Nurse Prescriber/ANP

Millgate Healthcare Partnership; Manchester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare practice in Manchester is seeking a qualified Nurse Prescriber or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for a 4-day work week. The successful candidate will manage acute presentations and ensure timely patient care, collaborating with a supportive clinical team. Applicants must have strong clinical skills and a commitment to patient-centered care. This role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development within a busy but friendly GP practice.

Benefits

Competitive salary dependent on experience

Supportive working environment

Continuing professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council.
• Experience in acute presentations in a primary care setting.
• Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Manage on-the-day acute presentations for patients.
• Provide advanced nursing care in accordance with NICE guidelines.
• Develop and implement health promotion and wellbeing programmes.

Skills

Nurse Prescribing

Clinical decision-making

Patient care

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council

Masters degree for qualification post December 2020

Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber

Job description

Millgate Healthcare Centrein Denton is seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team for a 4-day-per-week position. The role can be split between two people working two days a week each. We are a busy but friendly GP practice committed to providing high-quality patient care to the local community. We prideourselves on our collaborative approach and supportive team environment.

Main duties of the job

About the Role:

This role will primarily focus on managing on-the-day acute presentations, providing a valuable service to our patients and ensuring they receive timely and effective care. You will be a key member of our clinical team, utilising your advanced skills and knowledge to assess, diagnose, and treat patients presenting with a range of acute conditions.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is a qualified and experienced Nurse Prescriber or Advanced Nurse Practitioner
• Has experience in managing acute presentations within a primary care setting.
• Possesses excellent clinical skills and decision-making abilities.
• Is a strong team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Is committed to providing patient-centred care.

About us

Millgate Healthcare Partnership serves the diverse community of Denton, a town within the Tameside Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester. Denton offers a mix of urban and suburban living, with good transport links to Manchester city centre and surrounding areas. The area boasts a range of local amenities, including shops, restaurants, and parks, making it a pleasant place to work. Our practice is well-established within the community and benefits from a dedicated and experienced team of GPs, nurses, and administrative staff. We use EMIS and are committed to continuous improvement and development.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary dependent on experience
• Supportive and friendly working environment.
• Opportunity to work within a well-established and respected practice.
• Continuing professional development opportunities.

Job responsibilities

• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
• Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice
• Implement and evaluate individualised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long‑term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patient’s health
• Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.)
• Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception, etc.
• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Develop, implement and embed well woman clinics
• Develop, implement and embed well man clinics
• Develop, implement and embed travel clinics
• Develop, implement and embed an effective call/recall system
• Be responsible for the implementation of an effective immunisation programme
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children
• Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over‑the‑counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
• Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
• In addition to the primary responsibilities, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be requested to:
• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
• Act as the IPC lead for the practice, ensuring compliance, undertaking audit as necessary
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
• Undertake overall management of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary, acting as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff
• Maintain an effective nursing staff rota ensuring all clinics are staffed appropriately
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation
• Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the organisation
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near‑miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
• Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required
• Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience of practice within the four pillars
• Job plan that demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working at this level
• Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews
• Experience of working in a primary care environment
• Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse

Other Requirements

• Disclosing Barring Service (DBS) Check
• Occupational Health Clearance
• Meet the requirements and produce evidence for nurse revalidation
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) commensurate with the role of an ANP
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across locality on a regular basis
• Flexibility to work outside core office hours

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Masters degree required for qualification post December 2020 refer to RCN Credentialing for Advanced Level of Nursing Practice.
• Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification up to December 2020
• Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber on the NMC register
• Meets NMC revalidation requirements in accordance with the
• NMC Revalidation booklet
• Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level
• Qualified triage nurse
• Teaching qualification
• ALS and PALS

Clinical knowledge and skills

• Wound care/removal of sutures and staples
• Clinical knowledge and skills including:
• ECGs
• Venepuncture
• New patient medicals
• Chaperone procedure
• Requesting and processing pathology tests
• Advising patients accordingly
• Diabetes
• Asthma
• CHD
• Immunisations (routine and childhood)
• Understand the importance of evidence-based practice
• Broad knowledge of clinical governance
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to GPs
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy
• Polite and confident, flexible and cooperative
• Motivated, forward thinker
• Problem solver with the ability to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations as well as ability to work under pressure/in stressful situations
• Knowledge of public health issues in the local area
• Awareness of issues within the wider health arena

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.