Overview
Advanced Nurse Practitioner – Care homes - Renfrewshire HSCP
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Role description
This is an excellent opportunity for 1 WTE Care Home Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to join a highly motivated and dynamic team working across role and organisational boundaries. The ANP will work with Care Homes to provide assessment and care for the patients registered within these practices. The ANP will complement core services provided by the HSCP and will also work alongside community nursing and rehabilitation services. The ANP will manage the complete clinical care for their patients utilizing an expert knowledge base and clinical competence in order to support multi-professional teams within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, ensuring a high standard of clinical care in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Health and Safety Legislation. As a clinical leader, the ANP has the freedom and authority to act autonomously in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment (including prescribing) of patients with multi-dimensional problems. This includes the authority to refer, admit and discharge within appropriate clinical areas.
The ANP will provide an accessible, high quality, culturally sensitive and effective nursing service to support staff and residents in the care home setting, by working in partnership with service users, care providers and other agencies.
Responsibilities
* Provide assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients in care home settings, including prescribing where appropriate.
* Refer, admit, and discharge patients within appropriate clinical areas as needed.
* Collaborate with community nursing and rehabilitation services to support multi-professional teams.
* Operate as a clinical leader with autonomy while adhering to professional standards and legislation.
Qualifications and requirements
* Registered Nurse on the NMC Register.
* Completed the ANP training programme and been signed off as an ANP and added to the SWISS register.
* Significant comprehensive post-registration experience within a healthcare setting.
* Live NMC UK pin required to be considered for this post.
Working pattern
Shift pattern: Five out of seven days per week; 08:30–16:30 for 4 days and 08:30–16:00 one day per week (including weekends).
Location
Renfrewshire HSCP, working with Care Homes.
Contact and recruitment process
Informal contact: Angela Flynn, Interim Lead ANP, 07900117605, Angela.Flynn3@nhs.scot
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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