Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Norwich

Norwich Health Centre is seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and experienced ANP Prescriber to provide excellent clinical care to our patient cohort registered at Norwich Health Centre, Rouen Road, Norwich.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide clinical care to registered patients attending Norwich Health Centre.
• To undertake a full holistic assessment, liaising and referring to other agencies and professionals as necessary.
• To use clinical examination and diagnostic skills, initiating investigation, prescribing 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.
• 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 programme.
• Contribute to identifying own training needs and those of nurses working at the Centre.
• To attend mandatory training annually.

Research/Audit:

• Support evaluation, research, and clinical audit at the Centre as appropriate.
• Identify, apply and disseminate research findings related to advanced nursing practice.
• Support the understanding and utilisation of evidence‑based practice.
• Provide a quality service using the audit process to evaluate the service being provided, implementing action plans and change of practice as necessary.
• Be involved in the process of clinical governance.

Management:

• Support the Clinical Lead and Practice Manager, undertaking specific areas of work as requested.
• Ensure quality targets are met or exceeded.
• Ensure continuity of service.
• Actively market and promote the Practice.
• Assist in ensuring that all staff are familiar with medical emergency procedures.
• Assist in the training of clinical staff employed at the Centre.
• Assist in the recording of complaints, incidents and accidents involving patients, visitors and staff.

Professional:

• 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.
• Maintain and develop advanced clinical skills.
• Identify areas of unsafe practice and areas of concern, initiating prompt and appropriate action.
• Respect confidentiality of all matters learnt as a result of employment in the NHS including matters relating to other members of staff and members of the public/patients.
• Have a working knowledge of Norwich Health Centre's policies and procedures.
• Attend meetings as required.

Quality:

• 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.

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.

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 (e.g. 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 NPC 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.

Person Specification:

• Advanced Nurse Practitioner Qualification and independent prescribing is required.
• 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.

Skills and Abilities:

• Alert other team members to issues of quality and risk.
• Assess own performance and take accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
• Effectively manage own time, workload and resources in line with Health Centre Policy.
• Work effectively with individuals in other agencies to meet patients' needs.

Experience:

• Support peer review and reflective practice.
• Formally and informally disseminate knowledge and skills to other staff.
• Proactively develop practice across boundaries.
• Attend mandatory training annually.

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.