Emergency Care Practitioner/ANP - Martock & South Petherton Surgeries
| Posting date: | 03 October 2024 |
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| Salary: | £40,221.81 to £56,216.67 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40221.81 - £56216.67 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2024 |
| Location: | Martock, TA12 6JL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0215-24-0233 |
Summary
Conduct visits to patients in either their own home or a care home environment. Assess patients with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions. Liaise with GPs to agree diagnosis, any further investigations which may be needed and appropriate treatment. Liaise with GPs to admit patients to secondary care if they are in acute medical need. Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other relevant care providers. To collaborate with GPs, nursing staff and non-clinical support staff. Use his/her individual skill and experience in order to make a positive contribution to the practice and the development of a team approach. Working with senior staff will support the delivery of new and improved primary care services to meet the changing needs of our practice population. To provide education and training to other staff as appropriate and to encourage team work and the sharing of best practice. To help develop our practice for the overall benefit of our patients. Assess undifferentiated patients with a range of acute, non-acute and chronic medical conditions. Take history, make appropriate physical examinations, formulate differential diagnoses and liaise with GPs to agree the appropriate follow-up treatment and care plans. Maintain accurate record keeping on our medical record system (EMIS Web). Undertake and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures, including but not exclusively ECG, venepuncture, basic observation recording. Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection control, chaperoning, risk management, health and safety. Assist in delivering specialised programmes of care and care packages. Contributes to the management of disease registers e.g. End of Life Register.