PCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The advanced nurse practitioner will be responsible for a number of clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, as well as supporting the PCN leads and management team in the reviewing of clinical policy, practice and procedure with respect to the PCN enhanced access and hub services.

Apart from these clinical responsibilities, you will also work as an autonomous practitioner, responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services for the PCN and where required within individual PCN member GP surgeries, working as part of the PCN multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope of practice to the entitled patient population. You will be a healthcare professional NMC/GPC/HCPC registered with a license to practice, be an independent prescriber., We are looking for an Advanced Clinical Practitioner Nurse who must

have a masters degree level in the relevant area of expertise;

be working at a masters level aware or equivalent that encompasses the four pillars of clinical practice, leadership and management, education and research, with demonstration of core capabilities and area specific clinical competencies

have either graduated from a Centre for Advancing Practice accredited MSc advanced practice programme or completed the Centres ePortfolio (supported) Route; both pathways enable eligibility for an Advanced digital badge issued by the Centre, demonstrating recognised educational and experiential preparation in advanced practice

have current NMC registration.

North Lewisham Primary Care Network (NLPCN) is one of the largest PCNs in Lewisham and has a very diverse population made up of 9 GP Practices serving a population of around 80,000 patients.

Health inequality impacts our patients: North Lewisham has higher than average levels of deprivation and BAME populations and poorer health outcomes.

NLPCN is committed to tackling health inequality as a priority. We have developed a program of work to improve trust and engage with our local community, training our GP surgeries and staff to improve access for patients, improving our communication to patients about service changes and health promotion and improving the monitoring of those suffering from health inequality to drive our strategy.