Advanced Nurse Practitioner; ANP

Job Summary

Whitstable Medical Practice is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and patient focused Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) who is adaptable, thrives on team work and can work effectively within our large friendly and supportive nursing team.

We are dedicated to delivering high quality, compassionate care to our 45,500 patients across all three sites:

• Estuary View Medical Centre
• Whitstable Health Centre
• Chestfield Medical Centre

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced ANP to work within a forward thinking and innovative Practice. The successful candidate will work collaboratively within the nursing and HCA team to deliver safe, effective and patient centred care.

The role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive environment that values professional development, clinical excellence and teamwork.

This is a full time position, with the working pattern to be discussed at interview stage. We offer a competitive salary, NHS pension scheme and the chance to be part of a welcoming and progressive practice serving the local community.

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) will work autonomously and collaboratively within the nursing team to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based care to the patients of Whitstable Medical Practice. The post holder will undertake advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing referral and ongoing management of patients presenting with acute, chronic, complex and undifferentiated conditions.

The ANP will provide advanced nursing care while supporting the operational and strategic objectives of Whitstable Medical Practice and will practise in accordance with the Four Pillars of Advanced Practice:
Clinical Practice, Leadership and Management, Education, and Research
.

The post holder will support high standards of patient care, service development, clinical governance and continuous quality improvement.

Whitstable Medical Practice is a forward thinking single Primary Care Network (PCN), GP Practice based across three sites in Whitstable, Kent looking after 45,500 patients.

There are 23 equity GP Partners, 18 Allied Health Professionals directly employed Clinical Pharmacy Team, Frailty Practitioners, Social Prescribers, First Contact Physiotherapists and Mental Health Practitioners.

We Pride Ourselves On Our Innovative Approach To Primary Care. We Are a Training Practice, Provide An Urgent Treatment Centre, Day Surgery Suite, Digital X-Ray And Provide Various In House Contracts Including:

• Cataract surgery
• Ultrasound
• Dermatology
• Physical Therapies
• Audiology

Salary:
Depending on experience - depending on experience

Contract:

Permanent

Working pattern:
Full-time

Reference number: A

• Estuary View Medical Centre, Boorman Way, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 3SE
  , United Kingdom
• Chestfield Medical Centre, Reeves Way, Chestfield, WHITSTABLE, Kent, CT5 3QU
  , United Kingdom
• Whitstable Health Centre, Harbour Street, WHITSTABLE, Kent, CT5 1BZ
  , United Kingdom

• Clinical Practice

• Undertake comprehensive history taking, clinical assessment, examination and diagnosis.
• Assess and manage patients presenting with acute, chronic, minor illness and complex conditions.
• Independently formulate treatment plans and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Prescribe safely and effectively within scope of practice and prescribing qualification.
• Request, interpret and act on diagnostic investigations and test results.
• Identify deterioration and manage clinical risk appropriately.
• Refer patients to secondary care, community services and allied professionals where required.
• Deliver same-day urgent care and telephone triage services.

• Deliver basic and advanced nursing interventions.
• Perform wound care and management.
• Undertake venepuncture and ECG recording.
• Fit and monitor 24-hour ECG and blood pressure monitoring equipment.
• Administer vaccinations and immunisations in accordance with national guidance.
• Undertake cervical cytology where trained.
• Deliver family planning and sexual health services where competent.
• Support chronic…