PCN Care Home/Primary Care Advanced Nurse Practitioner

South Lincoln Healthcare; Waddington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Waddington seeks an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for a 15-hour/week role on a 12-month fixed contract. The ideal candidate will provide autonomous healthcare, managing patients' clinical care within a multi-disciplinary HomeHealth team. Responsibilities include assessing undiagnosed conditions and delivering high-quality patient-centered care, requiring flexibility in work hours. This role supports a commitment to high-quality healthcare while addressing health inequalities in the community.

Qualifications

• Post holder must have a full driving licence.
• Ability to travel between locations is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide healthcare autonomously, performing clinical assessments.
• Manage complete clinical care of patients within the HomeHealth team.
• Assess and triage patients, delivering definitive treatment.
• Identify red flags and underlying serious pathology while managing undiagnosed conditions.
• Work flexibly outside of core General Practice hours as necessary.

Skills

Advanced clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Clinical management

Patient-centered care

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join South Lincoln Healthcare PCN in a temporary capacity as part of our exciting and innovative HomeHealth Team.

This role is for 15 hours per week, on a 12 month fixed term contract.

The post holder will use specialist knowledge and skills to provide healthcare autonomously, being accountable for independent clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with undiagnosed and undifferentiated conditions. They will practice at an advanced level, demonstrating in‑depth knowledge and competence in all aspects of frailty, encompassing advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking and clinical management skills that are evidence‑based and deliver high quality patient‑centred care.

The post holder will work within and across designated care homes for patients registered at our 7 member practices:

• Bassingham Surgery
• Branston & Heighington Family Practice
• Brant Road Surgery
• Church Walk Surgery
• Cliff Villages Medical Practice
• The Heath Surgery
• Washingborough Family Practice

along with undertaking work for the PCN. The post holder may also be expected to work within other areas of the Primary Care Network.

The role will support the PCN’s passion for providing an all‑encompassing approach to personalised care and health inequalities across the PCN.

The post holder will need to hold a full driving licence and be prepared to travel between locations to support the remit of the role.

Main duties of the job

• The role will work as a core member of the multi‑disciplinary HomeHealth team. The post‑holder will manage the complete clinical care of patients, including planning and delivering treatments.
• Assess and triage patients, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment.
• Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action.
• Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation and complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.
• The role will require the ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the organisation and this may include working outside of core General Practice hours or within our Enhanced Access service.

South Lincoln Healthcare is a forward‑thinking, innovative Federation of 7 GP practices, covering a population of just over 50k patients in the South Lincoln Healthcare Primary Care Network area.

By working together our ambition is to strengthen and stabilise general practice.

Our aim is to continue to provide high quality healthcare to our patients in the community, whilst taking up opportunities to improve and extend our services.

South Lincoln Healthcare is supportive of all staff and strives to cultivate inclusivity and a sense of belonging.