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Job Summary:

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for the assessment of health and clinical needs of the patient. To undertake consultations with patients as an autonomous practitioner using advanced clinical practice skills, own clinical judgement to diagnose, treat, refer or discharge patients

Key Responsibilities:

• Undertake consultations with patients taking a comprehensive patient history, carry out physical examination use their expert knowledge and clinical judgement to identify the potential diagnosis

• Exercise a higher degree of personal and professional autonomy using advances clinical practice skills to include clinical interventions

• Refer patients for investigations when necessary/appropriate

• Make a final diagnosis, decide on and carry out treatment, including the prescribing of medicine or referring to primary or secondary care specialist services within local agreed pathways and protocols as appropriate

• Ensure that all treatments and care provided are based on best practice/evidence based care Use their extensive to plan and provide skilled competent care to meet the patients’ health and social care needs, involving other members of the healthcare team as appropriate

• Work with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams in order to ensure patient needs are met

• Asses and evaluate, with the patient, the effectiveness of the treatment and care provided and make changes as needed

• Use independent/supplementary prescribing skills for benefits of patient care

• Work independently and as part of a team

• Provide support/leadership/training/education

• Assist in clinical audit and setting and monitoring of service and unscheduled care

• Identify and take appropriate actions to address risk to the patient, this will include:

• Identification of emergency care needs requiring despatch of a 999 ambulance

• Safeguarding children and protection of vulnerable adult issues which require referral on to other agencies in line with local policies

• Work independently and at the same time contribute to the work of the whole team to ensure the delivery of a consistently high level of service, this will include;

• Taking responsibility and being accountable for managing own workload, risk assessment and management, acting within professional codes and appropriately to the clinical team leader for advice and support

• Undertaking other duties when required, such as audits or administrative tasks

• Identifying issues which may negatively impact upon service delivery and reporting these on to the clinical support manager/clinical manager operational team leader/shift manager in a timely fashion

• Acting as a clinical resource for non-clinical staff who may require advice and support

• Maintain contemporaneous records of the consultation and action using the computer software and where necessary written records, in line with NMC guidance and local policies, guidelines and procedures

• Remain focused on the delivery of an excellent service within an unpredictable, diverse and challenging workload

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, Zero hours contract

Salary: £55.00-£75.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

• ANP (required)

Work Location: In person