Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Responsibilities: In accordance with the practice timetable, the ANP will work autonomously, delivering care within their scope of practice to the patient population. Contributing towards clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well-women and well man clinics as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure. • Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice to patients • Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients • Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health • Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF • Provide wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients • Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception etc. • Undertake the collection of pathological specimens • Provide travel medicine services • Request pathology services as necessary • Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required • Provide chronic disease clinics, 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 • Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately • Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs • Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children • Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual) • Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies • Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately • Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate • Extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required • Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance • Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.) Other responsibilities within the organisation: • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety. • A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. • Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation. • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service deliver and patient care. • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e. root cause analysis (RCA). • Drives the development of nursing services within the practice, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations are required • Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate. Job description Job responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities: In accordance with the practice timetable, the ANP will work autonomously, delivering care within their scope of practice to the patient population. Contributing towards clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, well-women and well man clinics as well as supporting the management team in the reviewing of clinical policy and procedure. • Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice to patients • Implement and evaluate individual specialised treatment plans for chronic disease patients • Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health • Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF • Provide wound care (ulcer /Doppler etc.) to patients • Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception etc. • Undertake the collection of pathological specimens • Provide travel medicine services • Request pathology services as necessary • Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required • Provide chronic disease clinics, 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 • Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately • Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs • Implement vaccination programmes for adults and children • Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual) • Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies • Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately • Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate • Extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required • Contribute to practice targets (QOF etc.), complying with local and regional guidance • Liaise with external services / agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients etc.) Other responsibilities within the organisation: • Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety. • A commitment to life-long learning and audit to ensure evidence-based best practice. • Contributing to evaluation/audit and clinical standard setting within the organisation. • Participate in local initiatives to enhance service deliver and patient care. • Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e. root cause analysis (RCA). • Drives the development of nursing services within the practice, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations are required • Attending training and events organised by the practice or other agencies, where appropriate.