Advanced Nurse Practitioner

We are looking for a Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Prescriber to join our forward thinking and dynamic team.

You will be working in our busy GP practice in the Castleford area with a list size of over 11,000 patients.

You will help to deliver services to our local population.

We are looking to recruit an Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Prescriber.

Fulltime of 37.5 hours per week.

Henry Moore Clinic has 2 sites with 5 GP Partners with over 11,000 patients.

Our practice has a very strong training ethos. We train GP Registrars and medical students and on occasion it may be a requirment that a trainee spend time with you in clinic.

As a forward-thinking practice, we require a similarly motivated and enthusiastic Practice Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team.

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner will work as part of the primary healthcare team providing Personal Medical Services to the patients of practice.

Job responsibilities:

To work autonomously, the ANP is responsible for consulting with patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional; diagnosing and treating patients presenting with minor illness; seeing and advising people inrespectoftheir continuing medical and nursing needs. All consultations willbe recorded on Systm One, the clinical IT system. The ANP is required to conduct both telephone and F2F appointments.

Intermittently there is a requirement to see extra or emergency patients andcarry out home visits for an agreed cohort of patients. The nurse practitioner will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly, makingany necessary referrals for investigations in a timely appropriate manner.

Patients with conditions requiring referral to secondary care are discussed with the registered GP before making such a referral.

Diagnosing and treating patients

Triage and treat patients presenting with minor illnesses tosee a health care professional, making any necessary referrals to other membersof the primary health care team.

Ensure clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of competence and to acknowledge individual limitations.

Advise patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens including intravenous blood samples, swabs etc. Perform appropriate investigatory procedures requested by the GPs.

Administration and profession responsibilities

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team.

All patient activities are completed daily.

Ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and management plans are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical system,Systm One.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the practice.

Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports and audit.

Attend and participate in practice meetings and mandatory training sessions.

Undertake the online training and other training pertinentto the role of ANP as agreed with the Practice Manager/Partners.

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust uswith, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their healthand other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect thatstaff will respect their privacy and act appropriately.

In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as abusiness organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.

Health & Safety:

The post-holder will participate in a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control, as defined in the practice Health & Safety policy, the practice Health & Safety manual, and the practice Infection Control policyand published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines.

Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines.

Responsible for correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage and transport arrangements.

Ownership of infection control and clinically based patient care protocols and implementation of those protocols across the practice.

Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness and related activities ensuring that procedures are followed and weakness / training needs…