*MATERNITY COVER* ANP (ARRS) - Care Homes-Rossendale PCN

East Lancashire Alliance; Borough of Rossendale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner to provide high-quality clinical care for patients in care homes and the community. The successful candidate will have a Master's degree, significant clinical experience, and must be a registered General Nurse. This role combines clinical expertise with multi-disciplinary collaboration to ensure optimal patient care, with a focus on health promotion and effective communication.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience.
• Experience in managing long-term conditions like asthma or diabetes.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high levels of clinical care for patients.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Clinical decision-making

Effective communication

Problem-solving skills

Time management

Education

Masters Degree

Registered General Nurse

Post graduate qualification at level 7 or above

Advanced Digital badge

Tools

Medical software package

Job description

The successfulpost holder will be an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner, actingautonomously within their professional scope of practice, providing care forpatients from initial history taking, clinical assessments, diagnosis,treatment, evaluation and follow up of care.

They will operate within their own sphere of competence andacceptable limits of practice to demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making andexpert care for patients.

They will workcollaboratively with the multi-disciplinary general practice team to provideexpert professional clinical advice to patients, carers and colleagues,ensuring clinical safety and excellence and providing nurse leadership asrequired.

In order to work at this level, NMC requirements for advanced practicemust be met.

Please note that the role includes working towards obtaining theAdvanced digital badge.

Please note: As this is an ARRS role, candidate must have a digital badge or be eligible to apply for a digital badge. This non negotiable as per ARRS funding criteria.

You may be asked to work from different practices within the area of the PCN and Care Homes, so own car is essential.

Main duties of the job

The successful post holder will provide high levels of clinical care for patients in Carehomes and housebound patients in the community, managing a range of acute, non-acute and chronic disease conditions, usingadvanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad in-depth theoretical knowledgebase. They will be reliable and flexible with understanding their duty of care;ensuring timely and effective communication is maintained with patients, colleaguesand other healthcare professionals to achieve planned goals. Education, training andsupport may be provided to the Care home team (where applicable) to ensure thehighest standards of care are provided for patients. The successful candidate willundertake nursing, medical and social care assessments to initiate interventions aimprove the quality of life within the setting and will assist with the admissions, careprogramme and discharge process of all patients. They will also ensureconfidentiality is maintained regarding all aspects of patient care.

About us

The East Lancashire Alliance is a network of 9 PCNs covering 48 GP practicescovering a population of over 390,000 patients across East Lancashire. Patients areat the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves in ensuring our patients feelsafe, supported, communicated with and respected at a time when they may befeeling vulnerable. The Alliance are proud to represent our member practices and tochampion our Primary Care Partners, by working with local general practice andother system partners in the provision of patient centred, local healthcare services.Each practice has a close-knit team of staff who collectively seek to improve thehealth of their patient populations.East Lancashire is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places tolive and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside, to the heart of thevibrant inner Towns and Villages with great shopping, entertainment and diningoptions. Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with peoplefamed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Job responsibilities

PrimaryDuties and Areas Of Responsibility

A. Clinical Practice:

The post-holder will:

• Provide a first contact for Care Homes for advice in regardsto medical and nursing conditions of patients, making use of skills in historytaking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan
• Provide continuity of care for housebound patients in thecommunity for advice in regards to medical and nursing conditions of patients, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solvingand clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe andhigh-quality care
• Carry out clinical nursing practice at an advanced levelusing expert clinical skills, critical judgements and knowledge to deliverappropriate and safe care
• Triage and treat patients, performing specialist assessmentof their needs and make referrals as necessary to other members of the primaryand secondary health care teams as appropriate
• Co-ordinate the planning and delivery of holistic careensuring patients and carers/relatives are involved
• Where the post holder is an independent prescriber;prescribing and reviewing medication that is appropriate to patient needs andin accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practiceprotocols and within the scope of qualified practice
• Diagnose and manage acute and chronic conditions, includingdrug and non-drug based treatment methods into a management plan
• Promote health and well-being through the use of healthpromotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills
• Assess, diagnose and treat patients in practice premises ortheir own home who require medical attention and/or refer to appropriate agency
• Refers patients to other members of the multi-disciplinarypractice teams, secondary care organisation and other organisation where it may be necessary

B. Professional Role

The post holder will:

• Work towards obtaining the Advanced digital badge
• Maintain up to date skills and knowledge, maintainingawareness of professional issues at an advanced level
• Assess effectiveness of own clinical practice and caredelivery through self-reflection and peer review, as well as benchmarking andformal evaluation
• Promote evidence-based practice through the use of latestresearch-based guidelines and the development of practice based research
• Participate in continuing professional developmentopportunities to ensure up to date evidence-based knowledge and competence inall aspect of the role is maintained
• Develop and maintain a Personal Learning Plan
• Maintain their professional registration
• Work within the latest NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Record accurate consultation data in patients records inaccordance with the latest NMC guidance and other pertinent standards
• Keep up to date with the pertinent health-related policy andwork with Locality team to consider the impact and strategies forimplementation
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within and external tothe PCN
• Participate in multi-disciplinary protocol and clinicalpathways
• Participate in audits and inspections as appropriate
• Participate in PCN meetings reporting progress as required

C. Teaching and Mentoring Role:

Thepost-holder will:

• Promote a learning environment for patients, care home staffand other health professionals.
• Contribute to the planning and implementation of the teachingfor existing staff, such as medical students, nursing students, GP registrarsand health care assistants within the PCN

Health and Safety/Risk Management

The post holder must always comply with the Practices Health and Safetypolicies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures andreporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System.

The post holder will also comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access to HealthRecords Act (1990).

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with sensitiveinformation relating to their health and other matters. They do so inconfidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy.The post holder may have access to confidential information relating topatients and their careers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. Theymay also have access to information relating to the practice as a businessorganisation. All information from any source is to be regarded as strictlyconfidential.

Equality and Diversity

The post holder must cooperate with all policies and procedures designed toensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must betreated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexualorientation, religion etc.

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 forany previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship towork in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all otherapplications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, havehad to present a criminal record certificate from each country they haveresided continuously, or dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject tothis requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks foroverseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration, For furtherinformation please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Person Specification

Experience

• Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
• Experience in the management of long-term conditions for example
• asthma, COPD, diabetes, coronary heart disease
• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up to date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the NP role
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice
• Interpreting and implementing local and National policy agendas for health
• Experience of undertaking audit

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (Currently registered with the Nursing Midwifery Council)
• Masters Degree
• Post graduate qualification at level 7 or above in a specialist area
• Advanced Digital badge - obtained through an accredited programme or the eportfolio supported route
• Teaching or Mentoring experience and/or qualification

Knowledge and Skills

• Understanding and knowledge of policy developments in regards to the delivery of primary care services including General Practice, the GMS/PMS contract, Clinical Governance, Quality and Outcomes Framework and Local/Directed Enhanced Service contracts
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Knowledge of national standards that inform practice for example National Service Frameworks, NICE guidelines
• Understanding of their accountability arising from NMC Code of Professional Conduct (2009) and medicolegal aspects of the Nurse practitioner role
• Understanding of equal opportunity and diversity issues
• Understanding and maintaining effective communication pathways within the organisation, the PCN and with key external stakeholders
• Effective time management and ability to prioritise workload
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
• Able to analyse data and information; drawing out implications for the patient/impact on care plan
• Experience of using medical software package
• Flexibility to work outside core hours
• Proven record of effective use of networking and influencing skills

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.

Depending on experienceDiscussed at Interview