing, diagnosing and treating patients with both minor and complexneeds, initiating referrals as appropriate and planning clinical careaccordingly.
• Performing safe triage of patients when necessary via telephone or faceto face.
• Undertake home visits to provide timely assessment, diagnose, treatment, and ongoing management for patients identified through the network's practices.
• Prescribing medication appropriate to patient needs and in accordancewith evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and withinscope of practice.
• Providing information and advice on prescribed or over-the-countermedication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritising health problems and intervene appropriately to assist thepatient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation ofeffective emergency care.
• Provide leadership, education and training to other healthcareprofessionals and staff.

About us

Maidenhead Primary Care Network (PCN) is a progressivehealthcare organisation comprising nine practices serving 82,000 patientsacross Maidenhead. Operating as a limited company, we balance robust businessmanagement with healthcare excellence.

Job responsibilities

• Provide same-day and routine clinics for undifferentiated presentationswithin scope and protocols, with GP support where required.
• Provide clinical leadership to nursing/HCA teams within scope; supporttraining, supervision and protocol development.
• Accurate, contemporaneous record-keeping and contribution tosafeguarding, and medicines management governance.
• Work to local/national guidelines and support CQC always-ready standardsacross Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led domains.

Person Specification Experience

• Experience of working within a nursing team.
• Experience of dealing with a variety of patients.
• The ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and have sound clinical reasoning and decision making.
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in a GP practice
• Experience with EMIS

Qualifications

• Current registration with the NMC
• To be considered for an Advanced role, the relevant Masters or accreditation although applications from a (non-Advanced) nurse Practitioner would also be accepted, such as Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or equivalent qualification.
• Master of Science (MSc) in Advanced Clinical Practice OR Studying towards completing the Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification.

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.

£50,000 to £57,000 a yeardepending on qualifications and experience