Advanced Nurse Practitioner

at  Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

A unique and rare opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join the Learning Disability Service working across Northamptonshire to support primary care services and undertake Annual Health Checks for 14+ with a Learning Disability. The expansion of the community team is part of the national community transformation process evolving in line with the NHS Long Term Plan. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of responding to national change and developments in the delivery of care for those with a Learning Disability.
The post holder will combine high level assessment to make a diagnosis, initiate medical and/or nursing treatments, refer appropriately and lead the co-ordination of care working with partner agencies and key stakeholders. You will be expected to support colleagues and be responsible for non-medical prescribing, managing an age inclusive caseload, facilitate clinics and use a holistic clinical assessment approach. You will also manage the implementation of a range of care interventions for service users presenting with undifferentiated or undiagnosed problems.
NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.
NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.
For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located in the Supporting Documents section. The full person specification can be accessed under the “About You” section of the document

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