Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Job Description
Job summary
Lliswerry Medical Centre is under new management. However, we will still be delivering the same exceptional, patient focused service and working hard to develop the practice even further. With this being our main priority, we are looking for an experienced ANP to join the family centric practice on a salaried basis.
Main duties of the job
Are you a tenacious, organised and skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioner? Are you committed to delivering high-quality healthcare to patients? Do you want to make a real difference in people's lives?
This Advanced Nurse Practitioner role will involve working alongside a multidisciplinary team, including GPs, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Pharmacists and Nurses to provide care and treatment to patients with either long term conditions or undiagnosed undifferentiated diagnoses.
The successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner will work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness or injury across all age groups including young children. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video consultation.
About us
As we mentioned before, our practice is under new management however, we aren't looking at making huge changes as we know that the surgery and its teams are held in very high regard.
We are very family focused and have been serving our community for many, many years.
Job responsibilities
The successful post-holder will manage a caseload and deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
In accordance with the practice timetable, as agreed, the post-holder will make themselves available to undertake a variety of duties, including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and queries, visiting patients at home, checking and signing repeat prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a timely fashion.
- An autonomous consultor
- 10-minute consultations x 15 slots morning and 15 slots afternoon
- Share of home visits.
- Able to manage acute presentations
- Able to manage chronic conditions
- Able to order appropriate investigations (bloods/radiology).
- Able to refer appropriately to secondary care or organise emergency admissions.
- Share of admin: clinical letters which require actioning/filing.
- Able to file pathology results
- Able to see all age groups
- No restrictions on prescribing.
- Able to see pregnant women in regards non pregnancy related issues.
- Able to deal with mental health presentations
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Council Masters degree OR Post graduate diploma or degree for Advanced Practice Qualification OR RCN accreditation Qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber Meets the standards for registered ANP working at advanced level Minor illness qualification
Desirable
- Qualified triage nurse Teaching qualification
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
Lliswerry Medical Centre
Address
Fallowfield Drive
Newport
NP19 4TD
Employer's website
https://www.lliswerrymedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
