Advanced Nurse Practitioner

autonomous advanced practitioner working independently and in conjunction with

other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of

patients.

inappropriate admissions and maintain patients in their home environments with

a safe package of care and referral to other agencies as necessary, including

directly admitting patients to hospital when necessary.

to GP triage for home visiting both in the patients home and in care homes.

evidence based professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and

ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence and a proactive approach to care.

and lead new and innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to deliver

new and improved primary care services to meet the needs of the practice

population.

an autonomous advanced practitioner working independently and in conjunction

with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the

conditions of patients.

inappropriate admissions and maintain patients in their home environments with

a safe package of care and referral to other agencies as necessary, including

directly admitting patients to hospital when necessary.

to GP triage for home visiting both in the patients home and in care homes.

evidence based professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and

ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence and a proactive approach to care.

and lead new and innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to deliver

new and improved primary care services to meet the needs of the practice

population.

education and training to other staff and students.

undertake research and audit as part of the role.

clinical Practitioner works autonomously and is accountable for own

professional actions.

clinical practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical

skills to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary health care

services.

the four pillars of Advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership,

facilitating learning and evidence, research and development.

diagnoses and treats patients in own home who require acute/none acute medical

attention and set up a package of care and/or refer to appropriate agencies if

appropriate

appropriate treatment in line with Local/National prescribing guidelines

according to assessment.

diagnoses and treats patients who require medical care

patients to other medical specialities for assessment if deemed appropriate.

patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team,

secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations including

referral for further clinical investigations including but not limited to ECHO,

interpret a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures.

critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and

demands of the job e.g. first contact with patients presenting acutely and

manages care in the presence and absence of protocols.

decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to

others e.g. direct referral of patients to Hospital Consultants without prior

reference to other medical colleagues.

supports others where standard protocols do not apply.

within professional guidelines and codes of conduct.

within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines e.g. infection

control, chaperoning, risk management.

highly sensitive condition related information to patients, relatives and carers.

the process of diagnosis with patients suspected to have a chronic disease eg:

Diabetes, COPD, Asthma, IHD referring onto other clinical staff as

appropriate.

outcomes of care against standards and initiate changes as necessary.

other members of the extended primary health care team as appropriate.

responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Continuing

Professional Development activities and to participate in the review and

appraisal process.

adhere to the individual Professional Code of Conduct and practice.

on own practice individually and/or through regular clinical supervision.

participate in any relevant training/course/conferences to maintain own

professional development

in the education, induction programmes and support meetings for other professional

staff.

participate in peer review, attend team meetings and periodically attend

Federation meetings.

to date mandatory training records.

maintain, develop and disseminate specialist knowledge of evidence-based

practice.

critically evaluate own work using evidence-based projects, audits and outcome

measures.

autonomously as a Home Visiting Practitioner within professional and PICS

guidelines, policies and procedure

and Relationship Skills

close liaison with Line Manager and Clinical Lead in communicating with regards

to clinical issues. Organise and attend regular MDT / Supervision

and receives highly complex, sensitive or contentious information and

frequently deals with situations which are hostile or emotive.

developed communication, negotiation, conflict management skills which require

empathy, reassurance and persuasive skills where there can be significant

barriers to acceptance which need to be overcome.

communicates service-related information to GPs, Practice Manager, Nursing and

Administrative staff, patients, relatives and carers.

operational judgements, manages conflicting views and reconciles inter and

intra professional differences of opinion.

communicates therapeutic working relationships with a wide array of statutory

and voluntary organisations for the benefit of patient care and facilitates

good working relationships.

and delivers presentations to large groups e.g. local and national conferences,

clinical meetings, empowers staff to develop presentation skills to promote

good practice.

accurate and comprehensive documentation in line with legal, professional and

organisational requirements.

information regarding each patient related contact is recorded within SystmOne

records.

of mobile working can sometimes lead to difficulties with IT/Telephone systems.

There is a requirement that initiative is used in this circumstance to ensure a

quality service is still provided.

risk issues that impact on the patients health or social are needs

appropriate action to the significance of the risk and consistent with

protection procedures, applying protection procedures, following lone worker

procedure

effective team working inclusive of all relevant professionals

accidents / incidents, and all ill health, failings in equipment and / or

environment to line managers.

towards audit and data collection as required.

PICS is the employer for this role. We collaborate with patients and partners to design and deliver clinically robust health and social care solution through Community Services, Out of Hospital Services, GP Practices, and Primary Care Networks. Find out more about us: http://picsnhs.org.uk/.

Benefits of working for PICS

Experience

Knowledge and skills

Personal Qualities

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Qualifications

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