PCN INT Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic

The Care Home Nurse / Paramedic will work within their scope of clinical practice and undertake the following core responsibilities • Undertake initial assessments, and reviews, on residents in a care home /individuals home setting, ensuring that relevant care plans / assessment are in place • Identify, residents requiring updated care plans / assessment and support the development of these • Ensure all long term residents and those in short term beds have an up to ReSPECT form in place • Represent the Care Home / INT Team at the PCN MDT as required • Signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health • Triage patients and provide the necessary treatment on the telephone and during care home/home visits • Examine, assess and diagnose patients and provide clinical care/management as required • Maintain accurate clinical records, in line with legislation • Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary • To contribute to the co-ordination of timely and effective multi-agency services to meet individual patient needs in the care homes (both nursing, residential and individuals home). • Devise programs of care (Personalised Care and Support Plans) for care home staff to deliver, monitor and review to ensure they are delivered appropriately • Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately • Support the planning, implementation and review of health improvement programmes within the care home environment • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice) • Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure that the patient/care home/carer is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.) • Adhere to the relevant patient group directives and local clinical pathways at all times • Support the care home team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies • Support in any audits where requested • Support members of the team, providing guidance when necessary and where within scope • Continually review clinical practice, 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 (RCA) • Take personal responsibility for own learning and development, including the requirement to maintain currency, achieving all targets set in own Personal Development Plan (PDP) Job description Job responsibilities The Care Home Nurse / Paramedic will work within their scope of clinical practice and undertake the following core responsibilities • Undertake initial assessments, and reviews, on residents in a care home /individuals home setting, ensuring that relevant care plans / assessment are in place • Identify, residents requiring updated care plans / assessment and support the development of these • Ensure all long term residents and those in short term beds have an up to ReSPECT form in place • Represent the Care Home / INT Team at the PCN MDT as required • Signpost or refer patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients health • Triage patients and provide the necessary treatment on the telephone and during care home/home visits • Examine, assess and diagnose patients and provide clinical care/management as required • Maintain accurate clinical records, in line with legislation • Ensure continuity of care, arranging follow-up consultations or reviews as necessary • To contribute to the co-ordination of timely and effective multi-agency services to meet individual patient needs in the care homes (both nursing, residential and individuals home). • Devise programs of care (Personalised Care and Support Plans) for care home staff to deliver, monitor and review to ensure they are delivered appropriately • Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately • Support the planning, implementation and review of health improvement programmes within the care home environment • Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs • Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within own scope of practice) • Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure that the patient/care home/carer is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.) • Adhere to the relevant patient group directives and local clinical pathways at all times • Support the care home team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies • Support in any audits where requested • Support members of the team, providing guidance when necessary and where within scope • Continually review clinical practice, 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 (RCA) • Take personal responsibility for own learning and development, including the requirement to maintain currency, achieving all targets set in own Personal Development Plan (PDP)