Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The New Surgery; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

A primary care practice in Folkestone is looking for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their team. This part-time role requires at least 2 years of prescribing experience and offers the chance to work collaboratively to provide high-quality patient care. Candidates should have a strong clinical decision-making ability and be registered as independent prescribers. Flexible working hours include 3.5 days per week.

Qualifications

• Must be NMC Registered.
• At least 2 years of prescribing experience required.
• Experience of working in primary care and General Practice essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver face-to-face health services and assessments.
• Prescribe medications safely and effectively.
• Work collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical decision making

Independent prescribing

Holistic patient care

Communication skills

Education

Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification

MSc (Advanced Practice)

Tools

Systm1

Job description

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our growing multi-disciplinary primary care team. You will work alongside our multi-disciplinary clinical team of GPs, Pharmacists and Nurses to deliver high quality patient care.

This permanent position is offered on a part-time basis worked over 3.5 days.

A full day of clinic starts at 9am to 1pm and from 2pm to 6pm. There are paid tea breaks in each session in additon to any unpaid lunch break.

This opportunity offers an exceptional candidate the chance to develop their career within Primary Care, and in return, The New Surgery Practice is committed to working with you to further enhance your clinical skills and progression within the role.

We welcome applications from qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioners from all backgrounds, however you must have at least 2 years prescribing experience, and 2 years experience working within an Advanced Nurse Practitioner role to apply.

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with independent prescribing, you\'ll deliver face-to-face services, enabling patients to obtain health information from the appropriate health care professional. You will be providing safe and effective health assessments and treatment of patients within the establishment.

You\'ll be accountable for your practice including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge or referral of patients, independent of medical intervention.

You will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the service.

You will demonstrate critical thinking in the decision making process. You will work collaboratively with the healthcare team to meet the needs of the patients and support the delivery of policy and procedures.

You will provide a holistic and clinical service, with support and supervision from GPs, implementing agreed management plans and following approved protocols as appropriate.

About us

Welcome to The New Surgery, a dedicated General Practice located in Folkestone, committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to our community. For over 30 years, our practice has been serving the Folkestone community, growing and evolving to meet the changing healthcare needs of our patients.

Our services encompass a full range of primary care, from routine check-ups and acute illness treatment to chronic disease management and preventative care.

Our team of experienced healthcare professionals includes board-certified GPs, skilled nurses, and knowledgeable administrative staff. You will be part of a friendly, efficient team dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our patients.

At The New Surgery, we adopt a holistic and personalized approach to healthcare. We believe in treating our patients with compassion, respecting individual needs, and ensuring confidentiality in all aspects of care.

We\'re open Monday to Friday 8:30 to 18:30, and patients can schedule appointments by phone, online, or by visiting our practice. For added convenience, the NHS app and Patient Access App have been updated to allow patients access to their health records.

Job responsibilities

• Maintain their professional registration. Work within the most up to date relevant professional standards set by individual profession governing body.
• Record accurate consultation data in patients records in the clinical system, all practices use Systm1, in accordance with the up-to-date professional standards
• Make effective use of the clinical system by ensuring consistent and accurate data entry and use of read codes.
• Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports to discuss with clinician as appropriate.
• As an independent prescriber, the post holder will prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework within scope of practice.
• 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 and support patients with socio-economic issues.
• Promote health and well-being through, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills to improve self-care and promote independence for patients.
• Participate in screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of disease.
• Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate or after discussion with a GP.
• Encouraging patients to rely on face-to-face consultations only where there is clinical need to.
• Working with allied health professional to ensure Quality and Outcome Frameworks are delivered
• Under complex decision making which involves sensitive or contentious information and occasionally deal with situations which are hostile or emotive.
• Exercise professional judgment to manage risk appropriately especially where there maybe complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of the individuals families and carers.
• Use enhanced communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills and demonstrate empathy, reassurance and adopt persuasive skills to overcome barriers to acceptance.
• Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the wider primary care network to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
• Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review

Person Specification

Qualifications

• NMC Registered
• Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification
• Registered as an independent nonmedical prescriber is a must
• MSc (Advanced Practice)

UK Registration

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

Experience

• 2 years prescribing experience
• 2 years experience working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of working in General Practice

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.

Note

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.