OVERVIEW

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our Community Nursing Team, delivering care to frail patients within their own homes and within residential and nursing homes. The post holder will have proven development of knowledge and skills within the realms of Advanced Practice in the care of people with long term needs with varying complexity including long term condition management, management of increasing frailty, dementia and end of life care. As an Advanced Practitioner the post holder will be supported within their personal and professional development with increasing autonomy in professional clinical decision making developing comprehensive assessment and care management skills to meet the acute and ongoing needs presented always acting within their own scope of professional practice.

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 health care workers or the business of the Practices may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the Practices policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of sensitive data.

EDUCATION

• Participate in clinical supervision.
• Support others with their training and development needs.
• To participate in continuing education and maintain competency level of professional knowledge and skills and maintain documentary evidence of such training.
• Undertake mandatory training and be responsible for keeping this training up to date.
• Maintain professional development in Safeguarding, risk awareness, health and safety, manual handling etc.
• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills.

SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information about conditions and treatment plans where there may be barriers to understanding from patients, their carers and other professionals
• Displays self-confidence and self-awareness in dealing with patients and staff
• Contrasting abilities to work both in teams and independently
• Able to articulate the rationale for decisions
• Able to address and solve complex problems
• Able to document observations, results, decisions and actions
• To have sound understanding of the relevant legal/clinical frameworks including NICE guidance, Mental Capacity Act and Safeguarding.
• Excellent organisational skills
• Ability to identify, practise and manage critical issues and multiple priorities
• Ability to work under pressure
• Flexible and adaptable approach
• Committed to personal and professional development
  Job Type: Part-time
  Pay: £55,690.00-£62,682.00 per year
  Expected hours: 15 – 30 per week
  Work Location: In person
  Reference ID: ANP-PC

• Work as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating interventions and treatments for patients within their scope of professional practice.
• Support the transfer of patients between their own home and acute / community hospitals ensuring there is continuity of care at admission and post discharge.
• Be able to display autonomy in making clinical judgements on a range of complex issues which require analysis, interpret this information to make a diagnosis and management plan that is safe and appropriate, including referral to acute services where required.
• Conduct regular care plan reviews at a frequency appropriate to the patient’s needs ensuring personalised care and support plans for individuals.
• Ensure patients and carers and or advocates views are taken into account in every stage of the decision making process with sound documentation to clearly understand how decisions were made.
• Manage and respond to an array of clinical documents within a timeframe appropriate to need which then may require further referral, investigation, prescription or liaison with other specialists as is required.
• Be able to identify clinical emergencies, deteriorating patients or patients at risk of deterioration ensuring prioritising timely and appropriate actions to promote quality and safety of care delivery.
• Always work within own individual scope of practice and competence ensuring to seek advice and or support from GP supervisor or other senior colleagues within Haven PCN as required.
• To be able to fully assess, tolerate and manage risk and deal with uncertainty within individuals personalised care plans and ensuring communication with all relevant parties appropriately where such needs are present.
• Share knowledge and expertise, acting as an expert resource to others.
• To attend and participate in practice clinical meetings and other multi-disciplinary meetings where necessary and communicate appropriately.