Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioner

The Reynard Surgery is looking to recruit an advanced nurse practitioner to join our well established ANP team. We currently have 3 well established and experienced ANPs and are now looking to increase the size of this very busy team.

You would be part of an organisation that makes a difference to our patients. We support patients with a multi-skilled professional team of clinical and non-clinical friendly staff, providing high quality, person-centred, holistic care to patients.

We are looking for an ACP who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for patients presenting at the practice from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice. The post holder will need to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process.

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking to cover 37.5 hrs on a Monday to Friday basis that may at times include working as part of our enhanced hours teams. However, we are prepared to be flexible around how these hours are covered. You may be expected at times to work remotely. The successful candidate should come from a general practice or similar background.

• Demonstrate a high level of expertise within the specialist service providing advice, education and support to staff, patients, their families and carers.
• Be practising autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner within the designated speciality area to provide patient-centred clinical care. This will encompass the skills of advanced clinical assessment, examination, diagnosis and treatment within an agreed scope of practice throughout the directorate.
• Support new ways of working that emphasises a more efficient and patient-focused service, and will ensure the safe treatment, referral and discharge of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations in their area.
• Have responsibility for leading the on-going development of clinical practice and standards of care within the service, including the development of policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Have responsibility for working towards all QOF targets.

About us

We are a friendly and welcoming rural GP practice located in Red Lodge covering a large sprawling catchment area. We are a busy rural dispensing practice of approx. 10,000 patients and part of Forest Heath PCN that provides care for 74,000 patients. We are a growing, friendly, efficient and welcoming practice. We are registered as Veteran friendly and a Safe Surgery and aim to improve health, wellbeing and the lives of all those we care for, by developing and maintaining the highest level of practice, which is safe, effective, compassionate and inclusive. We aim to be responsive to patient needs and expectations. Benefits include:

• The NHS pension scheme
• Remote working as and when needed dependent on the business needs
• Health service discounts via the Blue Light card
• Minimum 6 weeks annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays per year on pro rata basis.

Job responsibilities

If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification

Experience

• Post-graduate qualification in specific speciality, or equivalent experience
• Evidence of on-going CPD
• Advanced clinical assessment skills
• Ability to perform in stressful and complex situations
• Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
• Flexibility is a necessary requirement to cover annual leave and sickness if needed.

Qualifications

• Professional registration with relevant professional body: NMC, HCPC or GPhC

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.