PCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner

The Medics PCN have an exciting opportunity for a permanent advanced nursing practitioner to join our team on a full-time basis at our Marsh Farm Health Centre. (Monday to Friday) You will be a senior member of our large and established multi-disciplinary team made up of clinical pharmacists, first contact physiotherapists, paramedics, nursing associates and a vast personalised care team. The post holder will be responsible for the autonomous clinical assessment, treatment and/or referral or giving advice as appropriate to first contact patients across a wide spectrum of clinical conditions within the services provided by the practice. Duties will include;

• Providing health promotion/accident prevention advice for patients and carers.
• Initiating and where appropriate interpret relevant diagnostic investigations and provide advice of relevant specialisms.
• Utilising advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose, treat and refer patients requiring the clinical service.
• Maintaining appropriate clinical records in line with current practice guidelines.
• Working within the parameters of your skills and knowledge, recognising the limitations to your own practice and to work within the bounds of your training and capability according to regulatory codes of conduct.
• Maintaining an awareness of developments in clinical practice.
• Taking part in audits.
• Working effectively as part of a multi professional team in collaboration with other members of the service.
  
  Registered adult nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Registered as an independent prescriber.
• MSc advanced practice or educated to masters level award in relevant field.
• Mentorship qualification. (desirable).
• Substantial autonomous practice working and multi-professional team.
• Can show evidence of using autonomous physical examination and assessment skills in practice.
• Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in both adults and children.
• Has experience in one of the following: nurse led clinics, emergency care centres ,out of hours facilities or walk in centres.
• Consolidated independent experience of general practice.
  
  The Medics PCN is a mature and stable primary care network, serving a patient population of 56,000. The Medics PCN has 5 active and engaged member practices which are: Woodland Avenue, Medici Medical Centre, Bell House Medical Centre, Gardenia & Marsh Farm Practice and Barton Hills Medical Group.
We have a large multi-disciplinary team that work together to provide a pro-active and personalised care approach to our population through our: health & wellbeing coach, social prescriber, clinical pharmacists, paramedics, physiotherapists and our care co-ordinators. We can offer the following benefits:
• Supportive and friendly environment.
• Peer support.
• Free on-site parking.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.