Home 1st UCR Nurse Practitioner
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK3 6EN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-24-0925 |
Summary
As an Nurse Practitioner your Duties will include: To accept and triage telephone referrals from Consultants, GPs, South Central Ambulance Service, 111, District Nursing Team, Specialist Nurses, Home 1st Team staff, Care Home staff and council services. Respond to referrals within two-hour time frame. Complete risk assessment of visits to ensure staff safety Respond to patients who have fallen in their homes within 2 hours, with members of the MDT to prevent hospital admission. Work alongside MKUH colleagues in the Emergency Department to facilitate safe discharge and prevent admission to the wider hospital To provide timely advanced holistic assessment and expert clinical care including monitoring for short term acute care Provide a specialist resource for people with an acute illness and support relatives and carers. To work in partnership with all stakeholders and provide advanced assessment for the care of patients with an exacerbation of a chronic disease To provide people with chronic diseases alongside their relatives and carers information and education that will support and promote self-management. To use non-medical prescribing skills and Patient Group Directives (PGD) to support diagnosis and treatment The Band 6 Nurse Practitioner will work as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team, including health and social care colleagues to meet the needs of the patients referred to the Home 1st UCR Team