ANP (Prescribing) – Ludham & Stalham Green Surgeries
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Ludham & Stalham Green Surgeries has a fantastic opportunity for an advanced nurse practitioner to join our friendly team, on a part-time basis of 20 hours per week, although hours can be flexible.
The ANP will share the workload & responsibility with GPs by assessing patients with undifferentiated & undiagnosed problems, making assessment of their needs, implementing, evaluating & prescribing programmes of care & referring as appropriate.
The main responsibilities of the role include:
- Ensuring access & delivery of primary care clinical services to the practice population.
- Assessing, diagnosing, planning treatment & care, implementing, prescribing, referring, & evaluating programmes of care for patients presenting with undifferentiated or undiagnosed conditions
- Participating in clinical supervision & actively participate in meetings ensuring own clinical
- Ensuring Supervision needs are met
- Providing professional & clinical advice
- Promoting evidence-based practice
- Participating in teaching & mentoring nursing students & other health professionals & nurse practitioner degree students
- Being aware of & ensuring clinical governance & risk management for the practice.
- Actively promoting & supporting development of integrated working in collaboration with other primary care professionals
- Ensuring effective liaison with other health professionals, services & agencies to enable the delivery of integrated patient focused service
Please see full job description attached.
About the Candidate
All applicants should have the following qualifications, registrations, skills and experience:
- A relevant nursing degree.
- Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
- Recognised Nurse Practitioner qualification or equivalent training.
- Independent prescribing qualification.
- Evidence of CPD.
- Nurse revalidation.
- Time management including the ability to work without direct supervision and determine own workload priorities.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to identify, work through and resolve problems.
- Ability to recognise matters of confidential nature and respect as such.
- Ability to work within and adapt to a changing environment
- Ability to work between both sites and provide home visits as required
- Proactive ‘can do’ attitude.
- Safe and effective clinical practice remaining within boundaries of competence and limitations.
- Knowledge and application of chronic disease management.
- Ability to diagnose and treat minor illness recognising when referral to another professional is necessary
- Competent IT and computer skills.
- Ability to communicate at all levels.
- Excellent team working skills, working as part of a small team within a large team.
About Us
An excellent opportunity to join a friendly, high achieving & supportive established rural practice providing the full range of traditional family medicine.
- 2 site GMS practice
- 4 established GP partners
- Around 5,800 patients
- Outstanding CQC rating
- Dispensing at both sites
- Well established training practice
- A cohesive practice team who will go above and beyond for their patients and their colleagues
- A culture of leadership, supportiveness, kindness, respect, & diversity
- EMIS Web & Footfall clinical systems
- High QOF / DES / LCS achievement
- Research Ready Practice
- Excellent ANP, PNs, NA, HCA, social prescriber, first-contact physio, clinical pharmacist (as well as other ARRS roles)
- Large and supportive management, clinical and administrative team
- Regular practice, clinical, governance and MDT meetings
- Collaborative working with other local practices within a very pro-active PCN.
- Active patient participation group
- We are situated on the beautiful Norfolk Broads which is a lovely area to live and work with affordable housing and excellent schools. We value work/life balance and offer a range of benefits including:
- Onsite parking.
- NHS pension scheme.
- Health service discounts.
- Employee assistance scheme.
- Employee savings scheme
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.