Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Job summary
Mayfield Medical Centre is a training practice supporting 20,500 patients across three sites in Paignton and Brixham. We are looking for an individual to be part of our forward-thinking team committed to maintaining a sustainable and enjoyable work environment. We actively explore new ideas to enhance patient care. Importantly, we enjoy working together; we strive for a nurturing and supportive environment where everyone has a sense of belonging.

Main duties of the job
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Mayfield Medical Centre, you will play a pivotal role in providing high-quality, patient-centred care to our community.

About us
We play an active role in Paignton and Brixham PCN with one of our Partners sharing the Clinical Director Role. We benefit from a full complement of Allied Health Professional roles, from our passionate Social Prescribing and Mental Health teams through to our Pharmacy team who play a key role in our medicines management. Our on the day team; consisting of GPs and ANPs look after acute presentations whilst maintaining continuity of care.

Job responsibilities
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Mayfield Medical Centre, you will play a pivotal role in providing high quality, patient centred care to our community. Your responsibilities will include:

• Work to a defined daily workload with a manageable number of appointments and dedicated time within the clinical session for clinical administration.
• Conducting comprehensive assessments, diagnosing illnesses, and developing treatment plans for patients with acute undifferentiated medical conditions as well as providing chronic care.
• Prescribing medications, ordering diagnostic tests, and interpreting results to facilitate timely and effective patient care.
• Play an active role within our on the day duty team offering safe and effective care to our patients with acute medical needs.
• Take full ownership of admin including pathology and prescriptions, documents arising from your own patient consultations.
• Support other colleagues with any admin duties required, including medicines management.
• Collaborating with GPs, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to coordinate care and ensure continuity of services.
• Educating patients and their families about health promotion, disease prevention, and self-management strategies.
• Support in the clinical management of our allocated Care Homes conducting proactive weekly virtual rounds and supporting in virtual ward as part of a dedicated team.
• Conduct a share of the practices urgent home visits to patients as and when required as part of the duty team rota.
• Contribute to the supervision of trainees to enhance learning
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives and contributing to the development and implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines.
• Ensure revalidation and mandatory training remain up to date.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary in line with band and guided by level of experience.
• Indemnity Coverage
• Supportive Leadership: Benefit from supportive leadership and an inclusive work culture that values teamwork and collaboration.
• Training and Development: Access to ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career.
• Multi-Disciplinary Team - work alongside our group of GPs, ANPs, pharmacy and nursing teams to aid delivery of first class efficient medical care.
• A study budget and protected time to support your professional development and revalidation in line with the service development goals of the practice.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up to date knowledge and competence in all aspects of the ANP role.
• Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team.
• Proven ability to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their own clinical practice.
• Experience of acute and chronic illness.

Desirable

• Experience of working in primary care/GP practice setting
• An understanding of the QoF framework
• EMIS experience.

Qualifications
Essential

• Full NMC Registration
• Recognised Nurse Practitioner qualification at minimum degree level or equivalent
• Independent prescriber

Desirable

• Commitment to undertaking further qualification depending on practice need.

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.