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Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

Primary Care Careers • Colchester, United Kingdom
4 days ago
Job type
  • Part-time
Job description
Job summary
Highwoods Surgery is proactively seeking a nurse practitioner/advanced nurse practitioner, to provide high quality clinical care to our patients, seeing a variety of patients across the range of primary care. The role is offered on a part-time basis, of 24 hours per week.

The ideal candidate would be able to consult with patients and manage minor illness and acute disease presentations, as well as be knowledgeable about acute presentations of chronic diseases that would be commonly dealt with in the community such as asthma, COPD, hypertension and cardiac conditions. They would be able to work independently but would have collaborative support from the GPs and wider team. A culture of discussion and shared learning is encouraged.

Please note that the vacancy may close ahead of the advertised deadline should we find a suitable candidate.

Main duties of the job
Duties will include:
  • Diagnosing and treating patients with acute medical conditions, minor illness and mental health problems, including a mix of face to face and telephone consultations. Patients presenting via triage, prebooked appointments or care home.
  • Ensuring clinical practice is safe and effective and working within boundaries of competence.
  • Prescribe within competencies to our patients keeping in line with the national and local formulary.
  • Initiating and arranging appropriate investigations and referrals to other members of the primary and secondary health care teams as clinically indicated.
  • Participating in the administrative and professional responsibilities of the practice team including clinical audit.
  • Ensuring the clinical record is completed and maintained with accurate and contemporaneous details recorded.
  • Participating in the education and training of students of all disciplines and the induction of all members of the practice staff where appropriate.
  • Actively participate in clinical and whole-team meetings, as this promotes information sharing, supports effective communication and helps maintain positive and professional working relationships within the workplace.

About us
Highwoods Surgery is a training practice and we are committed to supporting the wellbeing, development and career aspirations of our whole team. The practice cares for 7600 patients, with 3 partners, nursing team, HCAs and administrative support.

We value staff happiness and as a practice we try to promote a sustainable work-life balance. As a small team we encourage innovation and welcome enthusiastic colleagues who can help our practice thrive and navigate the opportunities and challenges of modern primary care.

Job responsibilities
If you would like to find out more information about this role, please see the attached job specification.

Person Specification
To be considered for this position, you will need the following qualifications, skills and experience:
Essential
  • Professional registration with the NMC
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and be able to liaise effectively with the clinical and administrative staff within the practice and partnership
  • An ability to demonstrate innovation and awareness of future opportunities and challenges would be desirable to help meet the current and future challenges of primary care, and to help us promote a rewarding environment for staff as well as ensuring excellent patient care
  • An independent prescribing qualification
  • Childhood, adult and travel immunisation preferable, but not essential

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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