Advanced Nurse Practitioner
George Clare Surgery
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Job summary
3 Partners, 6 Salaried GPs, 3 ANPs, 6 PNs and 4 HCAs
Practice list 12,000 patients
SystmOne
High QOF achievement
Good CQC rating 2022
Training practice with GP registrars
Part dispensing
Nurse led chronic disease clinics
Weekly educational meetings
Monthly Practice Learning Time meetings
Monthly GSF Meetings with community teams
6 weeks leave, one week study leave (pro rata)
Low numbers of home visits
Built in morning coffee break
15 minute appointments
Laptop provided to facilitate remote working
Care co-ordinating/navigating Reception Team
Administrative GP Assistants carrying out document workflow processing
Remote pharmacist
On site social prescribers, care co-ordinator and first contact physiotherapist
A team that is open to change to ensure safe sustainable working practice for staff and patients
We are a Practice that is proactive, open to change, inclusive of input from staff in all departments and will strive to ensure we maintain a happy and healthy team.
Main duties of the job
The Nurse Practitioner will be an experienced nurse who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for patients presenting at the practice 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 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 leadership as required.
About us
We are a long established, forward thinking and innovative Practice in the Cambridgeshire Fens seeking to recruit motivated, enthusiastic and dedicated doctors.
We have a pragmatic approach to our work and are consistently striving to improve patient care whilst ensuring we provide a supportive and sustainable environment for all our staff.
Date posted
16 April 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A2529-24-0001
Job locations
Swan Drive
New Road
Chatteris
Cambridgeshire
PE16 6EX
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assess patients presenting with acute illness or for review of chronic disease conditions.
Undertake home visits for acute illness or chronic disease management.
Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
Assessment, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
Fully participate in the clinical administration within the practice, signing prescriptions, reviewing medication, EPS, reviewing patient letters/discharges, respond to queries.
Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and formularies.
Work with patients and their carers in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning or sexual health consultation. coils and implants
Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
Support with AccuRx triage; supporting ongoing change and implementation as required
Communication
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
Attend and contribute to practice and primary care team meetings.
Delivering a quality service
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Actively participate in the practice significant event procedures. Ensure learning and actions from significant event reviews are implemented and reviewed.
Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery.
Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance.
Leadership personal and people development
Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.
Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice Support and contribute to the teaching of nursing staff/ medical students/ GP registrars and administration staff as appropriate.
Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work.
Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision of services.
Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility.
Work with practice management to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix is available to meet current and future service delivery, that selection and recruitment processes are effective and that equality of treatment of the team incorporates quality HR principles and processes.
Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
Maintain active involvement in the planning and processes of practice-based commissioning or similar initiatives.
Team working
Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.
Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team.
Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success.
Managing information
Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information.
Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases.
Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice regarding the Freedom of Information Act.
Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team.
Learning and development
Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards.
Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences).
Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
Equality and diversity
Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity.
Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture.
Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights.
Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies.
Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice.
Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assess patients presenting with acute illness or for review of chronic disease conditions.
Undertake home visits for acute illness or chronic disease management.
Diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate treatment/interventions and care for patients presenting with an undifferentiated diagnosis
Clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective, and plan clinical care accordingly.
Assessment, diagnosis, plan, implement and evaluate interventions/treatments for patients with complex needs.
Proactively identify, diagnose and manage treatment plans for patients at risk of developing a long-term condition (as appropriate).
Diagnose and manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating both drug- and non-drug-based treatment methods into a management plan.
Fully participate in the clinical administration within the practice, signing prescriptions, reviewing medication, EPS, reviewing patient letters/discharges, respond to queries.
Prescribe and review medication for therapeutic effectiveness, appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with evidence-based practice and national and practice protocols and formularies.
Work with patients and their carers in order to support compliance with and adherence to prescribed treatments.
Provide information and advice on prescribed or over-the-counter medication on medication regimens, side-effects and interactions.
Prioritise health problems and intervene appropriately to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
Support and manage health needs of women presenting for family planning or sexual health consultation. coils and implants
Assess, identify and refer patients presenting with mental health needs in accordance with the NSF for Mental Health.
Implement and participate in vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children.
Support with AccuRx triage; supporting ongoing change and implementation as required
Communication
Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.
Communicate with and support patients who are receiving bad news.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating.
Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication.
Maintain effective communication within the practice environment and with external stakeholders.
Attend and contribute to practice and primary care team meetings.
Delivering a quality service
Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the NMC.
Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.
Deliver care according to NSF, NICE guidelines and evidence-based care.
Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.
Initiate and participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.
Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating the quality of the work of self and the team, implementing improvements where required.
In partnership with other clinical teams, collaborate on improving the quality of health care responding to local and national policies and initiatives as appropriate.
Evaluate patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.
Support and participate in shared learning across the practice and wider organisation.
Actively participate in the practice significant event procedures. Ensure learning and actions from significant event reviews are implemented and reviewed.
Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery.
Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance.
Leadership personal and people development
Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision and acting as a positive role mode.
Support staff development in order to maximise potential.
Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice Support and contribute to the teaching of nursing staff/ medical students/ GP registrars and administration staff as appropriate.
Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services.
Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work.
Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision of services.
Take a lead role in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility.
Work with practice management to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill-mix is available to meet current and future service delivery, that selection and recruitment processes are effective and that equality of treatment of the team incorporates quality HR principles and processes.
Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards.
Maintain effective communication with those responsible for the overall commissioning and procurement process.
Maintain active involvement in the planning and processes of practice-based commissioning or similar initiatives.
Team working
Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time.
Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working.
Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence.
Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need.
Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team.
Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery.
Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care.
Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team.
Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success.
Managing information
Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information.
Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes.
Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases.
Understand responsibility of self and others to the practice regarding the Freedom of Information Act.
Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team.
Learning and development
Undertake mentorship for more junior staff, assessing competence against set standards.
Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences).
Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate.
Equality and diversity
Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity.
Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture.
Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights.
Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies.
Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice.
Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered level 1 Nurse
- BSc Honours Nursing Degree
- Independent Prescriber
- Membership of NMC
Desirable
- Masters level degree in nursing or modules towards a Masters degree
- Any future studies to be undertaken at masters level
- Clinical supervision training and experience
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
- At least 2 years recent primary care experience
- Autonomous practitioner
- Management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
- Nurse Triage
- Physical assessment and clinical examination skills
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered level 1 Nurse
- BSc Honours Nursing Degree
- Independent Prescriber
- Membership of NMC
Desirable
- Masters level degree in nursing or modules towards a Masters degree
- Any future studies to be undertaken at masters level
- Clinical supervision training and experience
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 5 years post registration experience
- At least 2 years recent primary care experience
- Autonomous practitioner
- Management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
- Nurse Triage
- Physical assessment and clinical examination skills
- Compiling protocols and clinical guidelines
- Leadership in quality initiatives such as clinical benchmarking.
- Management of patients with long term conditions
- Management of patients with complex needs
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
George Clare Surgery
Address
Swan Drive
New Road
Chatteris
Cambridgeshire
PE16 6EX
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
George Clare Surgery
Address
Swan Drive
New Road
Chatteris
Cambridgeshire
PE16 6EX
Employer's website
For questions about the job, contact:
Date posted
16 April 2024
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
A2529-24-0001
Job locations
Swan Drive
New Road
Chatteris
Cambridgeshire
PE16 6EX