Nurse Practitioner

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments and clinical examinations • Diagnose and manage acute and long-term health conditions • Independently prescribe medications within your scope of practice • Order, interpret, and act upon diagnostic tests and investigations • Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and lifestyle advice; teaching and advising patients and their families on how to manage their condition • Refer patients to secondary care and specialist services as appropriate • Maintain accurate and timely patient records • Work within national and local protocols where these exist • Work within your own professional boundaries, whilst working at an enhanced level of practice as described in the Primary Care & General Practice Nursing Career & Core Capabilities Framework • Work collaboratively with and provide support to other members of the extensive multidisciplinary team. Where appropriate delegate work to other MDT members within their competencies • Participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities • Where appropriate provide supervision to trainee clinicians • Participate in and/or lead formal training/mentoring to assist the promoting best practice in primary care • Work proactively with key local and national stakeholders to develop more integrated care pathways and holistic models of care where appropriate • Advise and support on the development and delivery of work streams relating to area of expertise as part of the PCNs strategy, where appropriate • Contribute to the delivery of local policy, procedures, and protocols for the PCN within your skill set. Job description Job responsibilities • Conduct comprehensive patient assessments and clinical examinations • Diagnose and manage acute and long-term health conditions • Independently prescribe medications within your scope of practice • Order, interpret, and act upon diagnostic tests and investigations • Provide health promotion, disease prevention, and lifestyle advice; teaching and advising patients and their families on how to manage their condition • Refer patients to secondary care and specialist services as appropriate • Maintain accurate and timely patient records • Work within national and local protocols where these exist • Work within your own professional boundaries, whilst working at an enhanced level of practice as described in the Primary Care & General Practice Nursing Career & Core Capabilities Framework • Work collaboratively with and provide support to other members of the extensive multidisciplinary team. Where appropriate delegate work to other MDT members within their competencies • Participate in clinical governance, audit and quality improvement activities • Where appropriate provide supervision to trainee clinicians • Participate in and/or lead formal training/mentoring to assist the promoting best practice in primary care • Work proactively with key local and national stakeholders to develop more integrated care pathways and holistic models of care where appropriate • Advise and support on the development and delivery of work streams relating to area of expertise as part of the PCNs strategy, where appropriate • Contribute to the delivery of local policy, procedures, and protocols for the PCN within your skill set.