Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Leigh on Sea; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking GP practice in Essex seeks an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their team. The candidate will be responsible for patient care, diagnosing minor illnesses, and providing health education. The role requires excellent organizational and communication skills, and a nursing degree with NMC registration. This position offers a friendly working environment and emphasizes teamwork and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience in general practice as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner.
• Ability to understand and learn new computer software.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for attending to patients who wish to be seen.
• Diagnose and treat patients with minor illnesses.
• Consult and advise patients on their medical needs.
• Provide assessments and health education advice.

Skills

Advanced Nurse Practitioner experience

Excellent IT skills

Excellent organisational skills

Excellent communication skills

Friendly attitude

Team player

Education

Nursing degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

Highlands Surgery in Leigh-on-Sea are looking for an advanced nurse practitioner to join us on a permanent basis. We value teamwork, mutual support and a friendly working environment. We have been a successful forward-thinking GP practice in Leigh-On-Sea, Essex for decades. Our team has a wide skill mix and we would like a nurse practitioner to join our team to help us continue to drive our service further forward. We are always looking to build our expertise and introduce innovations into the practice that will enhance the service we offer. We are a training practice with all Partners being approved trainers.

We are seeking a committed and enthusiastic nurse practitioner to join the team who will support us in continuing to drive innovation and quality care.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for attending to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional
• Diagnose and treat patients presenting with minor illness
• Consult and advise patients of their continuing medical and nursing needs
• Provide assessment, screening treatment services and health education advice.

About us

We are a forward-thinking, innovative practice with an ethos that supports development of the whole team with the objective of developing a quality service for our patients that is sustainable for the future. We have a patient list size of 15 000 and have a main branch site that enables us to look at different models of care for our patients.

Currently we have three GP Partners who are supported by 3 salaried GPs, long term locums, 4 nurses and 2 HCAs. We also have a medicines management team supported by our pharmacist and large non-clinical team all with a desire to provide the best service we can.

We are part of SS9 South Primary Care Network with one of the clinical directors working for our Surgery. As part of the PCN we have an ECP service for our housebound patients. We also have social prescribers, Pharmacist team, health trainers and our own PACT service.

We are active in supporting doctors professional development and personal interests. We have excellent ties with our PRG, local town council, local businesses and schools.

Our CQC rating is Outstanding and we are consistently high QOF achievers.

For further information please email: [e-mail]

Job responsibilities

Ifyou would like to find out more information about this role, please do nothesitate to get in contact with us.

Person Specification

Experience

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner experience in general practice.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook with the ability to understand and learn new computer software
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills, including good telephone manner.
• Friendly with a positive attitude
• A team player
• Open and polite

Qualifications

• NMC registered professionals with a nursing degree.

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.