Advanced Nurse Practitioner - HMP Woodhill
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
Responsibilities
* Act as an audit lead, utilising the audit cycle and developing the health champion role.
* Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments.
* Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care.
* Support and participate in shared learning within the practice.
* Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the practice.
* Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate.
* Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach (root cause analysis).
* Drive the development of nursing services within the practice, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required.
* Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with patient needs and current legislation.
* Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes.
* Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice.
* Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
* Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on health.
* Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients in accordance with clinical evidence, NICE and NSF guidance.
* Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.).
* Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing.
* Undertake the collection of pathological specimens and request pathology services as necessary.
* Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required.
* Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary and referring patients to secondary/specialist care when required.
* Maintain accurate clinical records in line with extant legislation and ensure read codes are used effectively.
* Maintain chronic disease registers and develop, implement and embed well-man clinics and a robust call/recall system.
* Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately; support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies.
* Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.
* Deliver patient-centred, safe and effective care across settings (hospital, community clinic or patient home).
* Support vaccination as appropriate and ensure best practice to protect patients and staff.
* Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance; support patients in the use of prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines within scope, reviewing annually as required.
* Contribute to practice targets (QOF), complying with local and regional guidance.
* Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure patient support (including vulnerable patients).
* Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately and ensure safe practice within scope of the team member.
* Support safeguarding matters in line with local and national policies.
* Understand local policies for substance abuse and refer patients appropriately.
* Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate.
* Develop and maintain professional relationships to support patient care.
Notes: The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination. Preference is given to those delivering high-quality, patient-centred care.
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