Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The post-holder will provide autonomous, first-contact clinical care for patients across the practice, undertaking telephone and face-to-face consultations, with home visits where appropriate. Duties will include assessing, diagnosing and managing acute, minor illness, long-term and complex conditions; requesting and interpreting investigations; prescribing within scope of practice; making appropriate referrals and providing safety-netting. The post-holder will work closely with the wider multidisciplinary team, maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to health promotion, clinical governance and service improvement.

Hartley Medical Practice

JOB TITLE: Advanced Nurse

Practitioner

REPORTS TO: Practice Manager

The post holder will be an experienced nurse

who, acting within their professional boundaries, will provide care for the

presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis,

treatment and evaluation of care.

They will demonstrate safe, clinical

decision-making and expert care, including assessment and diagnostic skills,

for patients within the general practice.

The post holder will demonstrate critical

thinking in the clinical decision-making process.

Reliable

Patient friendly

Committed

Good team player

Enthusiastic and positive

Excellent communication, organisational and

planning skills

Excellent time management

Ability to prioritise

Ability to work autonomously, balanced with good

team working.

Ability to make judgements , analyse and interpret

data

Proven record within Primary Care

ANP qualification

In the course of seeking treatment, patients

entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to

their health and other matters. They do

so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their

privacy and act appropriately

In the performance of the duties outlined in this

job description, the post-holder may 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

The post-holder will implement and lead on the full range of health promotion

and management of their own and others health, safety and security as defined

in the Practice Health & Safety and Infection Control policies and

published procedures. This will include (but will not be limited to):

Ensuring job holders across the practice adhere to

their individual responsibilities for infection control and health and safety,

using a system of observation, audit and check, hazard identification,

questioning, reporting and risk management

Maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of health and

safety and infection control statutory and best practice guidelines and ensuring

implementation across the business

Using personal security systems within the

workplace according to Practice guidelines

Identifying the risks involved in work activities

and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks across the

business

Making effective use of training to update

knowledge and skills, and initiate and manage the training of others

Using appropriate infection control procedures,

maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards, and

initiation of remedial / corrective action where needed

Actively identifying, reporting, and correcting

health and safety hazards and infection hazards immediately when recognised

Keeping own work areas and general / patient areas

generally clean, identifying issues and hazards / risks in relation to other

work areas within the business, and assuming responsibility in the maintenance

of general standards of cleanliness across the business in consultation (where

appropriate) with other sector managers

Undertaking periodic infection control training

(minimum annually)

Routine management of own / team areas, and

maintenance of work space standards

Demonstrate due regard for

safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children

Equality and diversity

The post-holder

will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and

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

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

review, including taking responsibility for maintaining a record of own

personal and/or professional development

Taking responsibility for own development,

learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who

are undertaking similar work

Quality

Strive to

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

Communication

Recognise the importance of effective

communication within the team and will strive to:

Communicate effectively with other team members

Christiana Hartley Medical Practice is a well

established GP practice whose aim is to provide the highest possible quality of

care to all its patients. We aim to achieve timely responsive, supportive

and courteous care through continuous professional development of our highly

motivated team.

We are committed to preserving and enhancing our good reputation as a caring

and innovative practice.

By respecting the dignity and diversity of our community we strive to provide a

service which puts patients welfare at the heart of all we do. Our goal

is to provide a relaxed, safe, friendly environment where patients have the

choice of healthcare professionals and appointment times

Experience

Essential: - Experience in working in General Practice is essential.