Job summary An exciting opportunity hasarisen to support and improve the healthcare outcomes of the Borough.
Deliveryof these services will be from various locations and mobile units.Successful applicants will be providinghealthcare support to those residents of the Borough that cannot access Primary Care during core hours and also those who at times need thesupport most can, but due to their personal circumstances are not able to accessmainstream services.The role will involve allprimary care aspects as delivered by mainstream primary care but in a varietyof locations and potentially using varying means.
Main duties of the job Advising, supporting, andeducating patients by supporting and preventing disease progression anddevelopment.Support all elements of diseaseprevention by providing smoking cessation and associated NRT therapy, long termcondition reviews advice and guidance and implementing care pathways related toa specific disease pathway.Ensuring support and guidance isrequested when required from clinical colleagues, seeking advice from otherpractitioners for matters outside the skill base, knowledge, andresponsibilities.Recording patient informationsuch as vital signs, BMI, changes in medical history, deterioration of chronicdisease and putting in place actions to support this by referral or undertakingdiagnosis, during and on completion of assessments where necessary.Successful applicants would beexpected to work with the organisation to ensure the best possible outcomes forthose that need our support most.Supporting non-medicalprescribing during the consultation to ensure the patent receives immediatetreatment if required as an outcome of the clinical session.Providing accurate diagnosis andcommencement or continuation of clinical pathways during the clinical session.Ensuring clinical supervision isundertaken with clinical colleagues to ensure best practice is maintained andworking within the guidance of the NMC code of conductTo undertake clinical audits ifrequested by the clinical lead.
About us We are a Primary Care provider within the Borough ofWigan supporting general Practice delivering Enhanced and Extended Accessservices during evenings, weekends and Bank Holidays.Our Bank ANPs support patients that cannot access Primary Care services during regular core hours Job description Job responsibilities Advising, supporting, andeducating patients by supporting and preventing disease progression anddevelopment.Support all elements of diseaseprevention by providing smoking cessation and associated NRT therapy, long termcondition reviews advice and guidance and implementing care pathways related toa specific disease pathway, and by ensuring pathways that are in place aremaintained and enhanced were required by onward referral, diagnostics andnon-medical prescribing.Ensuring support and guidance isrequested when required from clinical colleagues, seeking advice from otherpractitioners for matters outside the skill base, knowledge, andresponsibilities.Reporting to the clinical lead informationfrom professional and patient contact to make sure care is consistent andcomplete.Referring patients to externalagencies where necessary.Recording patient informationsuch as vital signs, BMI, changes in medical history, deterioration of chronicdisease and putting in place actions to support this by referral or undertakingdiagnosis, during and on completion of assessments where necessary.Successful applicants would beexpected to work with the organisation to ensure the best possible outcomes forthose that need our support most.Supporting non-medicalprescribing during the consultation to ensure the patent receives immediatetreatment if required as an outcome of the clinical session.Providing accurate diagnosis andcommencement or continuation of clinical pathways during the clinical session.Ensuring clinical supervision isundertaken with clinical colleagues to ensure best practice is maintained andworking within the guidance of the NMC code of conduct To undertake clinical audits ifrequested by the clinical lead.To provide guidance to anyHealth Care Assistant who may be directly supporting your clinic.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential NMC registration non-medical prescriber registration Masters degree or working toward Advanced Nurse Practitioner certificate Full UK driving licence