Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Wallington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Wallington seeks an enthusiastic Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join a multidisciplinary team. You will deliver high-quality patient care, participate in professional development, and work flexibly within a supportive environment. This position offers both full-time and part-time options, with a commitment to your professional growth.

Benefits

Protected learning time

Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Qualifications

• Possession of Digital Badge for advanced practice.
• Experience in primary care managing complex needs.
• Mandatory training compliance for ANP or ACP.

Responsibilities

• Provide face-to-face and telephone consultations.
• Prioritise patient needs and manage referrals.
• Prescribe and manage medications according to guidelines.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice skills

Clinical examination skills

Ability to use own initiative

Good team player

Ability to work under pressure

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Registered Nurse Licence (RN)

Masters or doctoral degree in nursing

Tools

EMIS web

Job description

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic anddynamic ANP to join our growing multi-disciplinary primary careteam. You will work within our clinical team to deliver highquality patient care.

This is a fixed term of locum position with a view to extend depending on the ARRS funding. The position is offered on a full-timebasis or part-time . Protected learning time,CPD, and support from a dedicated GP supervisor will be provided to help yougrow and enhance your skills within the role.

This opportunity offers an exceptional candidatethe chance to develop their career within Primary Care working alongside a wide range of other healthcare professionals.

Main duties of the job

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

Delivering exceptional healthcare to patients,diagnosing and treating a wide range of medical conditions

Collaborating within the multi-disciplinary teamto ensure comprehensive, co-ordinated and high quality patient care

Participating in clinical meetings, casediscussions, and continuous professional development activities

Adhering to best practice guidelines, ethicalstandards and regulatory requirements

Contributing to quality improvement initiativesand promoting a culture of excellence

Flexibility to provide a mix of telephone andface to face patient appointments

Please refer to the job description and person spec for full details.

About us

Manor Practice provides primary care services to a patientpopulation of 12,500 patients based across 2 sites within Wallington. ThePractice is currently experiencing rapid growth and is undergoing a transitionperiod having recently merged with another practice.

Manor Practice is a friendly, well organised and thriving Practicethat benefits from a growing patient list size. The GP partners are dedicatedto providing the highest standard of care to their patients and are supportedby an excellent team of salaried GPs, Practice Nurses, HCAs, Clinical Pharmacists, receptionists and administrators. We also work closely with a number of otherPCN ARRS roles such as FCP Physios, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, SocialPrescribing Link Workers and Mental Health Practitioners.

The Practice is an active member of the Wallington PrimaryCare Network and is rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission. We are a forward thinking practice, whoappreciates the need for work/life balance, clinical supervision and supportand we also support flexible scheduling options. Our local Training Hub ensuresour staff have access to excellent training and development opportunities andportfolio working arrangements.

We are fully engaged with our local Primary Care Networks,including provision of localised services and we host some of the Suttonborough extended access services at one of our sites.

Job responsibilities

The ANP will work autonomously within theirprofessional scope of practice providing care for patients face to face, bytelephone consultation and via home visits.

The postholder will operate within their own sphere ofcompetence and agreed acceptable limits of practice to provide expertprofessional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensuringclinical safety and excellence at all times.

The ANP will prioritise and triage the needs ofpatients and make any necessary referrals for advice, treatment orinvestigations in the appropriate manner.

The postholder will use skills, knowledge and competenciesas a fully qualified ANP and non-medical prescriber in order to beresponsible and accountable for managing patient caseloads, referrals,admission to hospital if required and discharge from care as needed.

In accordance with the practice timetable, the post-holderwill undertake a variety of duties, including:

face to face consultations, telephoneconsultations and answering queries

visiting patients at home in relation to acuteand chronic presentations

participating in triage and reviewing incomingpathology results and clinical letters

prescribe and review medication that isappropriate to the patient needs and in accordance with the latest evidencebased practice, national and practice protocols and within the scope ofqualified practice

dealing with paperwork and correspondence in atimely fashion

Assessing the health care needs of patients withundifferentiated and undiagnosed problems

Screening patients for disease risk factors andearly signs of illness

Developing care plans for health in consultationwith patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols

Providing counselling and health education andsupporting health screening programmes

Recording clear and contemporaneous consultationnotes to agreed standards

Acting appropriately in relation to alerts, QOF,medicines management, local enhanced services and other reminders during aconsultation

Undertaking special health care reviews such asSMI health checks, Learning Disability health checks and cancer care reviews.

Responding to medical problems presentedincluding history taking, examination, organising referral and forinvestigation and treatment elsewhere as appropriate

Providing clear, confident explanations topatients about their clinical management plan and ensuring that the patient isaware and in agreement with this plan

Justifying the choice of medication recommendedand understanding the impact of co-morbidities and other medications,poly-pharmacy on agent choice and prognosis

Adhering to the practice prescribing formulary,local and national guidelines

Ensuring that the use of EPS is maximised

The role may also require:

Urinalysis

Dressings

Contraception and fitting of IUDs

Routine and other adult and child immunisationsand vaccinations

Removal of sutures/clips

Assisting with minor procedures

Please refer to the full JD/person spec provided

Person Specification

Experience

• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Clinical examination skills
• Management of patients with common acute medical conditions
• Management of patients with long term conditions
• Experience of primary care
• Management of patients with complex needs and co-morbidities

Qualifications

• ANP:
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree
• Registered Nurse Licence (RN)
• Masters or doctoral degree in nursing with a focus on advanced practice (APRN) or nurse practitioner (NP)
• National NP board cert exam
• or
• ACP:
• Masters Advanced Practice (Clinical)
• Evidence of continued professional development (ANP or ACP)
• All mandatory training (ANP or ACP)
• Possession of Digital Badge

Other knowledge and skills

• Ability to use own initiative
• Work independently and as part of a MDT
• Up to date knowledge of NICE guidance and other national guidance
• Ability to work under pressure and prioritise own workload
• Adaptability to a fast pace and rapidly changing environment

General

• Flexibility
• Organised
• Excellent personal presentation
• Commitment to equal opportunities
• Good team player
• Reliable and punctual
• DBS clear
• Valid UK driving licence and own car to facilitate home visiting
• Experience of EMIS web
• Working knowledge of GMS/PMS contracts and QoF

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.