ANP or ACP

A two-year locum post for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner or Advanced Clinical Practitioner in the Extended Access Hub at Belmont Health Centre, offered by Health Alliance PCN. The core work is assessing, diagnosing and treating patients aged two and over with minor illness and undifferentiated acute problems in 15-minute slots. The clinic runs outside core GP hours on fixed slots of up to three shifts a week, all site-based. Advanced practice qualifications, current registration and recent primary care, urgent care or out-of-hours experience are needed.

What the job involves

• Assess, diagnose and treat patients aged 2 and over with minor illness and undifferentiated acute conditions in 15-minute appointments
• Manage own clinic sessions, attending agreed slots consistently, and review patients with long-term conditions where appropriate
• Work autonomously within scope of practice, using clinical reasoning to manage risk and make safe decisions
• Prescribe as an independent prescriber in line with local formularies and national guidance
• Request, interpret and act on investigations where clinically appropriate
• Recognise the acutely unwell patient and upscale or refer to urgent, emergency or onward care
• Give safety-netting advice and follow-up, passing relevant information to the registered practice
• Keep accurate, timely and contemporaneous clinical records on EMIS
• Follow PCN and practice policies, including safeguarding, infection prevention, information governance and clinical governance
• Communicate with patients, carers, families and colleagues across the Hub and member practices, as part of the wider PCN team
• Report and learn from incidents, complaints and significant events
• Take part in audit, quality improvement and service development, and keep revalidation and CPD up to date

What's required

Qualifications

• Advanced practice qualification as an ANP or ACP

Registration & licences

• Appropriate professional registration

Experience

• Significant post-registration experience, recently in primary care, urgent care, out-of-hours or an equivalent setting
• Independently assessing, diagnosing and managing undifferentiated patients, including minor illness
• Assessing and managing children aged 2 years and over
• Prescribing independently in a clinical setting
• Managing risk, recognising the acutely unwell patient and escalating appropriately
• Working autonomously within scope of practice

Skills & knowledge

• Using an electronic clinical record system such as EMIS or SystmOne

Nice to have

• Experience in an Extended Access, urgent care or walk-in setting
• Experience reviewing patients with long-term conditions in primary care
• Experience of EMIS Web
• Experience of audit or quality improvement work
• Experience working across multiple sites or with a range of teams

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