Job summary
We are looking for individuals
with Primary Care Nursing skills and experience, and a willingness to develop
other skills that they don't already have.
The post holder is an
experienced nurse, who acting within their professional boundaries, will
provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical
assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will
demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within
the general practice. They will work collaboratively with the
multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients,
supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse
leadership as required. In order to work at this level, NMC requirements for
advanced practice must be met. Diabetes experience would be desirable.
The hours we would be happy to discuss. The salary is also negotiable based on experience.
Main duties of the job
SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
- To deliver a high standard of patient care as Nurse Practitioner (NP) in general practice, using advanced autonomous clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base
- To manage a clinical caseload, dealing with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting
- To develop the nursing services offered by the practice
- To provide clinical leadership within the practice (where applicable)
JOB DIMENSIONS
- To manage own clinical workload in general practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
- The development and use of referral pathways for NPs to the local acute NHS Trust services and to Diagnostic and Treatment Centres (where relevant).
- To mentor and support other nurses in developing and maintaining clinical skills (where applicable)
About us
We are a busy city centre medical practice offering outstanding patient care, and we have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner/ACP to join our Nursing Team.
We are a dual-site practice, based between St Stephens Gate Medical Centre and Newmarket Road surgery, and provide care for over 19,000 patients. We consistently receive excellent patient feedback, and this role is integral to ensuring that the practice provides an outstanding level of nursing care and maintaining this.
You would be joining a practice with a supportive admin team, friendly clinicians and a commitment to developing new ways of working across the whole practice.
As well as being part of a supportive and welcoming team, benefits for the candidate include:
- An attractive city centre location
- A culture of continuous learning, training and improvement - as a training practice, we have a real focus on training and development for our staff
- A generous annual leave package of six weeks annual leave, plus Bank Holidays, pro rata
- NHS pension
Parking is not available on site, but we do offer subsidised city centre parking permits that can be used anytime.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB SUMMARY
The post holder is an experienced nurse, who acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the general practice. They will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required. In order to work at this level, NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met.
1. SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
- To deliver a high standard of patient care as Nurse Practitioner (NP) in general practice, using advanced autonomous clinical skills, and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base
- To manage a clinical caseload, dealing with presenting patients needs in a primary care setting
- To develop the nursing services offered by the practice
- To provide clinical leadership within the practice (where applicable)
2. JOB DIMENSIONS
- To manage own clinical workload in general practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.
- The development and use of referral pathways for NPs to the local acute NHS Trust services and to Diagnostic and Treatment Centres (where relevant).
- To mentor and support other nurses in developing and maintaining clinical skills (where applicable)
3. A. Clinical Role
The post-holder will:
Provide the choice of direct access to a NP, both in the Practice and over the telephone, for the general practice population
Make professionally autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable
Provide a first point of contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan
Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports
Where the post holder is an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework
Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care
Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate
Assist the Practice in developing and delivering specialist primary care services, such as long term disease management (diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease, hypertension and dementia)
Work with nursing, medical and health care assistant colleagues to ensure that National Service Frameworks (eg Coronary Heart Disease/Older People/Diabetes/Mental Health) are being delivered
Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the wider Primary Care Trust (PCT), to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery
Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family centred strategies to address them
Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services
Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of practice-based commissioning
B. TEACHING AND MENTORING ROLE:
The post-holder will:
- Promote a learning environment for patients, nurses and other health professionals.
- Contribute to the planning and implementation of the teaching for existing staff, such as medical students, NP students, GP registrars, Health Care Assistants, within the Practice.
C. PROFESSIONAL ROLE:
The post-holder will:
- Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research.
- Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
- Maintain their professional registration
- Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained
- Work within the latest NMC Code of Professional Conduct
- Record accurate consultation data in patients records in accordance with the latest NMC guidance and other pertinent standards
- Keep up to date with pertinent health-related policy and work with the practice team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation
- Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external to the practice.
- Demonstrate leadership
- Pro-actively promote the role of the NP within the Practice, and externally to key stakeholders and agencies
D. ADMINISTRATION ROLE:
The post-holder will:
Participate in clinical supervision for the nursing team, and act as nurse advisor to other members of the Primary Healthcare team.
Encourage and develop teamwork within the practice.
Participate in multi-disciplinary protocol and Patient Group Directions development
Identify appropriate opportunities to delegate both clinical and administrative tasks to more junior staff.
Help the practice operate in a cost-effective manner.
Identify and manage nursing care risks on a continuing basis.
Participate in practice meetings and practice management meetings, reporting progress as required.
Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate.
Work closely with the doctors and administrative managers in the setting up and/or improving of practice systems for monitoring/measuring performance against Clinical Governance and Quality Indicator targets.
Ensure that all Practice Policies are fully implemented
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
St Stephens Gate Medical Practice
Address
55 Wessex Street
Norwich
NR2 2TJ