The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) has been assessed ascompetent in practice using their expert clinical knowledge and skills. Theyhave the freedom and authority to act and make autonomous decisions in theassessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
The ANP provides an opportunity for patients to receivetimely care and negate unnecessarily delay in receiving treatment and withoutthe need to refer to a GP.
ANPs in primary care are able to develop close, long-termrelationships with their patients and work in partnership with them to achieveoptimum health. They are autonomous in making decisions based on assessment,diagnosis and interpretation of test results.
Main duties of the job
Working collaboratively with the General Practitioners,and the wider Primary Health Care Team to support the clinical and wellbeing needs of the patient
Safe and competent clinical decision-making skills mustbe demonstrable including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation ofcare for patients presenting with minor illness within a Primary Care setting.
Provide high quality nursing care from the patients firstcontact through to resolution or referral as appropriate, in accordance withstandards of good practice
To administer and prescribe medication accurately andsafely according to established organisational policies and directions, and inaccordance with NMC guidelines.
Main duties of the job
A. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute andchronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
B. Implement and evaluate individual specialisedtreatment plans for chronic disease patients
C. Identify, manage and support patients at risk ofdeveloping long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patientshealth
D. Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patientsas required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
E. Provide wound care
F. Provide specialist clinics such as contraception etc.
G. Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
About us
Our friendly and well established practice has a currentpartnership made up of, Dr Jatinder Bratch (GP trainer) and DrKay Snowdon (GP trainer) and Dr Rohan Shakoor
We have 2 salaried GPs, 2 registrars and a full complement ofnurses in our team.
The practice admin team consisting ofreceptionists, administrators, care coordinators and isled by Sharon Russell, Practice Manager.
The current list size is 8900. We work in Denton Burn in the West ofNewcastle and the practice boundaries are restricted to a 2-3 mile radius.
The majority of our patients are in employment, own theirown homes, and have a means of transport to the surgery. The demography of our patients is that of an urban practice with a mix of children, young people and theelderly.
We are a SystmOne practice and have alist size of 8900. We are a training team with 2 of the GP Partners beingtrainers of registrars.
The successful candidate will be available to undertake avariety of duties including telephone, face to face and e-consultations, homevisits, medicines management, and associated paperwork.
We are high QOF achievers and rated good by CQC.
Membership of Newcastle Outer West Primary Care Networkallows access to First contact practitioners for both mental health andphysiotherapists, health and wellbeing team, pharmacists and pharmacytechnicians who now carry out many medicines' changes from hospital dischargeletters.
Job responsibilities
PrimaryResponsibilities
Thefollowing are the core responsibilities of the advanced nurse practitioner. Theremay be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependentupon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
a.Develop, implement and embed health promotion andwell-being programmes
b.Manage patients presenting with a range of acute andchronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advise topatients
c.Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatmentplans for chronic disease patients
d.Identify, manage and support patients as risk ofdeveloping long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patientshealth
e.Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients asrequired in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
f.Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
g.Request pathology services as necessary
h.Process and interpret pathology and other test results asrequired
i.Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction withextant legislation
j.Ensure read codes are used effectively
k.Maintain chronic disease registers
l.Chaperone patients where necessary
m.Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
n.Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
o.Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting withmental health needs
p.Extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extantguidance
q.Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicinesor over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewingannually as required
r.Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying withlocal and regional guidance
s.Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure thepatient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
t.Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately(ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of theindividual)
u.Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters,in accordance with local and national policies
v.Understand practice and local policies for substanceabuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
w.Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RGN with current NMC pin or Emergency Care Practitioner
* Independent/Supplementary Prescribing
* MSc/Post graduate Diploma: Nurse
* Practitioner in Primary Care or equivalent
Knowledge
* Knowledge of health promotion
* strategies
* Awareness of local and national health
* policy
* Knowledge of clinical governance issues
* in primary care
* Knowledge of patient group
* Knowledge of public health
* issues
* Able to identify determinates
* on health in the local area
* Knowledge of public health
* issues in the area
Experience
* Employment within a Primary or Urgent Care setting
* Experience of Chronic Diseases
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.
Depending on experience£55690 - £58497 dependent on experience
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