Advanced Nurse Practitioner (PCN SPINE)

NHS; Slough; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Slough is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join their team. The role includes providing same-day consultations, managing urgent presentations, and working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have a valid nursing qualification and experience in urgent care. This is a full-time position with a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Supportive working environment

Continuous professional development

Qualifications

• 2 years of experience in nursing, preferably in primary care or urgent care.
• Confidence in independent prescribing and clinical decision-making.
• Ability to manage undifferentiated and acutely unwell patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide same-day consultations for patients with acute conditions.
• Perform focused examinations and reach working diagnosis.
• Initiate treatment and manage common urgent presentations.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Ability to work independently

Triage and risk management skills

IT literacy (EMIS / System One, Anima)

Education

Qualified Registered Nurse

Tools

EMIS

System One

MS Office

Job description

We are looking for a motivated and experienced Advanced NursePractitioner to join our team. We offer a competitive salary and benefitspackage, as well as the opportunity to work in a supportive and collaborativeenvironment with a diverse committed workforce from different ethnicbackgrounds ensuring the quality of our services to our patients are to a highstandard.

You will be part of a team of sixNurses (FRMG & PCN) providing multi-disciplinary support to the practiceand its patients through primary care. You would be based at Farnham Practice but would be expected totravel to our other locations and our PCN SPINE partner (Kumar Medical Centre) withinSlough, to be involved in the wider runningof the practice, such asparticipating in clinical meetings and contributing to the development of newservices. You will be part of the Nursing team ensuring prescribing medicationis safe, effective, and is optimised for and with our patients. The job description and Person Specificationfor the role are attached.

Main duties of the job

Provide same-day consultation (face-to-face,telephone, video, or home visits where appropriate) for patients presentingwith acute and urgent conditions.

Take comprehensive histories, perform focusedexaminations, and reach working diagnosis for undifferentiated presentations.

Initiate and implement treatment, includingprescribing medications, wound care, dressings, and minor procedures withinscope of practice.

Manage common urgent presentations such as:

Respiratory infections,sore throats, ear/eye problems.

Urinary tract infections, abdominal pain.

Exacerbations of asthma/COPD.

Fever, rashes, and childhood illnesses.

Triage and prioritise patients effectively,escalating to GPs when red-flag symptoms or complex needs are identified.

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatmentplans of patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.

Prioritise health problems and interveneappropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency, includinginitiation of effective emergency care.

About us

Farnham RoadMedical Group started as a small surgery and have grown over the years into anoutstanding large training GP practice that is approved by Health EducationEngland. It is progressive with four clinical sites based in Slough. We have alarge Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT)looking after approximately 38,730 patients.The practice is part of SPINE Primary Care Network and are committed toinnovation in providing high quality health care for our patients and aprotected working and learning environment for our staff. Our MDT team includesGPs, pharmacists, nurses, physician associates, paramedics, MSK practitioners,Mental Health Practitioners, managers, social prescribers, and carecoordinators supported by a large Patient Services team. This resolute teamprovides an evolving healthcare and medical service to meet the varying needsof our patients and, in turn, provide what we believe is a sustainable model ofmodern General Practice. We have expanded our expertise and have transformedhow we provide medical services to Sloughs diverse population.

We have anoverarching vision of Caring for patients and looking after our staff andproviding services that tailors to their needs, which we strive to achievethrough brilliant leadership, mentoring, teamwork, communication, problemsharing and solving, training, education, and continued development.

Job responsibilities

Working closely with SPINE PCN MDT Team-

Provide same-day consultation (face-to-face,telephone, video, or home visits where appropriate) for patients presentingwith acute and urgent conditions.

Take comprehensive histories, perform focusedexaminations, and reach working diagnosis for undifferentiated presentations.

Initiate and implement treatment, includingprescribing medications, wound care, dressings, and minor procedures withinscope of practice.

Manage common urgent presentations such as:

Respiratory infections,sore throats, ear/eye problems.

Urinary tract infections, abdominal pain.

Exacerbations of asthma/COPD.

Fever, rashes, and childhood illnesses.

Triage and prioritise patients effectively,escalating to GPs when red-flag symptoms or complex needs are identified.

Identify, and manage as appropriate, treatmentplans of patients at risk of developing a long-term condition.

Prioritise health problems and interveneappropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency, includinginitiation of effective emergency care.

Provide information and advice on prescribed orover-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side effects andinteractions.

Support patients to adopt health promotionstrategies that encourage patients to live healthily and apply principles of self-care.

To request and interpret relevant diagnostictests (bloods, swabs, ECG, urine dip, etc).

Recognise and respond promptly to medicalemergencies, arranging urgent hospital admissions when required.

Assess, plan, develop, implement and evaluateprogrammes to promote health and well-being, and prevent adverse effects onhealth and well-being.

Implement and participate in vaccination andimmunisation programmes for both adults and children.

To promote and deliver evidence-based care forpatients presenting with aural conditions.

To work within NMC Code of Conduct and scope ofpractice as an independent prescriber.

To contribute to the development of thepractices urgent care pathways and digital triage systems (e.g., Anima).

Support colleagues (e.g., junior nurse, HCAs andPhysician Associates) in safe urgent care delivery.

Engage in clinical governance, significant eventanalysis, and prescribing audits.

To undertake minor ailment clinics or triage.

To assist in the supervision and support ofhealth checks.

Maintain up-to-date clinical skills and knowledgein acute/urgent care, including safeguarding, BLS/ALS, infection control.

Participate in clinical, multi-disciplinary andwhole team meetings.

Contribute to the delivery of IIF PCN DESindicators were aligned with urgent care.

Undertake relevant CPD to support advancedpractice and NMC revalidation.

Promote equality, diversity, and inclusion in allaspects of care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualified Registered Nurse & Registered with NMC, with 2 years in Nursing.

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience in primary care, urgent care, walk-in centre, or A&E.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team and performed effectively under pressure, with excellent consultation skills.
• To demonstrate ability to manage undifferentiated and acutely unwell patients.
• Be highly motivated with excellent clinical timekeeping.
• Ability to consistently observe and comply with all appropriate statutory requirements in relation to Child and Adult Safeguarding and to be familiar with the reporting process should this be required.
• Confidence in independent prescribing and clinical decision-making.
• Knowledge of patient group directions and associated policy and clinical governance awareness.
• Expertise in urgent primary care presentations, with strong triage and risk management skills.
• IT literacy (EMIS / System One, Anima, MS Office).

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.