Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Prescriber/Paramedic Prescriber

Posting date:	18 June 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	Negotiable
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	16 July 2025
Location:	Broadland Business Park, NR7 0WF
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	E0179-1041

Summary

Job Purpose: To provide clinical care to registered and unregistered patients attending Norfolk Primary Care Walk-In Centre. Key Responsibilities: To work as an autonomous clinical practitioner, using care and case management assessment, clinical examination, and diagnostic skills to deliver high-quality holistic care and treatment. To prescribe efficiently from the extended nurses formulary. To assist in the coordination of Norfolk Primary Care (NPC) Walk-In Service daily. Core competencies: Special Requirements of the Post Main Clinical Responsibilities: To undertake a comprehensive holistic assessment, liaising and referring to other agencies and professionals as necessary. To use clinical examination and diagnostic skills, initiate investigation, prescribe care and treatment as appropriate. To facilitate and/or provide health promotion and education. To work collaboratively with other health professionals and agencies. To develop and maintain advanced nursing skills. To prescribe effectively from the non-medical nurse prescribers formulary in line with local and national prescribing formularies. Education and Development: To support peer review and reflective practice. To formally and informally disseminate knowledge and skills to other staff. To proactively develop practice across boundaries. To undertake and participate in clinical supervision. To identify personal and professional development needs and implement action plans to meet those needs. To participate in agreed in-service training programmes. To contribute to identifying own training needs and those of nurses working at the Centre. To attend mandatory training annually. Research/Audit: To support evaluation, research, and clinical audit at the Centre as appropriate. To identify, apply and disseminate research findings related to advanced nursing practice. To support the understanding and utilisation of evidence-based practice. To provide quality service using the audit process to evaluate the service being provided, implementing action plans and change of practice as necessary. To be involved in the process of clinical governance. Management: To oversee the day-to-day functions of the Walk-In team. To support the Nurse Manager and Practice Manager, undertaking specific areas of work as requested. To ensure quality targets are met or exceeded. To ensure continuity of service. To actively market and promote the Centre. To assist in ensuring all staff are familiar with medical emergency procedures. To assist in the training of clinical staff employed at the Centre. To assist in recording complaints, incidents, and accidents involving patients, visitors, and staff. Professional: To ensure all practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice, Standards in the Administration of Medicines, and Standards of Record Keeping. To maintain and develop advanced clinical skills. To identify areas of unsafe practice and areas of concern, initiating prompt and appropriate action. To respect the confidentiality of all matters learned as a result of employment in the NHS, including matters relating to other members of staff and the public/patients. To have a working knowledge of NPC policies and procedures. To attend meetings as required. Quality: The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Centre, and will: Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk. Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision. Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the teams performance. Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients needs. Effectively manage own time, workload and resources in line with Health Centre Policy. Note: The responsibilities of this role will normally include all duties described in this job description and any additional or different duties, which the employer may require from time to time. _______________________________________________________________________ NPC Generic Job Description areas: Communication Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment 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 organisational environment and with external stakeholders Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate Delivering a quality service Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality Participate in quality assurance and safety processes across the organisation and its activities Participate in shared learning across NNPC and the wider organisational environment Use a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events 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 guidanceLeadership personal and people development Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in coaching/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 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 Contribute to planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards 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 successManagement of risk Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines Ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs. Participate in mandatory and statutory training requirements Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice 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 Monitor and confirm that the nursing team are receiving and processing data and information in an agreed format Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team Learning and development Undertake mentorship for team members 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 Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning 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 Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care