Advanced Nurse Practitioner - Westbury on Trym Primary Care Centre

Job Summary:

To provide medical services to patients presenting with acute needs, ensuring the highest standards of care, in accordance with the practice’s Personal Medical Services (PMS) contract. The role will also include health promotion, family planning and sexual health. The role holder should be able to prescribe and will be able to reach safe clinical decisions within professional boundaries on an autonomous basis.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate, whether or not that patient has already been triaged by the practice. To follow up such patients as is necessary.
• To provide the above not only in 10 minute face to face consultations but also to undertake telephone consultations and home / residential home visits.
• To manage acute exacerbations of patient’s chronic diseases.
• Contribute to the development of and adhere to protocols and care plans for the management of chronic disease and common medical conditions.
• Provide appropriate preventative healthcare, counselling, education and advice.
• Prescribe and review, as necessary, in adherence to the practice’s prescribing formulary.
• Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures and to maintain the utmost confidentiality in relation to such records.
• Support patients to adopt health promotion strategies that promote healthy lifestyles, and apply principles of self-care.
• Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment
• Work in the context of a multidisciplinary team with a collaborative, supportive and holistic approach, including referral to, and liaison with hospital services or other agencies.

The job description may be amended and this list is not exhaustive.

Please find the APN Information Pack here.

Please apply with a covering letter and your CV to management team at bnssg.wotpcc.management@nhs.net.