Overview
The Frailty Advanced Nurse Practitioner Team at the Royal Stoke University Hospital is at the forefront of developing new ways of working to improve the care and service to frail elderly patients. An opportunity has arisen for motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioners to become part of a highly skilled established team. The successful candidate will be ward based with the opportunity to work in the emergency portals on a rota basis. Royal Stoke University Hospital was one of the first Trusts to develop a Frail Elderly Assessment Unit and has a team of ANPs working in the Emergency Department providing admission avoidance. ANPs work closely with the Consultant Geriatricians and medical/nursing teams, Social Care, Therapies and the County Intermediate Care Team.
Responsibilities
* Provides and receives highly complex, sensitive or contentious information.
* Facilitate communication, which results in clear responsibilities being identified with the multi-professional team.
* Communicate very sensitive, complex condition related information to patients, relatives providing empathy and reassurance.
* Exchange verbal and written information with patients, staff and carers requiring tact and diplomacy.
* Communicate patients' conditions verbally and in writing, to other members of the healthcare team and contribute to decision making processes in patient management.
* Communicate on an ongoing basis with the Senior Registrar/Consultant responsible for the patient - updating them of any changes/progress.
* Continually update and maintain personal levels of clinical skills and competencies acting as a clinical role model.
* Participation in the appraisal process each year with the first appraisal taking place within the first 6 months from appointment.
Role Summary
* Provide direct expert professional clinical care through health assessment, initiation of treatment, formulation and alteration of treatment and monitoring of care programmes.
* Facilitate the development of clinical practice through research and education of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Evaluate care through quality assurance initiatives and assessment of clinical outcomes.
* Be an expert resource for other healthcare practitioners.
* Ensure that the highest standards of clinical care are delivered.
* To be a supplementary and independent prescriber.
Summary
* Provide direct expert professional clinical care through health assessment, initiation of treatment, formulation and alteration of treatment and monitoring of care programmes.
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please check your emails regularly.
* References - please provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits may need to pay for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where required.
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