Advance Nurse Practitioner/Paramedic Practitioner - New Horizons Medical Partnership
The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the urgent care team are varied and will differ from time to time under the direction of the Lead Clinical Practitioner / Partners / Practice Manager, dependent on current and evolving Practice workload and staffing levels:
* To work autonomously, providing nursing care for our practice patients within the GP surgery, their own homes and nursing or residential homes.
* To work within the rules governing patient confidentiality at all times.
* To work independently or as part of the Urgent Care Team, assessing emergencies, planning, implementing and evaluating acute medical problems presenting to the surgery, as well as via econsults, telephone or face to face.
* To be first responder to emergencies presenting in the surgery walk in/green button including carrying out ECGs.
* To work independently or as part of the Urgent Care Team to assess, diagnose and treat specific conditions in accordance with agreed protocols.
* To competently take a full history and examination for certain specified conditions face to face, enabling a provisional working diagnosis to be made.
* To prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including the initiation of effective emergency care.
* To triage patient problems effectively and recognise when and if they need to be seen in a face to face consultation and identify who they would be most appropriately seen by.
* To initiate a treatment plan for patients seen and communicate this plan effectively to the patient and other clinicians as appropriate.
* To carry out, if required, annual health reviews on patients with chronic disease and or epilepsy.
* To have the ability to liaise with other professionals and services to enable the delivery of patient focused care when appropriate.
* To evaluate the need and where appropriate, undertake regular opportunistic screening such as BP, BMI, smoking status.
* To advise, if appropriate, patients on family planning and offer a contraception service.
* To be competent in ECG, anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques.
* To have a basic understanding of asthma care and be able to nebulise a patient if required.
* To recognise signs of child abuse and be aware of The Child Protection register.
* To encourage health promotion and lifestyle changes where appropriate.
* To ensure that infection control procedures are followed.
* To input information on the practices IT system.
* To assist in clinical audit.
* To maintain NMC/HCPC Registration at all times.
* To contribute to QOF requirements; spare appointments to be used to undertake QOF work.
* To report any error or complaint in accordance with practice guidelines.
* To teach and mentor other staff.
* To carry out other general nursing tasks as needed.
* To carry out/cover any other tasks that may be deemed suitable for the grade.
* To cover PAN PCN working as and when required.
For the full job description including qualifications required please see the full job description attached.
This is a part-time post working a minimum of 17 hours per week – working days are Thursday’s and Friday’s +
1 Hazel Farm Road, Totton, Southampton, Hampshire. SO40 8WU
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