Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The post-holder will be an experienced nurse who will be acting within their professional boundaries to provide care for the presenting patient from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of their care. They will demonstrate safe clinical decision making and expert care for patients within The Kakoty Practice. They will work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary General Practice team to meet the needs of patients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures and providing nurse leadership as required.

In order to work at this level NMC requirements for advanced practice must be met:

To deliver a high standard of patient care as Nurse Practitioner (NP) in General Practice using advanced autonomous clinical skills and a broad and in-depth theoretical knowledge base.

To ensure the highest standards of care are provided for the patients.

To develop the clinical services offered by the Practice.

To manage own clinical workload in General Practice responding effectively to patient need and ensuring patient choice and ease of access to services.

To mentor and support other nurses in developing and maintaining clinical skills.

Provide the choice of direct access to a NP, both in the Practice and over the telephone, for the General Practice registered population

Make professionally autonomous decisions for which he/she is accountable

Provide a first point of contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan

Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports

Where the post-holder is an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework

Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care

Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an ongoing plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care

Promote health and wellbeing through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills

Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate

Work with the Practice lead in developing and delivering specialist primary care services, such as long-term disease management (Diabetes, Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Hypertension)

Work with nursing, medical and health care assistant colleagues to ensure that National Service Frameworks (eg Coronary Heart Disease/Older People/Diabetes/Mental Health) are being delivered

Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice and across the wider partnership, to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care

Contribute to the Practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery

Participate in identification of community health needs and develop patient/family-centred strategies to address them

Help develop and set up new patient services and participate in initiatives to improve existing patient services

Be aware of and contribute to planning and delivery of Practice-based commissioning

Promote a learning environment for patients, nurses and other health professionals

Contribute to the planning and implementation of the teaching for existing staff, such as medical students, NP students, GP registrars, Health Care Assistance, within the Practice

Promote evidence-based practice through the use of the latest research-based guidelines and the development of practice-based research

Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review

Maintain their professional registration

Participate in continuing professional development opportunities to ensure that up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and competence in all aspects of the role is maintained

Work within the latest NMC Code of Professional Conduct

Record accurate consultation data in patients' records in accordance with the latest NMC guidance and other pertinent standards

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements for PREP are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the Practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

We are a GP practice with a multi skilled clinical team that works over two sites. We provide services to around 7,500 registered patients.

We are committed to providing high-quality care for all patients, while embracing innovative approaches to service delivery through new ways of working and digital transformation.

We are a training practice committed to investing in clinicians of the future.

Our clinical team is diverse including GPs, Pharmacists, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Practice Nurses, Nurse Associate, a Physician Associate, also working closely with a range of additional roles including Health and Wellbeing Coach, Care Coodinator, First Contact Physiotherapists.

For more information about the practice please visit our website:

https: //thekakotypractice.nhs.uk/

Other Attributes

Desirable: - Understanding of practice management and admin and the principles of the NHS service provision/PMS regulations

Qualifications