Primary Care Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Nurse Practitioner

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A health services provider in Newcastle upon Tyne is looking for a passionate Primary Care Nurse Practitioner to deliver comprehensive women's health services. The successful candidate will be a qualified Prescribing Nurse Practitioner with an understanding of various women's health issues. This role offers a supportive team environment, competitive salary, and access to the NHS Pension Scheme along with ongoing professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Access to salary sacrifice scheme

Up to 33 days annual leave (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays

Staff appreciation events

Team building activities

Long service recognition

Coffee and refreshments provided

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering women's health services is essential.
• Ability to work autonomously with clinical reasoning.
• Experience working in primary care settings is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide same-day and routine clinics for patients.
• Deliver women's health services like contraception and gynaecological examinations.
• Participate in service development to improve patient access.

Skills

Qualified and registered Prescribing Nurse Practitioner

Interest in women's health services

Ability to assess, diagnose, and treat

Excellent communication skills

Experience with SystmOne

Education

Current registration with the NMC

Masters or relevant accreditation for Advanced roles

Job description

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Are you a passionate and dedicated prescribing nurse practitioner with an interest in women's health who wants to make a positive impact on patients lives? We think you may have found what you are looking for. Oakfields Health Group has an innovative approach to patient care and we are seeking an enthusiastic Registered Nurse Practitioner to join our team.

We offer competitive salary and benefits including access to the NHS Pension Scheme and our salary sacrifice scheme.

We encourage ongoing learning and development. Our Nurse Practitioners work collaboratively with our GPs and other medical staff to ensure our services are efficient and effective to meet patient need and give the best care we can. You will benefit from the full support of the team.

We are a supportive and friendly practice with a manageable workload.

This advert may close early if there are sufficient applications.

Main duties of the job

As a Registered Nurse Practitioner you will be expected to be able to perform core clinical nurse practitioner responsibilities alongside delivering excellent women's health services.

What We Are Looking For

• Qualified and registered Prescribing Nurse Practitioner
• Proven interest and competencies in women's health, including contraception, menstrual disorders, menopause care and sexual health advice
• Positive and committed
• Delivering a high standard of patient care, using advanced, autonomous clinical skills and a broad in-depth theoretical knowledge-base.
• Assessing, diagnosing and treating patients with both minor and complex needs, initiating referrals as appropriate and planning clinical care accordingly.
• Performing safe triage of patients when necessary via telephone or face to face.
• Prescribing medication (if qualified) appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice.
• Providing information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
• Prioritising health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Provide leadership, education and training to other healthcare professionals and staff.

About us

Oakfields Health Group is a 2-Partner dispensing practice with 2 sites at Hamsterley Colliery and Dipton, providing excellent quality healthcare to 7700 patients. We are semi-rural, located in a beautiful part of the region where Gateshead meets Northumberland and County Durham. We have excellent transport links from the A1.

Our clinical team includes 4 salaried GPs and a nursing team of nurse practitioners, practice nurses and healthcare assistants. The clinical team is supported by experienced administrative and managerial teams and we work closely with our PCN colleagues. We benefit from having a pharmacist, pharmacy technician, GP assistant as well as having access to First Contact Services.

Some benefits we offer include:

• Access to salary sacrifice scheme
• up to 33 days annual leave (pro rata) plus Bank Holidays
• Staff appreciation days and evenings
• Team building
• Long service recognition
• Tea/coffee and other refreshments provided

Job responsibilities

Key responsibilities

Provide same-day and routine clinics for undifferentiated presentations within scope and protocols, with GP support where required.

Deliver women's health services: contraception (including LARC if trained), menstrual disorders, gynae examijnations, menopause care, cervical screening, sexual and reproductive health advice, and postnatal support.

Deliver contraception and sexual health services in line with FSRH standards and local commissioning arrangements; contribute to PCN womens health hub pathways and timely triage/referral where appropriate.

Undertake long-term condition reviews icluding those where aligned to womens health (e.g. CVD risk in menopause, gestational diabetes follow-up).

Participate in QI, audits, and service development to improve access, outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

Provide clinical leadership to nursing/HCA teams within scope; support training, supervision and protocol development.

Accurate, contemporaneous record-keeping and contribution to safeguarding, IPC, and medicines management governance.

Work to local/national guidelines (including FSRH guidance) and support CQC always-ready standards across Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive and Well-led domains.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Current registration with the NMC
• To be considered for an Advanced role, the relevant Masters or accreditation although applications from a (non-Advanced) nurse Practitioner would also be accepted

Experience

• Experience of working within a nursing team.
• Experience of delivering women's health services
• Experience of dealing with a variety of patients.
• The ability to work with a high degree of autonomy and have sound clinical reasoning and decision making.
• Experience of working in primary care
• Experience of SystmOne.

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.