Job Description

The UK government regulates the ability of employers to recruit non UK residents by issuing licenses to provide Visa Sponsorship. Unfortunately NPC does not hold a license for Visa Sponsorship and so cannot progress any applications for candidates without the right to work in the UK.

Job summary

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

Salary:

Dependent on Experience

Norfolk Primary Care

Job Title:

Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Prescriber/Clinical Prescriber/Paramedic Prescriber

Accountable to:

Team Leader

Place of work: Walk in centre, Rouen House, Rouen Road, Norwich, NR1 1RB

Salary Range: DOE

Job Purpose: To provide clinical care to registered and unregistered patients attending Norfolk Primary Care Walk-In Centre.

Key Responsibilities:

To work as an autonomous clinical practitioner, using care and case management assessment, clinical examination, and diagnostic skills to deliver high-quality holistic care and treatment. To prescribe efficiently from the extended nurses formulary. To assist in the coordination of Norfolk Primary Care (NPC) Walk-In Service daily.

Core competencies

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Special Requirements of the Post

Main Clinical Responsibilities:

To undertake a comprehensive holistic assessment, liaising and referring to other agencies and professionals as necessary.

To use clinical examination and diagnostic skills, initiate investigation, prescribe care and treatment as appropriate.

To facilitate and/or provide health promotion and education.

To work collaboratively with other health professionals and agencies.

To develop and maintain advanced nursing skills.

To prescribe effectively from the non-medical nurse prescribers formulary in line with local and national prescribing formularies.

Education and Development:

To support peer review and reflective practice.

To formally and informally disseminate knowledge and skills to other staff.

To proactively develop practice across boundaries.

To undertake and participate in clinical supervision.

To identify personal and professional development needs and implement action plans to meet those needs.

To participate in agreed in-service training programmes.

To contribute to identifying own training needs and those of nurses working at the Centre.

To attend mandatory training annually.

Research/Audit:

To support evaluation, research, and clinical audit at the Centre as appropriate.

To identify, apply and disseminate research findings related to advanced nursing practice.

To support the understanding and utilisation of evidence-based practice.

To provide quality service using the audit process to evaluate the service being provided, implementing action plans and change of practice as necessary.

To be involved in the process of clinical governance.

Management:

To oversee the day-to-day functions of the Walk-In team.

To support the Nurse Manager and Practice Manager, undertaking specific areas of work as requested.

To ensure quality targets are met or exceeded.

To ensure continuity of service.

To actively market and promote the Centre.

To assist in ensuring all staff are familiar with medical emergency procedures.

To assist in the training of clinical staff employed at the Centre.

To assist in recording complaints, incidents, and accidents involving patients, visitors, and staff.

Professional:

To ensure all practice is in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, Scope of Professional Practice, Standards in the Administration of Medicines, and Standards of Record Keeping.

To maintain and develop advanced clinical skills.

To identify areas of unsafe practice and areas of concern, initiating prompt and appropriate action.

To respect the confidentiality of all matters learned as a result of employment in the NHS, including matters relating to other members of staff and the public/patients.

To have a working knowledge of NPC policies and procedures.

To attend meetings as required.

Quality:

The post-holder will strive to maintain quality within the Centre, and will:

Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.

Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.

Contribute to the effectiveness of the team by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to improve and enhance the team's performance.

Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs.

Effectively manage own time, workload and resources in line with Health Centre Policy.

Note:

The responsibilities of this role will normally include all duties described in this job description and any additional or different duties, which the employer may require from time to time.

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NPC Generic areas:

Communication

Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment

Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural background and preferred ways of communicating

Anticipate barriers to communication and take action to improve communication

Maintain effective communication within the organisational environment and with external stakeholders

Act as an advocate for patients and colleagues

Ensure awareness of sources of support and guidance (eg PALS) and provide information in an acceptable format to all patients, recognising any difficulties and referring where appropriate?

Delivering a quality service Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality Participate in quality assurance and safety processes across the organisation and its activities Participate in shared learning across NNPC and the wider organisational environment Use a structured framework (e.g. root-cause analysis) to manage, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near-miss events Assess the impact of policy implementation on care delivery Understand and apply legal issues that support the identification of vulnerable and abused children and adults, and be aware of statutory child/vulnerable patients health procedures and local guidance Leadership - personal and people development

Take responsibility for own learning and performance including participating in coaching/supervision and acting as a positive role mode

Support staff development in order to maximise potential

Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment, encouraging everyone to learn from each other and from external good practice

Encourage others to make realistic self-assessment of their application of knowledge and skills, challenging any complacency or actions that are not in the interest of the public and/or users of services

Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to the area of work

Enlist support and influence stakeholders and decision-makers in order to bring about new developments in the provision of services

Contribute to planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility

Contribute to the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards

Team working Understand own role and scope and identify how this may develop over time Work as an effective and responsible team member, supporting others and exploring the mechanisms to develop new ways of working Delegate clearly and appropriately, adopting the principles of safe practice and assessment of competence Create clear referral mechanisms to meet patient need Prioritise own workload and ensure effective time-management strategies are embedded within the culture of the team Work effectively with others to clearly define values, direction and policies impacting upon care delivery Discuss, highlight and work with the team to create opportunities to improve patient care Manage and lead on the delivery of specifically identified services or projects as agreed with the practice management team Agree plans and outcomes by which to measure success Management of risk

Manage and assess risk within the areas of responsibility, ensuring adequate measures are in place to protect staff and patients

Monitor work areas and practices to ensure they are safe and free from hazards and conform to health, safety and security legislation, policies, procedures and guidelines

Ensure appropriate supervision of safe storage, rotation and disposal of vaccines and drugs.

Participate in mandatory and statutory training requirements

Apply infection-control measures within the practice according to local and national guidelines

Interpret national strategies and policies into local implementation strategies that are aligned to the values and culture of general practice

Managing information

Use technology and appropriate software as an aid to management in planning, implementation and monitoring of care, presenting and communicating information

Review and process data using accurate Read codes in order to ensure easy and accurate information retrieval for monitoring and audit processes

Manage information searches using the internet and local library databases

Monitor and confirm that the nursing team are receiving and processing data and information in an agreed format

Collate, analyse and present clinical data and information to the team

Learning and development

Undertake mentorship for team members

Disseminate learning and information gained to other team members in order to share good practice and inform others about current and future developments (eg courses and conferences)

Assess own learning needs and undertake learning as appropriate

Provide an educational role to patients, carers, families and colleagues in an environment that facilitates learning

Equality and diversity

Identify patterns of discrimination and take action to overcome this and promote diversity and equality of opportunity

Enable others to promote equality and diversity in a non-discriminatory culture

Support people who need assistance in exercising their rights

Monitor and evaluate adherence to local chaperoning policies

Act as a role model in the observance of equality and diversity good practice

Accept the rights of individuals to choose their care providers, participate in care and refuse care

Assist patients from marginalised groups to access quality care?

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

Essential:

Registered general Nurse degree /Paramedic BSC or degree or equivalent level 1 degree.

NMC registration Nurse or HCPC paramedic.

Non- medical prescribing course level 6/7.

Desirable:

MSC level 7 advanced professional practice.

Paediatric /Adult ALS/ILS

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Minimum of 3 years post registration experience.

Experience of working autonomously and as part of team at primary care.

Experience in management minor illness and minor injury at primary care.

Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence all aspects of the ANP/NP/paramedic clinical practitioner role.

Understanding of evidence-based practice.

Desirable

Experience of in urgent care setting

Experience with Paediatric examination.

Teaching /Mentoring experience or qualification.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to perform clinical examination, make a diagnosis, prescribing medication, and treatment plan for patient with minor illness or minor injury.

Ability to identify and manage emergency or acute presentations.

Ability to assess and manage patient risk effectively and safely.

Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.

Time management and ability priority workload.

Reflective practitioner.

Proven experience in professionally autonomous decision making and accountability.

Desirable

Qualification for minor illness /minor injury course of level 6/7

Experience of use SystmOne.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Company pension Sick pay
Experience:

nursing: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:

NMC (required)
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 31/08/2025
Reference ID: 01041