ANP/ACP

The Methodist Church in Britain; Dudley; Presencial; GBP 50 000 - 70 000; Tempo parcial

Resumo da oferta

Lower Gornal Medical Practice seeks an experienced Advanced Practitioner (ANP/ACP) to assess, diagnose and manage minor illnesses in 15-minute appointments for patients aged 2 and over. The role includes triage, long-term condition reviews, and autonomous practice within scope, with independent prescribing in line with guidelines.

The post offers a fixed slot pattern, up to three days per week, within a Monday–Friday service running 08:00–18:30.

Qualificações

• Significant post-registration experience in primary care, urgent care, or out-of-hours settings.
• Independent assessment, diagnosis and management of undifferentiated patients.
• Experience of children aged 2+ and independent prescribing in clinical settings.

Responsabilidades

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients aged 2+ with minor illness in 15-minute slots.
• Triage by telephone or face-to-face and provide outreach or remote support as needed.
• Prescribe as an independent prescriber within formulary and safety standards.
• Maintain accurate clinical records (EMIS) and participate in audits and service improvement.

Conhecimentos

Clinical assessment

Independent prescribing

EMIS/Docman experience

Formação académica

Advanced practice ANP/ACP

Ferramentas

EMIS

Descrição da oferta de emprego

A regular, fixed-slot advanced practitioner post at Lower Gornal Medical Practice, a GP practice serving around 7,600 residents. The work centres on assessing, diagnosing and treating undifferentiated acute and minor illness in 15-minute appointments for patients aged two and over, with some long-term condition reviews. You are offered a set day or days each week, up to three, within a Monday to Friday service running 08:00 to 18:30. Recent primary care, urgent care or out-of-hours experience, and experience of independent prescribing, decide fit.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients aged 2 and over with minor illness and undifferentiated acute conditions in 15-minute appointments
• Triage patients by telephone or face to face, including outreach or telephone-based support
• Review and manage patients with long-term conditions where clinically appropriate
• Work autonomously within scope of practice, using clinical reasoning to manage risk and make safe decisions
• Prescribe as an independent prescriber in line with formularies, national guidance and safe prescribing standards
• Request and interpret investigations and act on the results
• Safety-net patients and escal or refer to urgent, emergency or onward care
• Keep accurate, contemporaneous clinical records on EMIS
• Follow practice policies, including safeguarding, infection control, information governance and clinical governance
• Mentor junior staff, provide clinical supervision and contribute to nursing workforce development
• Take part in audit, learning and service improvement, and keep professional development and revalidation up to date
• Work within the wider practice team and PCN, and carry out other agreed duties, which may include travel to other sites

Qualifications

• Advanced practice qualification as an ANP or ACP

Registration & licences

• Appropriate professional registration

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience, including recent primary care, urgent care, out-of-hours or equivalent
• Independent assessment, diagnosis and management of undifferentiated patients, including minor illness
• Assessing and managing children aged 2 and over
• Independent prescribing in a clinical setting
• Managing risk, recognising the acutely unwell patient and escalating appropriately
• Working autonomously within scope of practice

Skills & knowledge

• Using an electronic clinical record system such as EMIS or Docman

Nice to have

• Reviewing patients with long-term conditions in primary care
• Experience of EMIS Web
• Audit or quality improvement experience