Advanced Nurse Practitioner

As part of our recruitment process, we ask candidates to complete a clinical competency self-assessment. This helps us understand your current scope of practice and ensures we provide the right level of support, supervision and development if appointed.

You willbe an experienced registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for patients registered at the practice from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis,treatment, evaluation of care, prescribing of medication and development of management plan. The role will involvecare planning and working in the community with the practices patients who maybe housebound, vulnerable adults or residents in care/residential homes.

Youwill demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills, for patients within the general practice. Thepost holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process You will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet theneeds of patients, support the delivery of policy, procedures, future practicestrategy and provide clinical leadership as required.

We are a large GP practice with a multi skilled clinical team that works over four sites.

We provide services to around 48,000 registered patients, thats a quarter of the population of Bury, and our patients can access services across all four of our sites

We are a forward thinking general practice. We have a strong business plan and a clear focus on providing quality primary care at scale, along with innovative approaches to delivering care through new ways of working and digital transformation

We are a training and teaching practice committed to investing in clinicians of the future. We are also involved in cutting edge clinical research projects to discover and deliver better care that will really make a difference to patients in Bury and further afield

Our clinical team is diverse including GPs, a Practice Paramedic, Pharmacists, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Advanced Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associates, a Physician Associate and highly skilled Health Care Support Workers, working closely with a range of additional roles including an Acute Visiting Service, Mental Health Practitioners and First Contact Physiotherapists

To allow more time to care, our clinical team is underpinned by a very experienced team of receptionists and administrators, as well as a range of inhouse corporate functions covering themes such as human resources, information technology, finance, administration and management support and communications

Assess and treat patientspresenting with acute illness or for review of chronic disease conditions.

Undertake home visits for acute illness or chronic disease management. Reviewing care plans and liaising with patients, carers, relatives and other healthcare professionals to support aholistic package of care.

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

Clinicallyexamine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychologicalperspective, and plan clinical care accordingly

Assess, diagnosis,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 andmanage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- andnon-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan

Prescribe andreview medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needsand in accordance with evidence-based practice and national, local and practice protocols and formularies

Work with patients and their carers in order to support compliance with and adherence toprescribed treatments.

Provide a telephone triage service,assessing patients health needs and management plans. Implement and evaluate clinical interventions to meet those needs. Record summary ofdiscussion, intervention and actions on to the clinical system.

Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effectsand interactions

Prioritise health problems andintervene 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 ofself-care

Support and manage health needs ofwomen presenting for family planning or sexual health consultation

Assess, identify and refer patientspresenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health

Implement and participate invaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children

• Minimum 5 years post registration experience
• At least 3 years recent…