Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)

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Job description

Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) Vacancy

St Paul’s Surgery is an NHS GP Practice situated in the fabulous City of Winchester. We care for 21,500 registered patients, although patient numbers are expected to increase substantially over the next 5 years due to planned large housing developments.

The practice boasts

· Overall rated ‘Good’ by CQC with some areas of ‘Outstanding’

· Ranked within top 10% nationally of best Practices, NHSE GP Patient satisfaction survey

· A great work life balance

· Safe and sustainable workloads

· Large clinical team with various niche skills (12GPs, 3 ANPs, 4 PNs, 1 HCA)

· A positive, supportive, non hierarchical, family friendly atmosphere

· A diverse and well balanced patient demographic registered patient practice list

· A traditional General Practice ethos, patient centred with a high levels of continuity of care embedded but with modern IT efficiency enablers supporting

· Monthly clinical/educational meetings

· A purpose built modern building, onsite car parking, modern consulting rooms and a lovely rest room.

· A teaching practice for Medical/ Nursing Students

· High achieving in QOF and Enhanced Services

· Member practice of a successful supportive GP federation (Mid Hampshire Healthcare)

· Member practice of a forward thinking/ active Winchester City Primary Care Network

· A well engaged virtual PPG

Our offer

For us it is about finding the right person to complement our organisation rather than making a person fit a vacancy. We are therefore open to receive applications for

· 28 to 37.5 hours per week

· Rate of pay up to £30 per hour dependant on qualifications/ experience

· NHS pension 6 weeks Annual Leave

· Study support if required

· Supportive of recently qualified Prescribers or highly experienced ANPs

· Supportive of flexible workplans to include a specialist interest role (portfolio working)

The role

To work as an autonomous Practitioner, working as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within your scope of practice to our patient population.

The main role of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is to be an active member of the same day urgent duty team. Remotely triaging patients by telephone or eConsults. Diagnosing, treating and/ or referring. Should a patient require further assessment for diagnosis, face to face appointments can be arranged. There potentially could be some Home Visiting required with this role.

ANPs should work within their clinical competencies and would need to be prescribe in line with the ‘Prescribing in the community’ guidelines.

Other roles include supporting clinical colleagues, clinical mentoring and supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedures.

We would expect the ANPs to adopt our practice ethos of Patient centred care, Make Every Contact Count (MECC), Focus on Prevention and Patient education to support self-help and health engagement.

Application process

Firstly adverts are just words. We are confident and strongly encourage you to arrange an informal visit to the practice to make your own judgement.

If your interested please email your CV and along with a covering letter to our Lead Nurse. The closing date for applications is 21/03/2022 with interviews set for the week after.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Anne Sansome

Lead Nurse (ANP)

Job Summary

The post holder is an experienced nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice. The post holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurse leadership as required. In order to work at this level NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met.

Key responsibilities

Clinical practice

· Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis

· Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly

· Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs. Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate)

· Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan

· Carry out different types of consultations. Face to face, telephone, home visits and video conferencing

· Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols, and within scope of practice

· Work with patients in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions

· Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care

· Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care

Communication

· Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

· Communicate with and support patients who are receiving ‘bad news’

· Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

· Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication

· Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders

· Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues

· Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate

Delivering a quality service

· Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures

· Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality

· Deliver care according to NICE guidelines and evidence-based care

· Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation

· Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities

· Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required

· In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate

· Evaluate patients’ response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care

· Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation

· Use a structured framework (eg root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events

· Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery

· Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance

Leadership – personal and people development

· Participate in an annual individual performance review, taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and professional development

· Manage own time, workload and recourses effectively

· Contribute to the effectiveness of ways to improve and enhance the teams performance

· Access own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision

· Undertake professional development as required by the role

· Encourage and motivate others to be forward thinking in ideas that address the health needs of our patients and be innovative whilst managing and developing new ways of working

· Promote effective communication and relationships within the team

· Engage in clinical supervisions with peers

· Participate positively and actively in clinical and practice meetings

· Develop own knowledge and clinical practice to meet own objectives and changes in service

· Assist in training and assessment of trainee nurse practitioners and nurses

· Participate in setting quality standards and promote best practice

· Operate a high standard of probity

Team working

· Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time

· Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working

· Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence

· Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need

· Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team

· Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery

· Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care

· Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team

· Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success

Management of risk

· Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients

· Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines

· Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines

· Advocate for policies that reduce environmental health risks, are culturally sensitive and increase access to health care for all

· Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Managing information

· Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information

· Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes

· Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases

· Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice and primary care trust regarding the Freedom and Information Act

Learning and development

· Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards

· Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences)

· Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate

· Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Equality and diversity

· Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity

· Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture

· Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights

· Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies

· Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice

· Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care

· Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care

· Undertake any training required in order to meet the needs of the practice

Part-time hours: 30 per week

Application deadline: 21/03/2022

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: Up to £30.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Experience:

• nursing: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• NMC (required)

Work remotely:

• No