Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Lakeside Healthcare; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Lakeside Healthcare in England is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our primary care team. The ANP will provide autonomous assessments, diagnoses, and ongoing management, guiding junior staff and working closely with practice leadership to achieve the group’s vision.

The role includes leading clinical episodes, promoting health education, and coordinating care across teams. 16 hours per week part-time with pro-rata salary details available on request.

Qualifications

• Ability to make professional autonomous decisions and lead clinical teams.
• Experience in emergency care for patients with complex needs.
• Experience in audit programmes and research studies.
• Service development initiatives within clinical roles.
• Clinical governance and risk assessment/management processes.
• Mentorship and teaching in a clinical setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide complete episodes of care for patients with urgent, acute and chronic needs.
• Develop patient care plans with emphasis on health education and prevention.
• Collaborate with primary and secondary care to coordinate care and referrals.
• Demonstrate leadership, education and mentorship to the team.
• Maintain clear, accurate documentation and safeguard reporting.

Skills

Autonomous decision making

Leadership

Mentorship

Prescribing

Education

Masters level Nurse Practitioner Pathway

Independent Prescribing Qualification

RGN Qualification

NMC 1st level Registration

Job description

Job summary

Are you:

• An innovative, motivated, positive and proactive Advanced Nurse Practitioner looking for a new challenge?
• Do you thrive in a fast-paced organisation with a growing team with great spirit?
• Are you comfortable making autonomous decisions and have the ability to demonstrate leadership and motivational skills as well as providing expert care?

If you answered yes to these questions then we really want to hear from you!

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic and working closely with the leadership and practice teams. Youll be involved in the smooth day to day running of the practice and pro-actively engaged in assisting both practices to achieve its vision and objectives.

Please note that this role is offered at 16 hours per week.

The full-time equivalent (FTE) salary range is £51,954 - £63,706 per annum.

The part-time equivalent salary range for 16 hours per week is £22,670 - £27,786 per annum.

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants will be required to demonstrate their right to work in the UK at interview.

Main duties of the job

Advanced Nurse Practitioners (ANPs) in primary care provide expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management of patients, working within their professional scope of practice.

• An ability to make professional autonomous decisions for which they are accountable.
• An ability to assess, diagnose and treat patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems.
• Screen patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
• Make differential diagnoses using advanced decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Develop, with the patient, an ongoing care plan with emphasis on health education and preventative measures.
• Order and follow up on necessary investigations, providing treatment and care both individually and as a team.
• Work collaboratively with healthcare professionals across primary and secondary care, referring to other agencies where appropriate.
• An ability to provide leadership, education and mentorship.
• An ability to provide clear and accurate documentation.
• An appreciation of the importance of confidentiality.
• The ability to assess safeguarding concerns and proactively refer to relevant organisations and safeguarding teams.
• An acknowledgement of the importance of equality, diversity and the rights of patients, carers and colleagues, demonstrating a non-judgemental and respectful approach to each individual's circumstances, feelings, beliefs, priorities and rights.

The successful candidate must meet NMC requirements for advanced practice

About us

LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire. Joining our team presents an opportunity to be part of a large organisation that is changing the way primary care is delivered today.

Living and breathing our values at Lakeside Healthcare

Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do. We strive to ensure we connect and respond to all needs with compassion, care and respect to improve the lives and wellbeing of the communities we serve.

Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.

The New Queen Street & Stanground Team consists of 9 GP Partners, 2 ANPs, 6 nurses, 4 HCAs, plus multiple teams (prescriptions, admin, reception) as well as a supporting management team.

We help over 19k patients in the surrounding areas and are part of South Peterborough PCN.

Job responsibilities

Supporting the overarching Lakeside Healthcare Group strategy and service delivery, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) provides complete episodes of care for patients with a wide variety and range of presenting problems and health care needs. This encompasses the provision of evidence based, high-quality care for patients whose issues fall within urgent/acute episodes, long-term/chronic conditions and including health promotion and public health elements.

For a full job description please see documents attached.

Person Specification

Experience

• Working autonomously in an independent and advanced nursing role
• Experience of providing emergency care for patients and management of patients with complex needs
• Evidence of wide knowledge base and competency in clinical practice including prescribing
• Experience in audit programmes and research studies
• Evidence of service development initiatives within role portfolio
• Experience of Clinical Governance and risk assessment/management processes
• Experience of teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting

Desirable

• Experience in primary care/general practice
• Working with community development initiatives
• Experience of case management
• Experience of Nurse Led triage

Qualifications

• RGN Qualification
• NMC 1st level Registration
• Educated to Masters Level Nurse Practitioner Pathway
• Independent Prescribing Qualification
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Desirable

• Mentorship course
• Clinical Supervision training
• Leadership course
• Accredited training in chronic disease management

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

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.