Enhanced Nurse Practitioner

The Park Surgery; Herne Bay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare practice in East Kent is seeking an Enhanced Nurse Practitioner to provide high-quality clinical care to a diverse patient population. The role involves face-to-face consultations, diagnosis, and treatment planning with a focus on minor illnesses. Candidates must be NMC registered nurses with experience in a Primary Care setting. The practice values education and development, offering support for training and skill enhancement.

Benefits

Scope for additional training and development

Supportive clinical team

Qualifications

• Nurse registered with the NMC as appropriate, with no restrictions on practice.
• Full UK Driving License required.
• Qualified and competent to see children.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality clinical care both in the practice and on home visits.
• Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning of patients across age range.
• Work with Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs for support.

Skills

Independently diagnosing and planning treatment

Understanding NHS principles and values

Mentorship of peers and students

Education

Nurse registered with the NMC

Level 7 modules from ACP Masters course

Job description

Park Surgery is looking for a qualified Enhanced Nurse Practitioner to join our innovative and forward thinking Practice helping us toprovide healthcare to approximately 24,500 patients in Herne Bay.

Salary is competitive and there is scope for additional training and development.

This is a role funded under the Additional RolesReimbursement Scheme (ARRS). Applicants will need to meet the requirements for the Enhanced Nurse Practitioner role under the PCN DES.

Main duties of the job

You will be an Enhanced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber and able to manage patients autonomously. These willbe with a minor illness focus across the age range.

You will undertake a variety of duties including face toface consultations, telephone consultations, and home visits. This will be forpatients across the age range.

You will be responsible for providing NHS medical servicesto patients on the Practice list. This will have a minor illness focus but canbe shaped based on particular clinical knowledge and experience.

About us

We are a dynamic, enthusiastic and well regarded Practicelocated in the beautiful seaside town of Herne Bay in East Kent.

We have an extensive clinical team made up of GPs, AdvancedClinical Practitioners (Paramedics and Nurses), Specialist Nurses and HCA's. Wealso have a First Contact Physiotherapist, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technician andSocial Prescribers together with a large administrative team.

As a training Practice we are passionate about theeducation and training of all health professionals and provide regulartutorials for our ACP team

We have a great relationship with our neighbouring Practicehaving worked well with them for many years developing new health services forthe population of Herne Bay. We work closely as part of an excellent PrimaryCare Network (PCN) to provide first class care to our patients, including anUrgent Treatment Centre, Ophthalmology, MSK and ENT services, and if you wantto develop special interests in the future, we would be happy to discuss howthis might fit in with the PCN and practice plans.

We have a large elderly population and provide regular wardrounds for our care homes as part of the local PCN.

Job responsibilities

The ENP will work to deliver high quality clinical care bothin the practice and on home visits. The split is flexible and can be agreed tomeet the preference of the ENP and the needs of the practice. The role willinvolve assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning of patients across the agerange with support from Advanced Clinical Practitioners and GPs.

Park Surgery is committed to the education and developmentof its staff, and ENPs will be supported to develop further if they so wish.

The position is open to nurses meeting the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme criteria for Enhanced Nurses, and the job description attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nurse registered with the NMC as appropriate, with no restrictions on practice or pending Fitness To Practice concerns.
• Full UK Driving License.
• Level 3 Safeguarding (Children).
• Able to work independently without direct supervision.
• Qualified and competent to see children.
• Level 7 modules from ACP Masters course, in particular advanced clinical assessment, clinical reasoning, diagnostics

Experience

• Experience of independently diagnosing and planning treatment for patients including those with comorbidities
• Understanding of NHS principles and values.
• Experience of working in a Primary Care setting.
• Supervisory experience.
• Mentorship of peers and students.

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.