Job Description

Derby Family Medical Centre recognise the Advanced Level Nurse Practitioner as a core role within our working teams. We expect all of our NMC registered nurses to uphold the 2018 NMC `The Code Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates'. SUMMARY OF MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES To work as an autonomous practitioner Responsible for: Attending to patients who wish to be seen by a health care professional Diagnosing, treating and prescribing for patients presenting with undifferentiated and undiagnosed illness or injury Making an assessment of their needs, based on highly developed nursing skills including physical assessment. Seeing and advising people in respect of their continuing medical and nursing needs Patients are to be seen in a timely manner enabling contractual requirements to be met The ANP will need to prioritise and triage the needs of patients accordingly making any necessary referrals for investigations in the appropriate manner.



There will be a requirement to see extra or emergency patients Responsible for developing, with the patient, a continuing management plan for the health of the patient and when appropriate to refer to other clinicians and agencies To provide high quality nursing services to a defined practice population The role will include responsibility within the practice for the development and direction of the clinical and managerial aspects of nursing care, as well as an advanced clinical role The role is flexible and demanding and may be expanded in accordance with practice requirements and the nurse practitioners own scope of practice.