Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- NHS
- Full Time
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
North Clacton Medical Practice are keen to welcome an experienced advanced nurse practitioner working on a full-time basis to work across two of our sites. The working hours would be between 8am to 6pm.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
- Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients health and social care needs are met.
- General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
- As an independent prescriber, prescribing safe, appropriate and effective medication as defined by current legislation framework.
- Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
- Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
- Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
- Supporting and managing the health needs of women presenting for sexual health and contraception
- Hypertension review and management.
- Assessment and management of minor illness.
- Assessment and review of pathology results.
About us
North Clacton Medical Group is a GP practice in Clacton-On-Sea, looking after 11,000 patients across two sites. We pride ourselves on being a family-orientated practice and valuing work life balance. We have an on-site gym which staff can use.
Benefits will include:
- 18 days holiday + BH (pro-rata).
- Mini gym at one of the sites for staff to work out during lunch, after or before shifts.
- Parking facilities (limited).
Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please do not hesitate to get in contact with us.
Person Specification
All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:
Essential
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
- Prescribing qualification.
- 2 years experience minimum working within a similar role.
- Competence to undertake asthma, COPD and diabetic clinics and reviews, holding relevant certificates.
- Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions, cervical cytology sampling, vaccinations and immunisations, assisting with minor surgery, dressing and wound care, and recording spirometry.
- Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. The successful candidate will value the dignity of our patients, their relatives and carers, as well as their colleagues at the practice.
- Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
- Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Primary Care Careers
Address
Crusader Business Park
Stephenson Road West
Clacton on Sea
Essex
CO15 4TN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.eoeprimarycarecareers.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
