PCN Care Home​/Primary Care Advanced Nurse Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join South Lincoln Healthcare PCN in a temporary capacity aspart of our exciting and innovative Home Health Team.

This role is for 15 hours per week, on a 12 month fixed term contract.

The post holder will use specialist knowledge and skills toprovide healthcare autonomously, being accountable for independent clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with undiagnosed andundifferentiated conditions. They willpractice at an advanced level, demonstrating in-depth knowledge and competence in all aspects of frailty, encompassing advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking and clinical management skills that are evidence based and deliver high quality patient centred care.

The post holder will work within and across designated carehomes for patients registered at our 7 member practices (Bassingham Surgery,Branston & Heighington Family Practice, Brant Road Surgery, Church Walk Surgery, Cliff Villages Medical Practice, The Heath Surgery, Washingborough Family Practice) along with undertaking work for the PCN. The post holder mayalso be expected to work within other areas of the Primary Care Network.

The role will support the PCNspassion for providing an all-encompassing approach to personalised care andhealth inequalities across the PCN.

The post holder will need to hold a full driving licence and be prepared to travel between locations to support the remit of the role.

The role will work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary Home Health team. The post-holder will manage the complete clinical care of patients, including planning and delivering treatments.

Assess and triage patients, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment.

Manage undifferentiated undiagnosed conditions and identify red flags and underlying serious pathology and take appropriate action.

Use complex decision making to inform the diagnosis, investigation and complete management of episodes of care within a broad scope of practice.

The role will require the ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the organisation andthis may include working outside of core General Practice hours or within our Enhanced Access service.

South Lincoln Healthcare is a forward-thinking,innovative Federation of 7 GP practices, covering a population of just over 50kpatients in the South Lincoln Healthcare Primary Care Network area.

By working together our ambition is to strengthen and stabilise general practice.

Our aim is to continue to provide high quality healthcare to our patients in the community, whilst taking up opportunities to improve and extend our services.

South Lincoln Healthcare is supportive of all staff and strives to cultivate inclusivity and a sense of belonging.

PLEASE NOTE:

We reserve the rightto close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Assess, diagnose andtreat care home patients with complex and undifferentiated health conditions,acting independently within professional guidelines.

Manage the complete clinical care of patients, including planning and deliveringtreatments, making necessary referrals to other specialists, and facilitatingcontinuity of care

Work as a core member of the multi-disciplinary Home Health team, providing expert clinical advice to colleagues and other members of the healthcare team.

Request investigationssuch as blood, urine and other laboratory tests, electrocardiographs (ECGs),ultrasound scans and x-rays in accordance with IR(ME)
R regulations and local policy.

Use high-level communication skills to explain complex medical information and sensitive issues to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals.

Provide additional capacity support for the PCN within our member practices and support day to day access and capacity.

Assess and triage patients, including same day triage, and as appropriate provide definitive treatment (including prescribing medications following policy, patient group directives, NICE (national) and local clinical guidelines and local care pathways) or make…