Nurse Practitioner / Emergency Care Practitioner listing – Marriott's Medical Practices (Taverham Surgery & Bacon Road Medical Centre)
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We are currently seeking a professional, enthusiastic and experienced qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Care Practitioner or Advanced Clinical Practitioner with excellent communication and interpersonal skills to join our busy team.
This position will require the successful applicant to work at both locations (Taverham Surgery & Bacon Road)
Experience of TPP SystmOne would be beneficial but not essential. The practice also utilises Ardens in conjunction with SystmOne.
The vacancy is full time (37.5 hours per week). Part-time and job-share will be considered for the right candidate(s). Salary is negotiable and dependent on experience.
Please see the attached for full job description and person specification.
Main duties of the job
To work as an autonomous practitioner making clinical decisions based on experience, knowledge and analytical abilities, treating undifferentiated, undiagnosed presentations. Work as part of the practice multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. To assist in managing same day appointments, telephone triage and to see patients in own clinic.
Primary Responsibilities
The following are the core responsibilities of the advanced nurse practitioner. There may be on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:
- Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice to patients
- Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients
- Extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
- Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
- Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
- Request pathology services as necessary
- Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
- Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
- Ensure read codes are used effectively
- Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required
- Chaperone patients where necessary
- Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
- Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
- Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
- Assist with implementation of vaccination programmes for adults and children
- Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
- Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
- Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.)
- Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
- Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
- Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
- Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
Overview of your organisation
Some of the key features of the Practice are: -
- 15 minute appointments
- List size c13,000 across both sites GMS contract.
- SystmOne clinical system complimented with the Ardens add-on.
- Training Practice
- Consistent high QOF achiever
- User of the Electronic Prescription Service (EPSr2)
- Experienced nursing team including nurse led chronic disease reviews
- Excellent reception and administration team
- 6 weeks annual leave.
- Onsite free parking
