Acute Team Nurse Practitioner​/ANP

We are a GP practice serving patients in Bodmin andthe surrounding area.

We are looking to recruit a permanent experienced

Nurse Practitioner/ANP, with a prescribing qualification, to work as partof our practice team; we are initially looking to recruit to cover 4 / 5 days perweek as FTE.

This role would be toprovide clinics seeing acute illness, with same day booking working alongside the Duty GP to meet the on-the day demand. The post may also require some coverfor home visiting service as required as part of rota system.

Responsible for attending to patients who wish tobe seen by a health care professional; diagnosing and treating patients presenting with acute on the day illness seeing and advising people in respectoftheir continuing medical and nursing needs. These patients will have booked appointments at twenty-minute intervals. There is a requirement to see extra or emergency patients. The Nurse Practitioner/ANP will need to prioritise andtriage 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.

We are a very friendly,forward thinking practice comprising of GPs, Pharmacy, Nursing, Mental Health Practitioners, Attached Staffand Administrative Teams. Collectively we are a very supportive team working towards excellent patient care.

Job Summary

You will be:

• a clinical professional who has developed their skills and theoretical knowledge to a high standard.
• an experienced and educated member of the care team who are able to diagnose and treat health care needs or refer patients to an appropriate specialist if needed.
• Trusted and empowered to make high-level clinical decisions and will often have your own caseload.

As an ATC team member, you will be expected to perform many of the tasks and take on a similar level of responsibility to trainee medical staff who have a formal regulator in the GMC. These duties may be performed with direct, indirect, or distant supervision by a GP Lead or similar, depending on the task and situation.

You will have excellent communication skills, a compassionate and friendly nature who can operate in a busy environment with a range of people and professions, as you will be working our clinical and administration teams.

Job Responsibilities

CRITICAL CARE

• Undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments of patients
• Requesting and performing tests to diagnose a patient's condition.
• Undertaking certain invasive interventions (such as central venous access)
• Coordinating the transfer of patients within Practice (e.g. to hospital, community hospital or other)
• Managing episodes of patient care
• Leading and supporting within a team of different healthcare professionals and staff.
• Using different sources of information to assess and manage the care of a critically ill patient.
• Undertaking clinical audits
• Work as part of the Acute Care Team, alongside other health professionals, and provide support and training for others as required.
• Carry out home visits as needed, working to safe lone worker considerations.
• Triage and assess patients from information provided via digital triage model, or telephone assessment and arrange treatment of follow-up as required.
• Assist the Duty GP in the management of the acute daily work.

PATIENT ASSESSMENT

• Evaluating and/or collecting information from physiological assessments, patient history, and diagnostic data to identify relevant problems.
• Advanced levels of patient assessment
• Diagnostics and decision-making
• Advanced patient interventions
• Advanced non-medical prescribing
• Using clinical decision making to initiate and adjust appropriate management/treatments according to agreed protocols and clinical judgement.
• Evaluating patients progress against treatment plans through interpretation of information from test results and clinical findings, invasive and non-invasive monitoring systems

PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

• Participate and lead in the collection and evaluation of clinical audit data.
• Contribute to and lead in relevant directorate audit and research programmes as identified or requested.
• Utilise evidence-based knowledge within practice development.
• Support and promote an integrated approach to quality, seeking always to improve patient care.
• Contribute to the clinical governance agenda within the Practice as required.

RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

• To provide clinical and professional support and advice to all staff.
• Develop and deliver specific and relevant teaching programs for all disciplines.
• Support, supervise and assess clinical competencies of nursing staff and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate records and provide necessary data for statistical analysis.
• Implement research findings appropriate to practice.
• Initiate new and support existing research projects.
• To assess, monitor and evaluate the role of the Advanced…