Advanced Nurse Practitioner required;

Advanced Nurse Practitioner

ACCOUNTABLE TO: Business Manager and Clinical Services RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Services Development Nurse Manager for Clinical issues and Business Manager for managerial issues.

Job Description
The post holder will be expected to act as an autonomous practitioner working independently and in conjunction with other health care professionals to assess, diagnose and treat the conditions of patients attending within primary care initiating direct referrals as appropriate.

Provide expert professional advice to patients, carers and colleagues and ensure the maintenance of clinical excellence.
To develop new and innovative concepts, models, methods and practices to deliver new and improved primary care services to meet the needs of the practice and PCT population.
To provide education and training to other staff and students.

CLINICAL NURSING IN PRACTICE

Duties and Responsibilities
The Advanced Nurse Practitioner works autonomously and is accountable for own professional actions.
Undertakes Clinical Nursing Practice at an advanced level using expert knowledge and clinical skills to deliver holistic care to people accessing primary health care services.

Assesses diagnoses and treats patients attending primary health care services with a range of acute, non acute and chronic medical conditions.

Assesses diagnoses and treats patients in surgery or own home who require acute medical attention and refer to appropriate agency.

Directly admits patients to secondary care hospital in acute medical need.

Refers patients to other medical specialities for assessment if deemed appropriate.

Refers patients as appropriate to other members of the multidisciplinary team, secondary care and to other statutory and voluntary organisations including referral for x-ray.

Undertakes and interprets a range of diagnostic tests and routine clinical procedures eg cytology, venepuncture, blood pressure monitoring etc.

Makes critical judgements of the highest order to satisfy the expectations and demands of the job eg first contact with patients presenting acutely and manages care in the presence and absence of protocols.

Makes decisions where precedents do not exist, where appropriate without recourse to others eg direct referral of patients to Hospital Consultants without prior reference to other medical colleagues.

Advises and supports others where standard protocols do not apply.

Works within professional guidelines and codes of conduct.

Works within all relevant practice policies and procedural guidelines eg infection control, chaperoning, risk management.

Extended and supplementary prescriber.

The Post holder will need to be registered with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council and be Educated to a Masters Degree level in Clinical Nursing, or similar.

Hold a recent Enhanced DBS check, or use the update service.

Eligibility to work in the UK (RtW)

Minimum level of Professional Indemnity (for non-NHS work)

We welcome applications from Self Employed and Limited Company Contractors (IR35 Compliant).

Start: Immediate
Salary: Competitive
Duration: Locum/Contract
Hours: 40/FTE

If you feel you have the right skills, qualifications and experience we would welcome your application.

Please send your up -to-date CV (by email) with a covering letter to mail@aspirelocums.co.uk
or
Contact us today on 0151 909 3556 to discuss your suitability for this role.

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a Work Permit) Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely in these circumstances to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test. The UK Border Agency requires employers to complete this test to show that no suitably qualified EEA or EU worker can fill the post. For further information please visit UK Border Agency

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