Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Paramedic Practitioner

• Acting as an expert practitioner, demonstrating advanced clinical competence and a knowledge base beyond those associated with conventional nursing roles.
• Working as an autonomous clinical practitioner/nurse, providing high quality and timely patient centred care.
• Independently prescribe, working within the current guidelines, reviewing, and monitoring patient medications in accordance with the formulary.
• Delivering face to face/telephone/e-consult/video consultations as well as home visits.
• Directing care appropriately and managing complete episodes of care independently.
• Undertaking consultations with patients of all ages including children as an autonomous practitioner and using own clinical judgement, diagnose, treat, refer and/or discharge patients.
• Working within and across the MDT teams and signpost/draw upon expertise of all members to support and meet the patients' needs and best interests.
• Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards, ensuring accurate read coding.
• Participating in, and contribute to, all clinical targets (QOF, QIS, ES etc).
• Recommending, instigating, and explaining appropriate invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests, investigations and interpret findings and reports.

Essential

• Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) or registered with HCPC.
• Masters degree from the Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or have completed the centres e-Portfolio (supported) route; both pathways enable eligibility for an Advanced digital badge issued by the centre, demonstrating recognised educational and experiential preparation in advanced practice.
• A qualified independent prescriber, on the relevant register.
• Meet NMC revalidation requirements, in accordance with the NMC revalidation booklet.
• Meets the standards for registered Advanced Practitioner working at advanced level.
• Ability to record accurate clinical notes.
• Ability to work within own scope of practice and understand when to refer to a GP.
• Experience of working in a management role and evidence of leadership skills.
• Experience of working in a wide range of primary care settings to include clinical triage experience.
• Ability to problem solve and to process information accurately and effectively, interpreting data as required.
• Knowledge of health promotion strategies.
• Understand the requirement for PGDs and associated policy.
• Polite, confident, flexible and cooperative.
• Motivated and a forward-thinker.
• High levels of integrity and loyalty.
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations.
• Ability to work under pressure in stressful situations.
• UK driving licence, with exclusive access to a vehicle.