Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Urgent Care

Integrated Care System; Southampton; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and supportive team as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Urgent Care within Waterside Primary Care Network. This role is pivotal in providing clinical excellence and comprehensive care to patients, drawing on your experience in various healthcare settings. You'll lead in advanced clinical assessments and enhance patient outcomes in a thriving healthcare environment, working collaboratively with a diverse team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with at least two years of experience.
• Advanced Practice Qualification and ability to work with urgent care conditions.
• Knowledge of public health issues and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced-level clinical assessment and care in the Urgent Care Centre.
• Support colleagues and consolidate previous emergency care experience.
• Ensure high standards of clinical excellence and patient care.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Teamwork

Education

Postgraduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)

Qualified Nurse Prescriber

Qualified Triage Nurse

Teaching Qualification

Job description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) in Urgent Care

There has never been a more exciting time to work in primary care, and Waterside Primary Care Network (PCN) is expanding its Clinical Team.

We are seeking to recruit a positive, caring, and self-motivated individual to take on the role and work in our Urgent Care Centre (UCC).

Main duties of the job

As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), you will be a leading example of clinical excellence, with a minimum of two years' experience, supporting colleagues in our friendly department, and providing advanced-level clinical assessment and care. With a range of diagnostics available to aid your clinical examination, the UCC environment is an ideal place to consolidate previous experience in Emergency Departments, Walk-in Centres, GP Practices, or OOH environments.

About us

The Waterside PCN is hugely successful in providing proactive and coordinated care to 43,000 patients. We focus on health promotion and personalized care, supporting people to make informed decisions about their health and social care.

We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive PCN with significant experience in training healthcare professionals and offering new models of care utilizing a diverse skill mix of professionals. We also have some fun along the way and are confident that if you join us, you will be warmly welcomed and soon feel a part of our amazing team!

You will benefit from creating your own network of Clinical Practitioners from all of our Practices within the PCN, working with a different mix of people every day.

Job responsibilities

Waterside Primary Care Network (PCN)

up to 37.5 hours per week

About us

The Waterside PCN provides proactive and coordinated care to 43,000 patients. We focus on health promotion and personalized care, supporting people to make informed decisions about their health and social care.

We are a dynamic, friendly, and supportive PCN with significant experience in training healthcare professionals and offering new models of care utilizing a diverse skill mix of professionals.

Job Overview

There has never been a more exciting time to work in primary care, and Waterside Primary Care Network (PCN) is expanding its Clinical Team.

We are seeking to recruit a positive, caring, and self-motivated individual to take on the role and work in our Urgent Care Centre.

Main duties of the job

As an ANP, you will be a leading example of clinical excellence, with a minimum of two years' experience, supporting colleagues in the department, and providing advanced-level clinical assessment and care. With a range of diagnostics available to aid your clinical examination, the UCC environment is an ideal place to consolidate previous experience in Emergency Departments, Walk-in Centres, GP Practices, or OOH environments.

A full job description and person specification are available.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)
• Qualified Nurse Prescriber
• Qualified Triage Nurse
• Teaching Qualification
• ALS, PALS

Interested?

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr. Jessica Pickford, PCN Clinical Director, via email [e-mail]

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• Postgraduate diploma or degree (Advanced Practice Qualification)
• Qualified Nurse Prescriber
• Qualified Triage Nurse
• Teaching Qualification
• ALS, PALS

Experience

• Experience of patients presenting with urgent and unscheduled care conditions
• Clinical Knowledge & Skills
• Wound Care / Removal of sutures & staples
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedures
• Requesting pathology tests and processing results, advising patients accordingly
• Diabetes, Asthma, CHD
• Understanding the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and know when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understanding the requirement for PGDs and related policies

Personal Qualities

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and interpret data
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations
• Ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Effective communication skills and understanding patient needs
• Commitment to ongoing professional development
• Punctual and supportive of team efforts

Skills

• Same as personal qualities above, emphasizing communication, problem-solving, and teamwork skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A DBS check will be required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Salary: up to £52,000 per year, depending on experience.