Jobs in Cinderford

Job summary

An Exciting Opportunity : Advanced Nurse Practitioner / Paramedic at Forest Health Care (4-6 Sessions)

Forest Health Care is seeking a dynamic, motivated, and adaptable team player to join our practice as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Paramedic.

The ideal candidate will be a registered nurse, paramedic, or allied health professional with a non-medical prescribing qualification and experience in a broad scope of practice.

This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check

Main duties of the job

Our Clinical Practitioners provide care through the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge or referral of patients with undifferentiated and undiagnosed injury / illness, or acute exacerbation of existing conditions. You will assist in the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of patient care across the whole system of health and social care, working in partnership with all relevant stakeholders.

The key elements of the role include but are not limited to :

• Working as an autonomous practitioner providing clinical assessment, diagnosis (where possible), and treatment (where appropriate) for adult and paediatric patients invited to attend Primary Care Centres or during remote consultations.
• Accurately triaging & prioritising all patients, demonstrating the use of a variety of techniques to elicit the history of an event / illness including past medical and drug history.
• Undertaking home visits to patients who are unable to travel to a primary care centre.
• Referring patients to alternative care settings, where appropriate.
• Supporting with triage of calls that have come via the NHS111 pathway during the core daytime surgery opening hours.
• To work as part of the clinical team of GPs, Primary Care Pharmacists, Specialist Practitioners, Psychiatric Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Practice Nurses, Health Care Assistants and other associated roles.

Please note that the support of a senior clinician is always available.

About us

Our 3 partner practice has a patient population of over 11500+ patients and a staff of 3 further salaried GPs, 3 ANPs and a full complement of nurses, HCAs, dispensers, receptionists and admin staff all working alongside a growing number of additional PCN roles.

Based in the Forest of Dean, our Cinderford surgery serves the surrounding town and rural communities. In spacious, environmentally friendly new premises, we occupy the first purpose-built, dementia-friendly surgery in the UK. Patients can also access a full range of services at our branch site in the local village of Ruardean & Westbury-on-Severn

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical Practice

You will work with the GPs to manage patients throughoutthe day who present with urgent requests and needs, requiring on-the-dayassessment.

You will work within the practice team to deliver careco-ordination to patients identified as at-risk, with the aim of avoiding whereverpossible hospital admission and to ensure that patients receive the requisitecare in the most appropriate setting.

Youwill manage the process of clinical care co-ordination, undertaking surgeryconsultations and home visits. The provision of clinical input will be at thediscretion of the GP partners. Clinicalinput could include aspects of managing long-term conditions holistically.

You will contribute to the identification of patients atrisk of emergency hospital admissions, using of risk stratification tools aswell as identification through GPs and multi-disciplinary team meetings.

You will ensure that follow-up and proactive planningtakes place for at risk patients being discharged from acute care.

You will provide organisational support to the Practice whichmay include planning, implementing and evaluating care plans for patients onbehalf of the Practice. You will need toliaise with the GPs in the process of writing any care plans and will ensure suchplans are agreed with patients and shared appropriately.

You will be a point of contact for patients, carers andtheir families in relation to clinical management and care plans; you willsignpost and liaise with other agencies including the voluntary sector on theirbehalf.

You will :

Liaising with patients, families and carers

Interfacingwith other agencies

Clinical Governance

Managing and using Information

Management

Quality / ClinicalGovernance / Research and Audit

IndividualPatient Care

OtherFactors

Inaddition to the duties and responsibilities listed above, the post-holder maybe required to assist with covering nursing staff during absence and to also performother duties assigned by the GPs or Practice Manager when required.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Clinical Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Other Requirements

Essential