Qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Paramedic Practitioner
- NHS
- Part Time
- Southampton
- Negotiable
Job Description
Job summary
Are you looking for great work life balance? Are you looking for a supportive environment? Do you want to make a difference to patients? This could be the place for you.
We are looking to recruit a qualified and experienced acute care practitioner to join our same day access Urgent Care Team. This will involve working across our current two GP Surgery sites, Forest Gate Surgery and Totton Health Centre.
You will hold a relevant Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic qualification to Masters Level or equivalent. In addition to this, it is essential you hold an Independent Prescribing Qualification.
Previous minor illness experience is essential.
This is a part-time post working a minimum of 17 hours per week, will consider more - working days: Thursday & Friday's +
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work autonomously through the use of telephone triage, video calls and econsults. You will be triaging, assessing, diagnosing and treating illness and ailments as part of our urgent care service, making referrals when necessary. You may also be required to undertake home visits.
Please see the Job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
We are a friendly and very busy medical Partnership with a list size of circa 25,000 patients on the edge of the beautiful New Forest.
Working at New Horizons Medical Partnership you will be fortunate to work alongside a multitude of experienced GPs, practice nurses, social prescribers and pharmacists and will also have the ability to refer direct to musculoskeletal services within the locality. You will be expected to work proactively with the rest of the practice team to achieve all necessary targets.
Benefits applying to this post are Medical Indemnity, NHS Pension, 30 days holiday p.a. pro-rata and Simplyhealth insurance benefits.
Informal practice visits are welcome.
Closing Date: Monday 21st April 2025 (11.59pm). Interviews are scheduled to be held weeks commencing 21st & 28th April 2025, however, please do not delay applying for this vacancy as some interviews may be held prior to the closing date if suitable applications are received.
Job responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by members of the urgent care team are varied and will differ from time to time under the direction of the Lead Clinical Practitioner / Partners / Practice Manager, dependent on current and evolving Practice workload and staffing levels:
- To work autonomously, providing nursing care for our practice patients within the GP surgery, their own homes and nursing or residential homes.
- To work within the rules governing patient confidentiality at all times.
- To work independently or as part of the Urgent Care Team, assessing emergencies, planning, implementing and evaluating acute medical problems presenting to the surgery, as well as via econsults, telephone or face to face.
- To be first responder to emergencies presenting in the surgery walk in/green button including carrying out ECGs.
- To work independently or as part of the Urgent Care Team to assess, diagnose and treat specific conditions in accordance with agreed protocols.
- To competently take a full history and examination for certain specified conditions face to face, enabling a provisional working diagnosis to be made.
- To prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including the initiation of effective emergency care.
- To triage patient problems effectively and recognise when and if they need to be seen in a face to face consultation and identify who they would be most appropriately seen by.
- To initiate a treatment plan for patients seen and communicate this plan effectively to the patient and other clinicians as appropriate.
- To carry out, if required, annual health reviews on patients with chronic disease and or epilepsy.
- To have the ability to liaise with other professionals and services to enable the delivery of patient focused care when appropriate.
- To evaluate the need and where appropriate, undertake regular opportunistic screening such as BP, BMI, smoking status.
- To advise, if appropriate, patients on family planning and offer a contraception service.
- To be competent in ECG, anaphylaxis and resuscitation techniques.
- To have a basic understanding of asthma care and be able to nebulise a patient if required.
- To recognise signs of child abuse and be aware of The Child Protection register.
- To encourage health promotion and lifestyle changes where appropriate.
- To ensure that infection control procedures are followed.
- To input information on the practices IT system.
- To assist in clinical audit.
- To maintain NMC/HCPC Registration at all times.
- To contribute to QOF requirements; spare appointments to be used to undertake QOF work.
- To report any error or complaint in accordance with practice guidelines.
- To teach and mentor other staff.
- To carry out other general nursing tasks as needed.
- To carry out/cover any other tasks that may be deemed suitable for the grade.
This is a part-time post working a minimum of 17 hours per week - working days are Thursday's and Friday's +
Person Specification
Other Areas of Responsibility
Essential
- Training & Personal/Professional Development; Equality & Diversity; Confidentiality & Communication; Quality & Contribution to the Implementation of Services; Health & safety.
Experience
Essential
- To have the ability and be prepared to work: Independently; as part of the Urgent Care Team & as a member of the greater practice team
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to adapt to service needs whilst working in a busy environment
- Must be willing to undertake any appropriate training requested by the Practice
- Must work within (1) the NMC/HCPC Code of Professional Conduct (2) the NMC/HCPC Guidelines for Records and Record keeping and (3) the NMC/HCPC Guidelines for the Administration of Medicines current at the time
- Must be aware of the limitations within the Nurse Practitioner/Paramedic Practitioner role
- In addition, the post holder will be encouraged and supported to undertake any training required to ensure appropriate role development.
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified RGN or HCPC Paramedic with 2 years post registration experience.
- Current NMC/HCPC Registration
- Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic Qualification to Masters Level or equivalent.
- Independent/extended Nurse/Paramedic Prescribing 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
New Horizons Medical Partnership
Address
Forest Gate Surgery
1 Hazel Farm Road
Totton, Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 8WU
Employer's website
https://newhorizonsmedicalpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
