Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Headcorn Surgery; Maidstone, Linton, London Borough of Southwark; Sur place; GBP 45 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Onsite gym

Onsite cafe

Résumé du poste

Greensand Health Centre is recruiting an experienced Acute Nurse Practitioner for our new acute hub at Headcorn surgery and, when required, at Linton surgery. You will join a skilled team delivering high‑quality care to patients across our sites in Headcorn and Linton.

You will triage, assess, diagnose and treat patients with acute conditions, using advanced clinical skills and non-medical prescribing where appropriate, while adhering to NICE guidelines and practice protocols.

Qualifications

• Must be a registered prescriber.

Responsabilités

• Act autonomously within professional scope of practice to provide patient care face to face, via telephone and home visits.
• Prioritise and triage patient needs and make necessary referrals for investigations.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions with appropriate treatment plans.
• Prescribe and review medications in line with evidence-based practice and protocols.
• Deliver evidence-based care in line with NICE guidelines.
• Coordinate planning and delivery of care ensuring patient and carer involvement.

Connaissances

Acute Nurse Practitioner

Prescriber

Triage

Clinical reasoning

Description du poste

We are recruiting for an experienced ANP for our new acute hub based at our Headcorn surgery and when required at our Linton surgery

Due to the success of the hub at our Linton surgery we have taken the decision to expand the services to our patients.

You will be working with our experienced team of clincal proffesionals providing the best care for our patients

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an experience Acute Nurse Practitioner who can prescribe medication.

Take professional responsibility, with high-level decision-making and clinical reasoning skills,to triage, assess, diagnose and treat patients, making referrals as necessary to othermembers of the primary and secondary care teams as appropriate.

Manage a complex caseload (including patients with long-term conditions, co-morbiditiesand multi-factorial needs).

Work in the acute hub setting, diagnosing and treating patients with acute conditions.

Accountable for decisions and actions via NMC registration, supported by a professionalculture of peer networking/review and engagement in evidence-based practice.

Carry out clinical practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgementsand knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.

Delivery of care in line with NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of care ensuring patients and carers/relatives areinvolved.

Prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordancewith latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope ofqualified practice.

Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, including drug and non-drug basedtreatment methods into a management plan.

Use a range of clinical skills which includes non-medical independent prescribing.

About us

Greensand Health Centre has 3 surgeries in Linton, Headcorn and Loose.

We receive constant good comments on our patient care and internal employee relationships which we thrive on.

We have an onsite gym which is used regularly before/after work; following your workout you can get some food from the on site cafe and by snacks at a reduced rate.

Job responsibilities

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will act autonomously within their professional scope ofpractice providing care for patients face to face, via telephone consultations, triage and home visits.

The post-holder will operate within their own sphere of competence and limits of practice to provideexpert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues, ensuring clinical safety andexcellence.

The ANP will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, making any necessaryreferrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.

The post-holder will use skills, knowledge and competencies as a qualified Advanced NursePractitioner in order to be responsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads fortreatments, referral, admission and discharging patients, interpreting and acting on results asappropriate.

The ANP will deliver programmes of supported patient self-management, in ways that facilitatebehavioural change, optimise individuals physical activity, mobility, fulfilment of personal goals andindependence, and that minimise the need for pharmacological interventions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Must be a registered prescriber

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.