This is an exciting development for the role of the Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) within Urgent Care Services Fife (UCSF). This post will primarily be clinical with dedicated non-clinical time to support the development of the nursing team.
As a Senior Advanced Nurse Practitioner, you will apply high levels of decision making in the role within UCSF. As part of the senior clinical team you will ensure patient health needs are met through the autonomous provision of diagnosis and the management of patient conditions through assessment, treatment, and review planning process. This will be facilitated in partnership with patients, carers and families. This role involves providing specialist advice and education to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives. Within this role you will also be required to work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries to develop the service to improve practice, implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards, guidelines and policy. In line with the redesign of Urgent Care you will have a role in ensuring patients are seen in the right place, at the right time by the right person.
This is an exciting opportunity to develop nursing practice within community based urgent care. As a Registered General Nurse with substantial post registration experience, you will be educated to/ or near completion of MSc level in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification and Non-Medical Prescriber qualification, have completed or willingness to undertake the Urgent Care diploma. You will also have experience supporting the professional development of others including teaching, clinical supervision and the application of research and audit underpinned by a strong knowledge of current Acute and Urgent Care issues. Excellent professional leadership, team working, advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills are key to this role. You will be flexible to the needs of the role and service and will support the Lead Nurse in developing the service to ensure safe, patient centred and effective care delivery applying the Four Pillars of Practice at an advanced level.
To meet the needs of services, your hours will include a range of shift patterns which include, evenings, nights, weekends, day-time and public holidays. Travel across Fife will be required with UCSF centres at QMH, VHK and St Andrews.
In return, we are fully committed to supporting you with a robust programme of orientation, access to Personal and professional Development Planning, clinical supervision, coaching and mentorship.
Existing permanent employees must first discuss this opportunity with their substantive line manager. The secondment policy can be found here Hub • Blink (joinblink.com) If you do not have approval for a secondment from your current line manager, you will not be able to progress your application for a fixed term post. External applicants, with continuous NHS Service, must also have in place a secondment agreement, from their existing board to apply for this post.
For informal enquiries, please contact Fran Simpson, Lead Nurse via email fran.simpson@nhs.scot
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