Advanced Nurse Practitioner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to join our friendly team as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner for 27.5 hours a week over 3 days, ideally on a Monday, Thursday and Friday.

We are looking for a friendly, professional individual that strives to go the extra mile for their patients.

Main duties of the job

• To carry out clinical nursing practice at an advanced level using expert clinical skills, critical judgements & knowledge to deliver appropriate and safe care.
• To assess, triage, diagnose and treat patients face to face accordingly, performing specialist assessment of their needs and make referrals as necessary.
• To request diagnostic investigations and interpret within agreed protocols e.g x-ray, blood tests and scans.
• To clinically examine and assess patient needs from a physiological and psychological perspective and plan clinical care accordingly.
• As an independent prescriber, to review and prescribe medication that is appropriate to patient needs and in accordance with latest evidence-based practice, national and practice protocols.

Job responsibilities

• To deliver high quality, compassionate care and treatment to patients with a focus on promoting health, self-care and independence using a personalised and holistic care approach.
• To contribute to local and national practice targets e.g QOF and Prescribing incentive scheme.
• To use Arden’s templates to ensure accurate and legible notes of all consultations and treatments are recorded in the patient’s records.

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.