Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Mattishall & Lenwade Surgeries; Dereham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Norfolk is seeking a highly motivated Advanced Nurse Practitioner. The role involves providing patient care, supporting GPs, and ensuring top-level clinical service within a dynamic team. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in general practice, with excellent communication skills and a commitment to continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years past experience in General Practice or Community setting.
• Can demonstrate competency in autonomous practice.
• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent patient care and management.
• Support GPs in managing various patient needs.
• Engage in teaching, research, and clinical audits.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Time management

Team player

Self-motivation

IT Literate

Education

Masters or equivalent qualification

BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner (Primary Health Care)

Independent / Extended Nurse Prescribing Qualification

Job description

This is a great opportunityfor a highly motivated and enthusiastic Advanced Nurse Practitioner who willbring their own skills and attributes and complement, strengthen and help shapeour existing clinical team of 3 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs and an ANP.

If you are an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner with heaps ofdetermination and a thirst for exciting new challenges, then this is the idealposition for you. As an integral part ofour clinical team, youll apply your nursing expertise and previous experiencein providing patients with top level of care

Main duties of the job

providing between 4 - 6 sessions per week you will be working in a GP surgery catering for 8,680+patients, working with GPs, the role will be based across two sites,Mattishall, and our branch surgery at Lenwade. focusing on the oversight ofpresenting patients, and patients living in care homes and their own homes inthe surgeries catchment area.

The post holder will be responsible for supporting the GPswith the management of the presenting patient, children and young people,adults, frail and elderly patients, and house bound patients, including firstcontact interventions

About us

Mattishall & Lenwade Surgeries, located in Mattishall,Norfolk, serves over 8,680+ patients, providing primary care from Monday toFriday, 8am to 6:30pm. Extended access is available Thursday evenings until8pm, and on a rotational basis on Fridays and Saturdays across the Mid-NorfolkPrimary Care Network. Our branch in Lenwade, 7 miles north, operates Monday(8:30am 6pm), and Tuesday, Thursday,(8:30am 12pm) and Friday (08:30 - 5pm) .

Covering 100 square miles of rural mid-Norfolk, we serve 19villages, with most patients in privately owned homes and minimal socialdeprivation. We care for an average number of elderly patients, including thosein three residential care homes.

Our practice combines traditional care with innovation,adapting to primary care demands. We are high QOF achievers, a learning sitefor GP trainees, teach Year 1 medical students from UEA, engage in research,and offer a range of additional services. We are paper-light, fullycomputerised, using SystmOne.

Our dedicated team includes 3 GP Partners, 4 Salaried GPs,an ANP, managers for business, personnel, finance, and IT, practice nurses(including a nurse prescriber), pharmacists, dispensers, and administrativestaff. We maintain strong ties with local consultants at The Norfolk andNorwich University Hospital and Spire Norwich Hospital, 11 miles away.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Advanced Nurse Practitioner Job Description. This can be found in the attached document section of this advert

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters or equivalent qualification that includes the following four pillars: Clinical practice, Leadership and management, Education and research and a demonstration of core capabilities and specific clinical competence.
• BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner (Primary Health Care).
• Independent / Extended Nurse Prescribing Qualification
• Clinical Mentorship / Supervision qualification (ENB 998 or completion of mentorship programme)

Personal Qualities

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Time management and ability to priorities workload
• Ability to work well as a team player
• High expectation of excellence in clinical practice
• Able to establish and maintain effective communication pathways within the organisation
• Good insight into own limitations and clear realistic expectations of others
• Approachable and flexible
• Self-motivation and adaptability

Experience

• Can demonstrate competency in autonomous practice
• Demonstrates ability in teaching, research, and audit.
• Evidence of completed clinical audit
• IT Literate
• Up to date knowledge of national and local policies, including national service framework and relevant NICE guidance
• Ability to work effectively in a team and independently
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely
• Minimum of 2 years past experience in General Practice or Community setting at Band 6 or equivalent
• Experience of setting customer care and patient participation as a priority

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.