PCN Enhanced Nurse Practitioner - Minor Illness
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 September 2025 |
| Location: | Harpenden, AL5 4QA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | M0055-25-0006 |
Summary
Main Duties and Responsibilities Provide assistance to GPs seeing and treating patients referred to you as appropriate, minor illness, chronic conditions management. Make professionally autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable. Prescribe safe, effective, and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework in accordance with the practice prescribing formulary (or generically) whenever this is clinically appropriate. Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening, and therapeutic communication skills. Refer patients directly to other services / agencies as appropriate working with multi-disciplinary team within the practice, and across the wider NHS, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care. Provide integrated, pro-active care for people identified with respiratory issues, including those residing in care homes. To support the reduction of avoidable hospital admissions/readmissions or A&E attendances. As a member of the PCN ARRS team, you would be expected to participate with extended access provision as part of your role. Perform any other tasks within the skills of the post holder. We see this role evolving and developing with input from the candidate to make this role interesting and effective. Confidentiality In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the post-holder will have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Health & Safety The post-holder will implement and lead on a full range of promotion and management of their own and others health and safety and infection control as defined in the practice Health & Safety an Infection Control policies. This will include (but will not be limited to): Awareness of national standards of infection control and cleanliness and regulatory / contractual / professional requirements, and good practice guidelines Responsible for the correct and safe management of the specimens process, including collection, labelling, handling, use of correct and clean containers, storage, and transport arrangements Active observation of current working practices across the practice in relation to infection control, cleanliness, and related activities, ensuring that procedures are followed. Actively identifying, reporting, and correction of health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised Equality and Diversity The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers, and colleagues, to include: Acting in a way that recognises the importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers, and colleagues Behaving in a manner that is welcoming to and of the individual, is non-judgmental and respects their circumstances, feelings priorities and rights. Personal/Professional Development The post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, with such training to include: Participation in an annual individual performance/appraisal review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own personal and/or professional development and follow up any learning outcomes. Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work Quality The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the practice, 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 Effectively manage own time, workload, and resources Communication The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to: Communicate effectively with other team members Communicate effectively with patients and carers Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly These duties may be changed from time to time, dependent on the needs of the PCN. This will be done in consultation with the employee and, if appropriate, training and instruction will be given.