Community Advanced Practitioner

NHS; Grimsby; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Grimsby is seeking a qualified Community Advanced Practitioner. This role involves providing nursing care in diverse settings, aiming to support patients with chronic conditions and maintaining their dignity and respect. The successful candidate will have a degree as a Registered Adult Nurse and community experience, focusing on patient assessment, treatment decisions, and coordinating care across healthcare teams. The organization offers excellent terms and training opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible working hours

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in long-term conditions like respiratory, heart disease.
• Demonstrates experience working in the community.
• Ability to communicate with patients of varying needs.

Responsibilities

• Carry out physical examinations.
• Decide on treatment and prescribe medicines.
• Plan and provide skilled care based on patient needs.

Skills

Specialist knowledge across a range of nursing procedures

Proven communications skills

Ability to manage resources

Experience in long-term conditions

Education

Registered adult nurse (degree equivalent)

Degree/MSc in Specialist Community Practitioner

Teaching qualification

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Please note that Care Plus Group are not currently registered to sponsor applicants from outside the EU and EEA.

The Community Nursing Service within North East Lincolnshire providenursing care and support to patients, families and carers in a variety ofcommunity settings supporting patients to remain in their own homes, preventinghospital admission, facilitation of early hospital discharges and managing endof life care.

The Community Nursing Service works closely and in partnership withPrimary Care Networks, Secondary Care, Social Care, Specialist Nurses and otherhealthcare staff to provide a quality service personalised to meet individualneeds. The service supports and assistspatients to manage ill health and long term conditions including elements ofdisability, thus allowing them to have the best possible quality of life, whilemaintaining dignity and respect.

Weare looking to appoint a qualified Registered Adult Nurse 1st Level withadditional post registration nursing qualifications at Advanced Practice MSclevel including V300 Independent prescribing and Long Term Conditions, alongwith community experience.

This is an exciting opportunity if you are lookingto further develop your career in Community Nursing at an advanced level ofpractice as you will have the support of an established and experienced team.

Main duties of the job

Community AdvancedPractitioner

Cleethorpes Primary Care Centre

24 hours a week - you will be required to work a rota pattern including weekends/bank holidaysbetween 08:00and 16:30

Permanent

As Community Advanced Practitioner you willbe part of a highly experienced team of nurses who work closely with patientswith a chronic long term unstable conditions.

You will have a variety of tasks and responsibilities dependent on patientneed, including:

Carrying out physicalexaminations

Deciding on andcarrying out treatment, including prescribing of medicines, or referringpatients to an appropriate specialist

Using expertknowledge and clinical judgement to identify potential diagnosis and make a final diagnosis

Using extensivepractice experience to plan and provide skilled, competent care that meetspatients health and social care needs, involving thehealthcare team as appropriate

Ensuring the provisionof continuity of care, including follow-up visits

Assessing andevaluating, with patients, the effectiveness of the treatment and care providedand make changes as needed.

Liaise with health professionals to offer additional help and expertise with patientconsent.

Prescribe medicines,or liaise with GPs regarding medication management

In return, you will have access to further trainingand development, receive ongoing supervision and support and be able tocontribute to the future developments of services.

About us

Care Plus Group is an employee owned Social Enterprise, establishedin 2011 to deliver NHS community health and social care services and employover 800 people. A key feature of our organisation is the positive culture wehave developed which is based on valuing, trusting, engagement, and involvementof our staff. We consistently deliver high quality innovative services across NELincolnshire, reflected in an ongoing above 95% customer satisfaction feedback.Our services have received national recognition/commendations and Awardsincluding winning a national HSJ award in November 2021. We hold thehighest possible standard of ISO accreditation and are committed to reducingour carbon footprint. We offer excellent terms and conditions includingoptional membership to a contributory pension scheme, Independent Providerclosed access to the NHS pension scheme, lease cars, a full induction programmeand an extensive range of CPD/development opportunities. We recognisecontinuous service from partner Health and Care organisations for the purposesof annual leave entitlement. We are a supportive employer and operate in a waywhich supports family friendly and flexible working. CPG is an equal opportunities employer,committed to safeguarding the welfare of vulnerable adults and expect the samecommitment from all staff and volunteers. As a Disability Confident employer,we will interview all disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria.

Job responsibilities

The job descriptionis attached as a separate document with the person spec - please refer to itfor more information.

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in Long-term conditions for example, respiratory, heart disease, diabetes MND etc.
• Experience of palliative care, wound management, continence care
• Experience of Working within MDT
• Case load profiling to ensure needs of local community are met
• Experience in supervising and delegating tasks to others
• Demonstrates experience working in the community
• Experience of working and contributing within a case load of patients with complex care needs

Qualifications

• Registered adult nurse (degree equivalent)
• Degree/MSc in specialist practitioner Specialist Community Practitioner (DN) degree Autonomous/Advanced Clinical Practice
• Independent Prescribing or a willingness to work towards this
• Teaching qualification
QCF assessor
• Motivational Interviewing experience
• Health Coaching qualification

Skills & Knowledge

• Specialist knowledge across a range of nursing procedures and practice underpinned by theoretical knowledge/relevant practical experience
• Ability to work to deadlines and set priorities
• Knowledge and application of current best practice in community nursing
• Ability to manage the effective utilisation of resources e.g. Staff
• Ability to develop and participate in nurse led clinics e.g. Continence, Doppler
• Proven communications skills
• Able to provide complicated and sensitive information for written reports/databases, and to complete patient records systems in operation e.g. SystmOne and other local systems.
• Ability to communicate information to patients of varying needs e.g. hearing or visual impaired, learning difficulty etc.
• Able to use negotiating, persuasive and influencing skills, maintaining confidentiality by participating in case to enhance multidisciplinary working.
• Willingness to participate in research projects

Other

• Able to transport self around NE Lincolnshire in and to tight deadlines
• Flexible approach to working patterns

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.

£45,987 to £52,434 a yearPro rata (Range 7)