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Advanced Nurse Practitioner - King Street
| Posting date: | 02 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27.90 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £27.90 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 May 2024 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF1 2SN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | B0250-24-0019 |
Summary
Job Title: Advanced Clinical Practitioner / Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practitioner Accountable to: Clinical Governance Lead Location: King Street Walk in Centre Responsible to: Senior Nurse/Clinical Manager/OOH Manager/Duty Shift Manager JOB SUMMARY The Advanced Practitioner will: Practice, without direct supervision, as an independent primary/urgent care nurse/healthcare practitioner within various clinical environments, participating in care of all age ranges and presenting conditions. Undertake assessment, diagnosis, treatment/referral and discharge of patients with primary/urgent care needs within their clinical competence. Duties and Responsibilities: Clinical Independently prioritise, assess, treat, and safely discharge/refer patients attending with undifferentiated and undiagnosed primary/urgent health care problems. Act as a referral agent and care co-ordinator by establishing multi-agency collaboration across the primary/secondary interface to meet the needs of the patient. Work within the parameters of current prescribing legislation or approved Patient Group Directives. Provide professional and clinical advice within the multi-disciplinary team. Maintain accurate, contemporaneous records Discuss patients continuing care with GP as required Take responsibility for continuity of care for registered patients Research and Quality Demonstrate evidence based care, working within agreed guidelines and protocols. Take an active role in research studies within the policy framework of the organisation. Participate in audit, data collection and activity monitoring to improve performance and inform future service developments. Management Actively promote integrated working in collaboration with other health care professionals both within and outside the LCD organisation. Contribute to the development, implementation, review and evaluation of clinical protocols. Ensure effective communication, participating in meetings and liaising with other professionals, services and agencies as required. Professional and Educational Develop own skills and competencies through education, training and development activities related to the current and future demands of the role, seeking opportunities to enhance skills in order to maintain current Registration and achieve Revalidation standards. Work within codes of conduct and practice set out by relevant professional body. Understand and observe professional and national guidelines on confidentiality. Comply with the corporate governance structure in keeping with the principles and standards set by the organisation. Ensure clinical supervision needs are met. Participate in teaching and mentoring other health professionals and members of the multi-disciplinary team, including GP Registrars from Deanery. Infection Prevention and Control Healthcare workers have a duty of care to patients and are expected to comply fully with the companies Infection Prevention and Control (IP&C) policies and attend/complete yearly IP&C training, for personal and patient safety and for prevention of healthcare-associated infection (HCAI). Knowledge, skills and behaviour in the workplace should reflect this. Safeguarding Individuals have a duty of care to children and vulnerable adults that they come into contact with whilst at work to safeguard and promote their welfare and to work to prevent, recognise, respond, appropriately refer and record potential neglect or abuse, adhering to the companys Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and PREVENT policies and procedures. The main duties and responsibilities shown above are not exhaustive but should merely be regarded as a guide. The jobholder will be expected to conduct any reasonable activities according to the business needs at that time. These will be subject to periodic review and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the business. The job holder will be expected to participate in this process and the company would aim to reach agreement to changes.