Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Coventry And Rugby GP Alliance; Daimler Green; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave 27 days

Sick Pay

NHS Pension

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Paternity Leave

Blue Light Discounts

Employee Assistance Network

Internal Awards

Exclusive Discounts

Job summary

Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance is seeking a Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Enhanced Access Team and contribute to delivering high-quality patient care. You will assess, plan and deliver care across various age groups within an autonomous practice framework.

The role emphasizes complex decision-making, collaboration with the wider health and social care team, and maintaining comprehensive records. NHS pension and generous staff benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Practice from University or equivalent.
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification.
• Registered with NMC.
• Experience in community/primary care with patients of all ages.
• Knowledge of protocols and clinical guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Safely manage undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations using data gathering, assessment, diagnosis, management and review.
• Demonstrate complex clinical reasoning to analyse and solve problems across diverse contexts.
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous patient records and manage referrals and follow-up.
• Provide autonomous care within scope and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team.
• Prescribe treatment and medications safely in line with local and national guidelines where permitted.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Clinical reasoning

Patient assessment

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary team

Education

MSc Advanced Practice

Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification

NMC Registration

Tools

Electronic health records

Job description

Advanced clinical practice is delivered by experienced,registered health and care practitioners. It is a level of practicecharacterised by a high degree of autonomy and complex decision making.

A fantastic opportunity to join our Enhanced Access Team andbe a part of the overall vision of Coventry & Rugby GP Alliance has becomeavailable, and we are currently seeking a driven and dedicated individual tofill the role of Bank Advanced Nurse Practitioner.

Our Advanced Nurse Practitioners play a vital role as partof a busy team. In this position, you will play a pivotal role in providingexceptional patient care in a variety of settings, working alongside othermembers of the organisation or wider health and social care team. You will beresponsible for assessing, planning, and delivering care to patients acrossvarious age groups and clinical conditions, ensuring they receive the higheststandard of treatment and support.

Main duties of the job

Clinicalresponsibilities:

• Safelymanage undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations using data gathering,assessing for red flags, investigation, diagnosis, management, and reviewwithin their agreed scope of practice and capabilities.
• Mustdemonstrate complex clinical reasoning skills, to use problem solvingapproaches to analyse and synthesise information, manage medical and clinicaluncertainty particularly in relation to a wide range of contexts and clinicalpresentations, and to include physical, mental, and social problems.
• Havea sound understanding of referral pathways including routine, urgent, 2-weekwait and emergency admissions.
• Useresources appropriately and effectively.
• Manageacute/chronic presentations and medical complexity.
• Safelyand effectively use a range of consultation modes to include telephone, video,online and face to face.
• Prescribetreatment and medication safely in line with local and national guidelines(where professional regulation and training permits i.e., an independentprescriber)
• Tooffer personalised care to people and signpost to and link with other membersof the organisation or wider health and social care team.
• Toprovide accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patientconsultations, consistent with legislation policies and procedures
• Supportthe practices on-call triage system.

About us

At Coventry and Rugby GP Alliance, we pride ourselves on fostering a culture of innovation, growth, and continuous learning. As a member of our team, youll have the opportunity to work alongside talented professionals who are committed to delivering excellence and driving positive change within our industry.

We take pride in offering a robust range of benefits to support our employees, including:

• Annual Leave: Enjoy 27 days of annual leave for full-time employees, in addition to bank holidays.
• Sick Pay: Our enhanced sick pay policy ensures you are supported during times of illness.
• Pension Scheme: Access to the NHS pension scheme to secure your financial future.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave: We provide generous maternity leave to support new parents.
• Paternity Leave: We also offer paternity leave to allow new fathers to bond with their new-borns.
• Blue Light Discounts: Take advantage of exclusive discounts available for our staff. After probation you can make a expense claim for the price of your blue light discount card and receive full reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Network: Access support through our employee advice network for personal and professional challenges 365 days a year 24-7
• Internal Awards: We recognise and celebrate the achievements of our staff through internal awards.
• Exclusive Discounts: Benefit from a variety of discounts that enhance your overall employee experience.

We are committed to creating a supportive and rewarding work environment for all our employees.

Job responsibilities

Summaryof Responsibilities:

Advanced clinicalpractice is delivered by experienced, registered health and care practitioners.It is a level of practice characterised by a high degree of autonomy andcomplex decision making.

This is underpinned by a masters level 7 award orequivalent that encompasses the four pillars of; clinical practice; leadershipand management; education and research, with demonstration of core capabilitiesand area specific clinical competence.

Anon medical prescriber with a minor injury and illness qualification essentialand the ability to maintain and monitor high standards of care.

Advanced clinicalpractice embodies the ability to manage clinical care in partnership withindividuals, families, and carers. It includes the analysis and synthesis ofcomplex problems across a range of settings, enabling innovative solutions toenhance peoples experience and improve outcomes.

Definition of advancedclinical practice provided by the Advanced Clinical Practice HEEMulti-professional (ACP) Framework (2017).

MainDuties & Responsibilities:

• Work as part of themultidisciplinary clinical team, for the provision of health care services tothe patients of the organisation.
• Work as an autonomous practitioner, responsiblefor the delivery of evidence-based practice for patients within the scope ofyour capabilities.
• The post holder will take professionalaccountability for working at advanced level within the remit of qualificationsand capabilities, as defined by the appropriate Framework for AdvancedPractice, and working within the organisations standards and protocols, andlocal and national frameworks for best practice.
• Develop a portfolio of evidence demonstratingcompetencies and capabilities: in the four pillars for nurses as defined in theCore Framework for Advanced Clinical practice ACP Primary Care Nurse 2020.pdf(hee.nhs.uk) of,

1. Clinical practice

2. Leadershipand Management

3. Education

4. Research

The postholder will beable to:

• Demonstratehighly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Developcritical thinking, complex clinical reasoning, and problem-solving skills
• Bea caring, compassionate clinician that is committed to high quality patientcare
• Practice,without direct supervision, as an autonomous primary care healthcarepractitioner.
• Safelymanage undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations using data gathering,clinical examinations, diagnosis, organising investigations, safe prescribing,management, completing referrals, and follow-up within their agreed scope ofpractice and capabilities.

Clinicalresponsibilities:

• Safelymanage undifferentiated and undiagnosed presentations using data gathering,assessing for red flags, investigation, diagnosis, management, and reviewwithin their agreed scope of practice and capabilities.
• Mustdemonstrate complex clinical reasoning skills, to use problem solvingapproaches to analyse and synthesise information, manage medical and clinicaluncertainty particularly in relation to a wide range of contexts and clinicalpresentations, and to include physical, mental, and social problems.
• Havea sound understanding of referral pathways including routine, urgent, 2-weekwait and emergency admissions.
• Useresources appropriately and effectively.
• Manageacute/chronic presentations and medical complexity.
• Safelyand effectively use a range of consultation modes to include telephone, video,online and face to face.
• Prescribetreatment and medication safely in line with local and national guidelines(where professional regulation and training permits i.e., an independentprescriber)
• Tooffer personalised care to people and signpost to and link with other membersof the organisation or wider health and social care team.
• Makeevery contact count in terms of public and patient health. Provide healthpromotion and patient education in supporting patients for healthier lifestyle,self-care and in managing their own conditions.
• Understandthe needs of the organisations population and work to meet them effectively aspartof the wider team.
• Workcollaboratively as part of the multidisciplinary team understanding thecapabilities of colleagues to promote the most appropriate care forpeople.
• Manage urgentsituations by providing effective immediate emergency care, includinginitiating, and performing BLS/anaphylaxis management and use of AED
• Toprovide accurate, contemporaneous, and complete records of patientconsultations, consistent with legislation policies and procedures
• Supportthe practices on-call triage system.
• Manageown and others pathology results in accordance with own level of capabilitiesand following shared care pathology guidance and organisations policies andprocedures.
• Safelyand effectively manage documents (clinical letters/hospital discharges) inaccordance with own level of clinical capabilities and following organisationspolicies and procedures.

Communicationskills:

• Haveadvanced and flexible interpersonal and communication skills to engage ineffective and complex interactions with patients, carers, and colleagues asdetailed in the profession specific framework.
• Communicateeffectively with individuals who require additional assistance for consultatione.g., use of interpreters, BLS interpreters, easy read, people with LDetc.
• Usecommunication skills to maintain a professional approach when working withpatient and colleagues.

Equality and diversity:The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients,carers, and colleagues to include:

• Actingin a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting themin a way that is consistent with organisations procedures and policies, andcurrent legislation.
• Respectingthe privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues.
• Behavingin a manner which is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental andrespects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights.
• Safeguarding:Individuals have a duty of care to children and vulnerable adults that theyencounter whilst at work to safeguard and promote their welfare and to work toprevent, recognize, respond, appropriately refer, and record potential neglector abuse, adhering to the companys Safeguarding Children and SafeguardingVulnerable Adults and PREVENT policies and procedures.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MSc Advanced Practice from University or Credentialling via RCN, or completion of HEE pathway that provides a Digital Badge - Credentials - Advanced Practice (hee.nhs.uk)
• Health Assessment
• Non-Medical Prescribing Qualification
• Registered with NMC

Experience

• Experience of working in community / primary care with patients of all ages (0-99+ years)
• Management of long-term conditions
• Involvement in implementing and using protocols and clinical guidelines

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.