Autonomous Nurse Practitioner & Prescriber – Primary Care

Wessex LMCs Ltd.; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wessex LMCs Ltd. is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to deliver autonomous clinical care in primary settings in Canterbury.

The ANP will assess, diagnose and treat patients, and may prescribe medicines within their scope, helping patients avoid unnecessary GP referrals. They will build long-term patient relationships, manage acute and chronic conditions, develop health promotion initiatives, lead in chronic disease clinics, and provide guidance to junior staff while complying with

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 individual specialised 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 based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Be aware of duties and responsibilities regarding current legislation and adhere to practice policies and procedures on Safeguarding Adults and Safeguarding Children
• Request and collect pathological specimens. Upon receipt, to 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
• Provide well woman and well man clinics
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation ensuring that SNOMED CT codes are used effectively
• 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
• Support in the provision of vaccination programmes for both 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)
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
• There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks, this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels

Job description

Wessex LMCs Ltd. is seeking an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) to deliver autonomous clinical care in primary settings in Canterbury.

The ANP will assess, diagnose and treat patients, and may prescribe medicines within their scope, helping patients avoid unnecessary GP referrals. They will build long-term patient relationships, manage acute and chronic conditions, develop health promotion initiatives, lead in chronic disease clinics, and provide guidance to junior staff while complying with