Advanced Nurse Practitioner​/Trainee ANP - Cardiology

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

Working across role and organisational boundaries the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) manages the complete clinical care for their patients utilising expert knowledge base and clinical competence to support multi‑professional teams within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, ensuring a high standard of clinical care, in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and Health and Safety Legislation. As a clinical leader, the ANP has the freedom and authority to act autonomously in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, including prescribing, of patients with multi‑dimensional problems.

This includes the authority to refer, admit and discharge within appropriate clinical areas. ANPs can work in or across all clinical settings, dependant on their area of expertise.

You need to have a live NMC UK pin in order to be considered for this post.

• Glasgow Royal Infirmary is recruiting an Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Trainee
• The shift pattern for this post is rotational

• Take and record a patient’s history including medical, family and social history, talking to the patient, relatives or other carers as appropriate. There may be significant barrier to understanding and acceptance due to sensitive or contentious information given and received
• Conduct a comprehensive clinical examination of the patient including a physical examination of all systems and a mental health assessment
• Screen patients for disease using clinical and other findings such as laboratory results or x‑rays
• Make diagnostic decisions based on interpretation of clinical and other findings such as laboratory results or x‑rays
• Applies high level decision‑making and assessment skills to formulate appropriate differential diagnoses based on synthesis of clinical findings
• Has the authority to request, where indicated, appropriate diagnostic tests / investigations using judgement and clinical reasoning, based on differential diagnoses
• Conduct invasive and non‑invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures where appropriate
• Interprets and analyses previously ordered results of tests/investigations and works collaboratively with other healthcare professionals when needed
• Acts on the results to confirm diagnosis and thereby optimise treatment and management outcomes
• Participate in identifying needs of patients and carers in relation to the specialty, in conjunction with others where appropriate
• Actively promote and disseminate research‑based practice
• Audit current practice and negotiate appropriate changes to practice
• Evaluate effectiveness of role in relation to patient outcomes, service needs and professional requirements
• Accountable for the effective management of resources including stores supplies pharmacy and maintenance of equipment
• Promote the development of a flexible and skilled nursing workforce
• Contribute to the wider Corporate agenda where appropriate
• Organise own time in line with agreed job plan
• More information can be found in the job description

• ANPs are educated at Masters Level in advanced practice and are assessed as competent in this level of practice. As a clinical leader they have the freedom and authority to act and accept the responsibility and accountability for those actions. This level of practice is characterised by high level autonomous decision making, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment including prescribing, of patients with complex multi‑dimensional problems
• Registered Nurse on the NMC Register
• Be recorded as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber (V300) with the NMC
• An appropriate Masters level qualification in Advanced Practice which has enabled competence in:
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