Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Bedford - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 23 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Hillton PCN are seeking an experienced advanced nurse practitioner to join our team on a full or part-time basis.

The post-holder will be required to act within their professional boundaries providing care for the presenting patient from initial history taking clinical assessment diagnosis treatment and evaluation of care. They will demonstrate safe clinical decision-making and expert care including assessment and diagnostic skills for the patients within the general practice.

The post-holder will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process. They will work collaboratively with the general practice team to meet the needs of patients supporting the delivery of policy and procedures and providing nurse leadership as order to work at this level NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

Delivering a high standard of patient care using advanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad in-depth theoretical knowledge-base.
Assessing diagnosing and treating patients conditions initiating direct referrals as appropriate.
Providing expert advice to patients carers and colleagues.
Developing innovative concepts models methods and practices to help deliver improved primary care to our practice population;
Advancing patient health and well-being through the use of health promotion health education screening and therapeutic communication skills.
As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework;
Leading and undertaking research and audits.
Providing leadership education and training to different healthcare professionals staff and students.
As a vital part of our multidisciplinary team you will have the opportunity to support and care for a diverse patient group.

Whether you have already developed aspecific specialty or have an interest in doing so we will support your ongoing career and training development.

Please see full job description attached.

About the Candidate

To be considered for this role the successful candidate will have the following qualifications skills and experience:

Registered general practice nurse holding current registration with the NMC.
Hold a recognised ANP qualification at masters level.
Hold an independent prescriber qualification.
Work with a high degree of autonomy.
Confident in leading in a variety of settings: your leadership of others will also enable you to use and further develop your teaching and mentoring experience/qualifications.
Forward-thinking and will strive to develop innovative ideas and new ways of working that address the health needs of the practice whilst motivating and encouraging others to do the same.
Excellent communicator and collaborator.
embrace opportunities to work and liaise with others across multi-professional and multi-agency boundaries in the interests of improving patient outcomes.
Consistently compassionate and respectful placing a high value on the dignity of patients relatives carers and colleagues.

About Us

Serving approximately 33000 patients across Ampthill and Barton-Le-Clay Hillton PCN strives to develop collaborative working across the three member practices aiming to support and strengthen the delivery of primary care services in line with the NHS long-term plan.

We aim to achieve high standards of patient-centred care as identified for the specific needs of our population whilst working to support a resilient and appropriately trained workforce.

We operate SystmOne clinical system with a good history of QOF achievement and a CQC rating of good across all domains.

We currently have a paramedic three clinical pharmacists a care coordinator a social prescriber two first contact physiotherapists and a primary care network manager. We are also recruiting for further roles to support the future of the network.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Hillton PCN are seeking an experienced advanced nurse practitioner to join our team on a full or part-time basis.The post-holder will be required to act within their professional boundaries providing care for the presenting patient from initial history taking clinical assessment diagnosis treatment ...