Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Folkestone, Kent
- £28.00-30.00 per hour
- Permanent
- Part-time
- Maintain their professional registration. Work within the most up to date relevant professional standards set by individual profession governing body.
- Record accurate consultation data in patients records in the clinical system, all practices use Systm1, in accordance with the up-to-date professional standards
- Make effective use of the clinical system by ensuring consistent and accurate data entry and use of read codes.
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports to discuss with clinician as appropriate.
- As an independent prescriber, the post holder will prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework within scope of practice.
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care and support patientswithSocio-economic issues.
- Promote health and well-being through, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills to improve self-care and promote independence for patients.
- Participate in screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of disease.
- Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate or after discussion with a GP.
- Encouraging patients to rely on face-to-face consultations only where there is clinical need to.
- Working with allied health professional to ensure Quality and Outcome Frameworks are delivered
- Under complex decision making which involves sensitive or contentious information and occasionally deal with situations which are hostile or emotive.
- Exercise professional judgment to manage risk appropriately especially where there maybe complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of the individuals families and carers.
- Use enhanced communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills and demonstrate empathy, reassurance and adopt persuasive skills to overcome barriers to acceptance.
- Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the wider primary care network to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
- Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
- Maintain their professional registration. Work within the most up to date relevant professional standards set by individual profession governing body.
- Record accurate consultation data in patients records in the clinical system, all practices use Systm1, in accordance with the up-to-date professional standards
- Make effective use of the clinical system by ensuring consistent and accurate data entry and use of read codes.
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports to discuss with clinician as appropriate.
- As an independent prescriber, the post holder will prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework within scope of practice.
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care and support patientswithSocio-economic issues.
- Promote health and well-being through, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills to improve self-care and promote independence for patients.
- Participate in screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of disease.
- Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate or after discussion with a GP.
- Encouraging patients to rely on face-to-face consultations only where there is clinical need to.
- Working with allied health professional to ensure Quality and Outcome Frameworks are delivered
- Under complex decision making which involves sensitive or contentious information and occasionally deal with situations which are hostile or emotive.
- Exercise professional judgment to manage risk appropriately especially where there maybe complex and unpredictable events and supporting teams to do likewise to ensure safety of the individuals families and carers.
- Use enhanced communication, negotiation, and conflict management skills and demonstrate empathy, reassurance and adopt persuasive skills to overcome barriers to acceptance.
- Work with multi-disciplinary team within the Practice, and across the wider primary care network to promote integrated and seamless pathways of care
- Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through the quality assurance strategies such as the use of audit and peer review
- NMC Registered
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification
- Registered as an independent nonmedical prescriber is a must
- MSc (Advanced Practice)
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
- 2 years prescribing experience
- 2 years experience working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in General Practice
- 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.
- NMC Registered
- Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification
- Registered as an independent nonmedical prescriber is a must
- MSc (Advanced Practice)
- Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
- 2 years prescribing experience
- 2 years experience working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Experience of working in primary care
- Experience of working in General Practice
- 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.