Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

Strategic management & planning:

• Keep abreast of current affairs and identify potential threats and opportunities
• Contribute to Practice strategy; formulate objectives and research and develop ideas for future Practice development
• Work with Partners and Practice Manager in planning and setting strategic targets
• To undertake required tasks to meet the agreed aims and be wholly responsible for them
• Develop and maintain effective communication both within the Practice and with relevant outside agencies

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health
• Provide routine nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF
• Provide vaccination and travel medicine services, including childhood, adult and travel vaccinations
• Provide wound care - ulcer Doppler etc. to patients, including dressings
• Request pathology services as necessary

Process pathology results as required

Provide chronic disease clinics and Maintain skills and an interest in Diabetes, Asthma, COPD, Spirometry, Coronary Heart Disease, Hypertension, Stroke, TIA and Contraception.

• Delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary / specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Implement and promote health during NHS Health checks
• Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children and travel
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Recognise, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs to the appropriate services
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines within own scope of practice
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
• Maintain baby immunisation results records
• Maintain smears results logs
• Maintain emergency drug kit and log sheets
• Manage daily fridge temperatures and log sheets, and be aware of the cold chain procedures

Secondary Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and embed health promotion and well-being programmes
• Implement and evaluate individual treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Assist GPs with minor surgery when required
• Chaperone patients where necessary
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Liaise with external services including specialist nursing teams and agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately vulnerable patients
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual
• Understand practice and local policies
• Act as the audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation, and disposal of medicines
• Support junior members of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e. root cause analysis

Other tasks will include:

• Maintaining and cleaning equipment used by the nurses and GPs
• Maintaining Nurses rooms, stocking and rotating items as required
• Maintain general tidiness and cleanliness of nurses and treatment rooms
• Assisting with the ordering of vaccinations, dressings and equipment to maintain stock levels
• A duty to advise senior nurses of potential problems or errors within the range of assigned tasks
• Attend and participate in any Practice meetings when required.
• A requirement to undertake patient and Care home visits
• Any other delegated duties appropriate to the post

Participate in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the Practice team.

Attend and contribute to relevant internal and external meetings as

required including practice clinical meetings, nurse team meeting and

care planning meetings

Maintain a personal progress and training plan to keep up to date with

current thinking and developments, as well as identifying own training

requirements, attending appropriate courses

Promote evidence-based practice through use of latest research based

guidelines

Monitor the effectiveness of their own clinical practice through quality

assurance strategies such as the use of peer audit and review

Maintain professional registration, including revalidating as required

Work within the latest NMC Code of Professional Conduct

Record accurate consultation date in patients records in accordance with

NMC guidance and other standards

Administering of injections as per local PGDs

Reviewing and signing PGS and keep up to date with revisions

Keep up to date with pertinent health policy and work with the practice

team to consider the impact and strategies for implementation

Work collaboratively with colleagues both internally and externally

Demonstrate leadership

Use technology and appropriate software packages as an aid to the

planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and

communicating information

Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good

practice

Knowledge and Understanding of Child protection framework/guidelines

Ensure accurate notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patients notes on the clinical computer system as appropriate.

Ensure accurate completion of all necessary documentation associated with patient health care and registration with the Practice.

Ensure collection and maintenance of statistical information required for regular and ad hoc reports.

Assist in the routine recall of patients with chronic diseases.

Assist in the formulation of Practice philosophy, strategy and policy and develop appropriate protocols.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration
• Nursing degree or equivalent experience
• Evidence of immunisation training and assessment of competence within the last two years
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience
• Minimum six months experience working within a primary care environment within the last two years
• Experience of chronic disease management
• Experience managing Diabetes, Asthma, Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease and Cardiovascular Disease
• Experience undertaking annual reviews and personalised care planning

Desirable

• Qualifications
• Postgraduate Diploma or Degree in Primary Care Nursing
• Independent Prescriber qualification
• Accredited Spirometry qualification
• Respiratory Diploma or equivalent qualification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wootton Medical Centre

Address

36-38 High Street

Wootton

Northampton

Northamptonshire

NN4 6LW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.woottonmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

Our Social Prescribing Link Workers support a wide range of patients, both those referred in by GPs, Nurses and other practice staff as well as people who request support.

The patients are at the heart of our service. We give them time to talk and explore the non-medical issues that are impacting their wellbeing, including the wider determinants of health such as housing, finance and employment.

We use solution focused techniques such a motivational interviewing to help people identify what matters most to them, before coproducing a simple action plan.

With this plan in place, we use our community knowledge to link people to the most appropriate services, supporting them to access them and to move towards independence.

Organisational Responsibilities

At all times adhere to PCN and practice policies and procedures, with specific reference to:

• Confidentiality: always ensure confidentiality, only releasing confidential information obtained during employment to those acting in an official capacity.
• Data Protection Act and Information Governance: to comply with the requirements of the Data Protection Act and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) all policies and procedures relating to Information Governance and security of data.
• Equal Opportunities and Diversity: to ensure that all service users, their partners, colleagues both within NHS and other partner organisations are treated as individuals by following PCNs Equality and Diversity Policy.
• Health and Safety: to ensure you comply at all times with the requirements of the Health and Safety regulations and PCNs Health and Safety Policy and Procedures. You are responsible for taking reasonable care with regard to yourself as well as any colleague, client or visitor who might be affected by an act or failure to act by yourself.
• Quality Assurance: to ensure all activities are managed in a way that supports NHSs Quality Assurance systems.
• Safeguarding: Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and contributing to practice safeguarding meetings where required.
• Lone Working: to work in accordance with the PCNs Lone Working policy and procedures.
• At all times adhere to contract requirements, relevant legislation, good practice.
• Participate in the organisational planning processes and contribute to the establishment of PCNs clinical strategy.
• To participate in regular team meetings, reflective sessions, supervision and support.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with resilience with people who have care or support needs either in a paid or voluntary capacity
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills which can be tailored to meet the needs of different audiences
• Ability to forge and develop excellent partnership working practices across a wide range of sectors and disciplines
• Ability to understand peoples diverse and complex needs and use a strengths based approach to meet these needs by linking them to other services
• Ability to work independently within a target-driven and time-limited system, dealing with issues pragmatically and through brief interventions
• A commitment to improving peoples wellbeing through practical community based interventions
• Ability to work flexibly and independently flexing in relation to peoples demands and the requirements of a new and developing team
• A current UK driving license and access to a vehicle
• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to effectively manage a varied caseload, creating action plans, providing support and working towards independence
• A knowledge of social prescribing and its benefits to recipients, the NHS and the wider community
• Experience and confidence using strengths based assessments, support planning and motivational interviewing techniques

Employer details

Employer name

WOODVIEW MEDICAL CENTRE

Address

Denton Village Surgery

Orchard Lane

Denton

Northampton

NN7 1HT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.woodviewmedicalcentre.co.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) is an autonomous senior clinician responsible for assessing, diagnosing, treating and managing patients presenting with acute, chronic, complex and undifferentiated conditions across all age groups. The role requires advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and decision-making skills, enabling the practitioner to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based care within their scope of practice.

The post holder will independently manage patient consultations, undertake advanced clinical examinations, initiate and review treatment plans, prescribe medications where qualified, and manage urgent and emergency presentations. The ANP will support health promotion, disease prevention and self-management, whilst also contributing to vaccination and immunisation programmes, women's health services, long-term condition management and opportunistic care.

A key aspect of the role is the leadership and development of specialist services, particularly respiratory and diabetes care. The ANP will work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes, enhance service delivery and ensure the provision of high-quality, patient-centred care.

The ANP will provide clinical leadership within the practice, acting as a role model and supporting the development of colleagues through supervision, mentorship, education and shared learning. The post holder will contribute to service development, workforce planning, clinical governance, policy development, audit and quality improvement activities.

The role requires excellent communication skills, enabling effective engagement with patients, carers, colleagues and external organisations. The ANP will advocate for patients, promote equality, diversity and inclusion, and ensure care is delivered in a compassionate, accessible and person-centred manner

The post holder will maintain accurate clinical records, manage clinical risk, ensure compliance with professional and regulatory standards, and support the practice in delivering safe, effective and responsive services. They will participate in audit, quality assurance, safeguarding, infection prevention and control, and continuous professional development activities.

Overall, the ANP will combine advanced clinical practice, leadership, education and service improvement responsibilities to support the ongoing delivery and development of high-quality primary care services.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Essential Criteria
• Qualifications
• Current NMC Registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Masters degree in advanced clinical Practice or equivalent advanced practice qualification.
• Independent Prescriber Qualification V300.
• Advanced Clinical Assessment qualification.
• Recognised Spirometry qualification with evidence of current competency.
• Recognised Diabetes qualification.
• Recognised Asthma qualification.
• Current Level 3 Safeguarding Adults and Children training.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Experience
• Experience working in General Practice or Primary Care.
• Experience independently assessing, diagnosing and managing patients presenting with acute and chronic conditions.
• Experience of independent prescribing.
• Experience managing patients with long-term conditions.
• Experience undertaking and interpreting spirometry.
• Experience conducting annual diabetes reviews.
• Experience conducting asthma and COPD reviews.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary healthcare team.

Desirable

• Desirable Criteria
• Qualifications
• Leadership or Management qualification.
• Teaching, mentoring or clinical supervision qualification.
• Additional respiratory qualifications.
• Additional diabetes qualifications.
• Experience
• Experience leading respiratory services within General Practice.
• Experience leading diabetes services within General Practice.
• Experience supervising staff, students or trainee clinicians.
• Experience undertaking clinical audits and quality improvement projects.
• Experience working within a Primary Care Network

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wootton Medical Centre

Address

36-38 High Street

Wootton

Northampton

Northamptonshire

NN4 6LW

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.woottonmedicalcentre.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)