Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our friendly, dedicated and established team based in Chesham.

The successful candidate will be required to work independently, within the scope of their professional boundaries, to assess and manage patients. You will be providing assessment, treatment, and diagnosis to patients via face-to-face consultations. Consultations will be held in surgery. You will be seeing patients with acute and emergency primary care clinical presentations.

You will need to demonstrate safe, clinical decision-making and expert care including assessment and diagnostic skills. There will be a need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients making any necessary referrals for investigations as appropriate.

You will need to be a qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner, with an MSc or equivalent relevant nursing degree. An independent prescribing qualification is preferable, as well as prior experience of working in Primary Care.

JOB SUMMARY

The post holder will work autonomously and independently in conjunction with other members of the clinical team. You will assess, triage and diagnose and treat patients with a range of minor illness and injuries and acute medical conditions and initiate direct referrals as appropriate.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

The following are the main responsibilities of this role. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent upon factors such as workload and staffing levels:

Manage patients presenting with a range of acute medical conditions

Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, NICE and the NSF

Identify, manage and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects to the patient's health

Undertake the collection of pathological specimens

Request pathology services as necessary

Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required

Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation

Chaperone patients where necessary

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

Be an extended and supplementary prescriber

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

Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and that 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

In addition, the Advanced Nurse Practitioner may be requested to:

Undertake audits as required

Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care

Support and participate in shared learning within the organisation

Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate

Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events

Drive the development of nursing services within the organisation, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 51,000.00-53,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 27 - 37.5 per week

Benefits:

Company pension Free parking On-site parking
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Experience:

Nursing: 5 years (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

NMC (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 03/07/2025
Reference ID: NS ANP