Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)

The successful Advanced Nurse Practitioner will work as an autonomous practitioner, diagnosing, managing, prescribing and discharging patients with illness or injury across all age groups including young children. This may be by face-to-face consultation, telephone or video consultation.

What we are looking for in an Advanced Nurse Practitioner;

The core

responsibilities of the Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) are as follows. On

occasion, there may be a requirement to carry out tasks not listed below, that

are within the reasonable scope of the role.

Develop,

implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes

Manage

patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions,

providing subject matter expert advice

and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease

patients

Identify,

manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions,

preventing adverse effects to the patients health

Provide

advanced, specialist nursing care t patients are required in accordance with

clinical based evidence, NICE and NSF

wound care (ulcer/doppler, etc)

specialist clinics such as contraception etc

Undertake

the collection of pathological specimens

Provide

travel medicine services

Request

pathology services as necessary

Process

and interpret pathology and other test results as required

Provide

chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring

patients to secondary/specialist care as required

Maintain

accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

Ensure

SNOMED CT codes are used effectively

Maintain

chronic disease registers

Develop,

implement and maintain well woman, well man and travel clinics

Take part

in implementation of an effective immunisation programme

Prioritise

health issues and intervene where necessary

Support

the team in dealing with clinical emergencies

Recognise,

assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs

Implement

vaccination programmes for adults and children

Be an

extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance

Support

patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines

(within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required

Contribute

to practice targets (QOF etc), complying with both local and regional guidance

Liaise

with the external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported

appropriately (vulnerable patients etc)

Delegate

clinical responsibilities where appropriate (ensuring safe practice and that

the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)

Support

the clinical team with all safeguarding matters in accordance with local and

national policies

Understand

practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour,

referring patients appropriately

Deliver

opportunistic health promotion where appropriate

The team you will be working with as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner;

Qualifications

Desirable: - Qualified triage nurse

Experience

Essential: - Experience of prescribing and undertaking medication reviews; - Experience of working in a primary care environment

Desirable: - Experience of working as a practice nurse or community nurse