Advanced Nurse Practitioner inWarrington inWarrington PUBLISHED
FRI 8 DEC 2023
Chapelford Medical Centre rsUW83WJ
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
JOB TITLE: Advanced Nurse Practitioner
REPORTS TO: Practice Manager
We are a forward thinking, supportive, innovative practice who are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced ANP to complement our team. This is an opportunity to help us shape and develop the ANP role at Chapelford Medical Centre to ensure we achieve the best care to our patients
- 7800 patient list size
- SystmOne clinical system
- active involvement with enhanced services and commissioning
- competitive salary, generous holiday
- excellent team spirit, helpful administrative team and free car parking!
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Supporting on the day duties
- Prescribing and advising on medication
- Minor injuries and illnesses
Triage
Prescribing
History Taking
Working autonomously and under pressure
Leadership
- Attend Practice Meetings
- Perform audit of aspects of practice nursing work.
- Refer patients to appropriate disciplines within the Primary Care Team and to outside agencies, with GPs involvement where appropriate.
- Work as a member of a coordinated Nurse team and take part in joint projects.
- Attend such training courses as may be required to maintain professional qualifications and expertise
- Have an interest in, and commitment to, continuous professional development
Other
Keep appropriate written and computer records of all patient contacts and all other appropriate aspects of practice nursing work.
Work closely with site manager to discuss relevant aspects of administration.
Supplementary Information
Confidentiality:
- 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 to 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.
- All staff are required to maintain complete confidentiality as a condition of employment. Any breach of this requirement will lead to disciplinary action.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include:-
- 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.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting potential risks identified.
All staff must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health & Safety at Work Act and 1992 EC Directive on Working with Visual Display Screen Equipment.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:-
- 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 which is welcoming and non-judgmental to an individual and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice and will:-
- 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, work and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:-
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
The Nurse Practitioner will act within their professional boundaries to provide patient care from initial triage, history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care in the surgery and on home visits. The Nurse Practitioner will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process. They will work flexibly and supportively as a key member of the nursing team and wider multidisciplinary practice team maximising efficiency and skill mix.
The role is to complement our existing team of excellent Practice Nurses and HCA’s who undertake all basic nursing duties, health promotion, chronic disease management and minor illness assessments. You will be expected to work autonomously and undertake face to face clinical assessment of your patient list in 15 minute appointments, making clinical decisions based on experience, knowledge and analytical ability of undiagnosed presentations. Experience of SystmOne clinical software would be an advantage
The applicant must be a Nurse prescriber, you must be willing to undertake home visits, make appropriate clinical referrals and process pathology results and hospital correspondence for your patients.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Supporting on the day duties
- Prescribing and advising on medication
- Minor injuries and illnesses
· Triage
· Prescribing
· History Taking
· Working autonomously and under pressure
· Leadership
- Attend Practice Meetings
- Perform audit of aspects of practice nursing work.
- Refer patients to appropriate disciplines within the Primary Care Team and to outside agencies, with GPs involvement where appropriate.
- Work as a member of a coordinated Nurse team and take part in joint projects.
- Attend such training courses as may be required to maintain professional qualifications and expertise
- Have an interest in, and commitment to, continuous professional development
Advanced Nurse Practitioner
JOB TITLE: Advanced Nurse Practitioner
REPORTS TO: Practice Manager
We are a forward thinking, supportive, innovative practice who are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced ANP to complement our team. This is an opportunity to help us shape and develop the ANP role at Chapelford Medical Centre to ensure we achieve the best care to our patients
- 7800 patient list size
- SystmOne clinical system
- active involvement with enhanced services and commissioning
- competitive salary, generous holiday
- excellent team spirit, helpful administrative team and free car parking!
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Supporting on the day duties
- Prescribing and advising on medication
- Minor injuries and illnesses
Triage
Prescribing
History Taking
Working autonomously and under pressure
Leadership
- Attend Practice Meetings
- Perform audit of aspects of practice nursing work.
- Refer patients to appropriate disciplines within the Primary Care Team and to outside agencies, with GPs involvement where appropriate.
- Work as a member of a coordinated Nurse team and take part in joint projects.
- Attend such training courses as may be required to maintain professional qualifications and expertise
- Have an interest in, and commitment to, continuous professional development
Other
Keep appropriate written and computer records of all patient contacts and all other appropriate aspects of practice nursing work.
Work closely with site manager to discuss relevant aspects of administration.
Supplementary Information
Confidentiality:
- 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 to 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.
- All staff are required to maintain complete confidentiality as a condition of employment. Any breach of this requirement will lead to disciplinary action.
Health & Safety:
The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include:-
- 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.
- Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.
- Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
- Reporting potential risks identified.
All staff must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health & Safety at Work Act and 1992 EC Directive on Working with Visual Display Screen Equipment.
Equality and Diversity:
The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:-
- 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 which is welcoming and non-judgmental to an individual and respects their circumstances, feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality:
The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Practice and will:-
- 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, work and resources.
Communication:
The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:-
- Communicate effectively with other team members.
- Communicate effectively with patients and carers.
- Recognise peoples needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly.
The Nurse Practitioner will act within their professional boundaries to provide patient care from initial triage, history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of care in the surgery and on home visits. The Nurse Practitioner will demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision making process. They will work flexibly and supportively as a key member of the nursing team and wider multidisciplinary practice team maximising efficiency and skill mix.
The role is to complement our existing team of excellent Practice Nurses and HCA’s who undertake all basic nursing duties, health promotion, chronic disease management and minor illness assessments. You will be expected to work autonomously and undertake face to face clinical assessment of your patient list in 15 minute appointments, making clinical decisions based on experience, knowledge and analytical ability of undiagnosed presentations. Experience of SystmOne clinical software would be an advantage
The applicant must be a Nurse prescriber, you must be willing to undertake home visits, make appropriate clinical referrals and process pathology results and hospital correspondence for your patients.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Supporting on the day duties
- Prescribing and advising on medication
- Minor injuries and illnesses
· Triage
· Prescribing
· History Taking
· Working autonomously and under pressure
· Leadership
- Attend Practice Meetings
- Perform audit of aspects of practice nursing work.
- Refer patients to appropriate disciplines within the Primary Care Team and to outside agencies, with GPs involvement where appropriate.
- Work as a member of a coordinated Nurse team and take part in joint projects.
- Attend such training courses as may be required to maintain professional qualifications and expertise
- Have an interest in, and commitment to, continuous professional development
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