Advanced Community Nurse Practitioner | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 09 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,178 - £55,492 per annum inclusive of HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Enfield, EN2 0JB |
| Company: | North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6213295/393-NMUH-1173-A |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and experienced Advanced Community Nurse Practitioner to join the Enfield District Nursing service.
The Advanced Community Nurse Practitioner carries the continuing responsibility for the health care management of a particular geographical area as aligned with Primary Care Network (PCN) and with the responsibility for clinical leadership to optimize quality and standard care service delivery.
The post holder strives to continually improve care pathways for patients, their carers, and families when utilising district nursing services in conjunction with other statutory and voluntary services.
The Advance Community Nurse Practitioner is a specialist role who provides holistic care and promotes independent living. The post holder will be a senior nurse with a Specialist Practitioner District Nursing Qualification or equivalent and has significant Community Nursing experience to provide expert clinical advice to support the District Nursing Team.
• To provide highly developed clinical leadership for all patients on the District Nursing caseload through advanced level autonomous practice including taking managed risk.
• Highly provides specialist clinical leadership for patients on the caseload and works collaboratively with all professionals, carers, and relatives to gain a deep understanding of all aspects of the patient’s physical, emotional, and social situation.
• This includes physical examination and detailed history taking, diagnosis, prescribing, planning and evaluation of care
• Highly provides specialist clinical leadership for the development and maintenance of personalised care plans for patients on the community nursing caseload, based on the full assessment of medical, nursing and care needs. This includes preventative measures and anticipation of future needs..
• Order investigations and tests and interpret and act on results, using clinical guidelines and policies to support clinical decision-making.
• Maintain competence in prescribing according to the level of prescribing qualification i.e., Nurse Prescriber or Independent Prescriber and participate in regular continuing professional development in relation to the role.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
For more information, please access the following link:https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
The post holder is required to be a Registered Nurse with substantial community experience in managing patients with complex needs and holding advanced clinical assessment skills.
The post requires the completion of the DNSP qualification. The post holder should be an independent prescriber or working towards this qualification.
To take a comprehensive history, perform a systematic physical examination and establish baseline data to inform the development of a comprehensive care plan.
Utilise highly specialist assessment, planning, treatment, and evaluation skills appropriate to the clinical area.
Analyse signs and symptoms, laboratory tests, investigations, and other measures of function in formulating a diagnosis.
Undertake advanced clinical assessment and management for patients requiring an urgent care response within four hours of referral within the community setting.
Use highly complex analytical and problem-solving skills in unpredictable situations.
Provide evidence-based treatment plans based on sound clinical decision making, including the unique presentation of illness and response to treatment of patients on the community nursing caseload.
Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to plan and implement treatment for acute illness/injury/chronic illness as required, using skills in nurse prescribing and medicines management.
Negotiate, collaborate, and support individuals and families to make sometimes difficult decisions about plans of care by empowering them to decide on the most appropriate course of action.
Ensure a robust process is in place to review care and treatment plans.
Take a leading role in auditing and monitoring all components of care delivery.
Review and develop clinical competency as required to support clinical practice, participating in the ongoing personal development of self and of others.
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024
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