Nurse Practitioner

The post-holder will be a registered Nurse, and will hold a diploma in Minor Illness and have experience in diagnosing and treating patients from the very young to the elderly.

Experience in triaging patients in a General Practice setting would be advantageous.

Responsible for ensuring the provision of

effective, efficient and appropriate high quality patient care including diagnosing

and treating patients presenting with minor illness, consulting and advising

people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs and to provide

care and support to patients in a community setting.

The nurse practitioner will need to

prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary

referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner. Patients with problems

needing referral to secondary care should be discussed with the registered GP

before making such referral.

The nurse practitioner will support the lead

NP and GP Partners with appropriate clinical administrative duties including

QOF management, medication reviews, medical reports and referral management

within the remit of the role.

Diagnosing

and treating patients presenting with minor illness

patients once triaged making any necessary referrals to other members of

the primary health care team.

support the on call doctor assessing/planning/implementing and evaluating

patient care.

support the practice triage system by performing nurse triage where

appropriate.

clinical practice is safe and effective and remains within boundaries of

competence and to acknowledge limitations.

patients on general health care and minor ailments with referral to other

members of the primary and secondary health care team as necessary.

GPs with medication reviews.

Administration and

professional responsibilities

in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice

team.

accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are

recorded in the patients notes.

the clinical computer system is kept up to date with accurate details

recorded and amended as per practice protocol.

appropriate items of service claims are made accurately, reporting any

problems to the practice administrator.

accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient

health care and registration with the practice.

collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular

and ad hoc reports and audit.

and participate in practice meetings as required.

and maintenance of clinical areas and consulting rooms.

for checking own pathologies and ensuring appropriate action takes place.

GPs with medical reports/insurance reports, QOF management, referral

management within own remit.

Supplies

And Equipment

of equipment and stock relating to patient care.

Training and

Personal Development

requirements will be monitored by monthly supervision and yearly Personal

Appraisal and Development Review (PADR) and will be in accordance with practice

requirements. Personal development will be encouraged and supported by the

practice. It is the individuals responsibility to remain up to date with

recent developments.

in the education and training of junior staff and medical students of all

disciplines and the induction of members of the practice staff where

appropriate.

in the development and maintenance of an in house nurse-training programme

reporting to the Nurse Practitioner and Practice Manager.

continued education by attendance at courses and study days as deemed

useful or necessary for professional development ensuring PREP

requirements are met.

at the North East Lincolnshire Primary Care Programme where

appropriate.

it is necessary to expand the role to include additional responsibilities,

full training will be given.

and maintain a Personal Learning Plan.

Liaison

well as the nursing team there is a need to work closely with all surgery

staff to ensure the smooth running of the practice, reporting any problems

encountered to the relevant person and ensuring every one is aware of the

different roles within the nursing team.

is also the need to establish and maintain good liaison with other

surgeries and agencies including secondary care.

We are a successful,

high achieving, PMS training practice. We are located at three sites in Grimsby and Cleethorpes with a list size of 25,000 patients.

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