enhanced nurse band 7

NHS; Rother; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Rother is seeking an Adult trained nurse with V300 prescribing skills to join their clinical team. The role involves supporting online consultations and developing personalized care plans for patients in care homes and the community. Candidates should have experience in primary care and be able to work autonomously. Full training and mentorship will be provided to ensure effective patient management and care delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in primary care, urgent care, or A&E.
• Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber V300 essential.

Responsibilities

• Cover e-hub consultations online for minor injuries and illnesses.
• Support development of neighbourhood team and holistic assessments.

Skills

Team working

Assessment skills

Communication

Education

BSc Nurse Practitioner

Community Specialist Practitioner

Tools

EMIS

Job description

Are you a Adult trained nurse/V300 independent nurse prescriber with community/primary care/urgent care experience who has been working at an advanced level autonomously that is looking to develop their skills, then this is the role for you!

We are looking for an Adult trained nurse who is looking to develop new skills and is looking for an new challenge working alongside our clinical team to support our online consultations and our new neighbourhood team.

Main duties of the job

This role will primarily be working to cover the electronic e-hub consultations online for the Rural Rother Practices. You will advise/prescribe using an electronic consultations system with EMIS to patients within a remit of minor injuries and illness, full training will be given, you will need to be able to drive.

It will also be supporting the development of our new neighbourhood team for the PCN. As a PCN we are required to carry out holistic assessments to cover all health, social and wellbeing aspects of the patients in care homes to develop personalised care and support plans. You will be required to identify the complex care needs of those frail patients and support the care home staff using risk stratification tools to identify this cohort of patients like the Rockwood score and electronic frailty index.

About us

Rural rother PCN is based in an Office in Battle East Sussex. We have an excellent team of clinical pharmacists, physios, paramedic practitioners, social prescribers and care navigators that all provide a service to our patients in the rural rother area. Our surgery teams are working closely with each other, enjoying the ability to share expertise and resources, to develop new services. Our vision is to continue to improve the quality of care that we provide in alignment with the need of our patient population.

Job responsibilities

You will have excellent IT skills and experience of EMIS or a similar clinical system. You will support our established e-hub with online consultations. You will be able to assess and manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions such as acne, rashes, eczema, contraception, HRT, conjunctivitis, sore throats, urine infections, pain management, colds and respiratory issues. Full training and clinical support will be given during induction and clinical mentorship if offered ongoing, we also have a GP supervision daily to discuss any consultations that you may need support with. You will:

Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.

Support patients in the use of prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within a scope of practice, reviewing annually as required)

Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with current legislation

Ensure read codes are used effectively.

You will also work as an autonomous practitioner evaluating patients with complex care needs by using physical assessment skills, independent nurse prescribing (V300) Assess, create or update personalised care plans for vulnerable patients living out local primary care network area of Rye, Camber, Winchelsea Sedlescombe, Westfield Northiam, Broad oak Robertsbridge and Burwash. Triage and manage acute and non- complex medical needs of patients who are housebound, palliative care and vulnerable, within your scope of practice and knowledge.

Where other clinical support is, needed refer to GP or seek appropriate support of other community basis services. In conjunction with our care coordinators, work with other local service providers such as GP surgeries, community services, secondary care and voluntary sector to ensure that there is good communication between the multi-disciplinary services. Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice or support patients to access care for these issues Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions with the aim of preventing and managing the adverse effects these diseases may have on the patients health Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with evidence based evidence, NICE and the NSF Support the undertaking of simple diagnostic procedures such:-Undertaking of ECGs and blood pressure monitoring Undertaking observations including monitoring for sepsis Undertake the collection of pathological specimens Request pathology services as necessary Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with NHS guidelines for good practice You will be at the heart of our primary care network program to support vulnerable patients. Proactively working with practices, other voluntary agencies and our care coordinators to identify and care for vulnerable patients in care homes and the local community. Such as those who have complex medical issues, palliative care patients, those who have Learning disabilities, Autism , Serious mental health illness and those who struggle to access medical services directly from a GP practice and would benefit from support around managing their ongoing care. You will visit patients in their own homes and in care homes, review and assess their health and wellbeing needs, design and agree with the patients a personalised care plan. Then work with patients, their families, carers and the wider Multi-disciplinary team within community and secondary care to ensure that they can live the best possibly life within the boundaries of their medical limitations. Our aim is for you to work alongside key community services already in place to provide co-ordinated personalised care for those in care homes/housebound patients to prevent un-necessary hospital admissions.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Essential criteria BSc Nurse Practitioner/Community Specialist Practitioner and have studied at level 7, Experience of working in a primary care /Urgent Care/A&E Experience of working as a GP practice or relevant similar experience. Experience of carrying out through medical assessment of patients and creating treatment plan of their needs Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews or similar relevant experience. Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber V300 essential for this role.
• Qualified Triage assessment practitioner or other relevant experience Minor Illness Qualification- or willingness to undertake training Mentoring and supervision training undertaken. Experience of working with patients with long term conditions/frailty

Experience

• Team working/Team player Working in Primary Care/Urgent Care
• Experience of Lone working Experience of working in primary care Experience of working in a GP practice

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.