- Make professionally autonomous decisions for which they are accountable.
- Provide a first point of contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports.
- Make professionally autonomous decisions for which they are accountable.
- Provide a first point of contact within the Practice for patients presenting with undifferentiated, undiagnosed problems, making use of skills in history taking, physical examination, problem-solving and clinical decision-making, to establish a diagnosis and management plan.
- Instigate necessary invasive and non-invasive diagnostic tests or investigations and interpret findings/reports.
- As an independent prescriber: to prescribe safe, effective and appropriate medication as defined by current legislative framework.
- Provide safe, evidence-based, cost-effective, individualised patient care.
- Offer a holistic service to patients and their families, developing where appropriate an on-going plan of care/support, with an emphasis on prevention and self-care.
- Promote health and well-being through the use of health promotion, health education, screening and therapeutic communication skills.
- Refer patients directly to other services/agencies as appropriate.
- Take the Practice lead in developing and delivering specialist primary care services, such as long term disease management (diabetes, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, coronary heart disease and hypertension)
- Work with nursing, medical and health care assistant colleagues to ensure that National Service Frameworks ( Coronary Heart Disease/Older People/ Diabetes /Mental Health) are being delivered.
- Contribute to the practice achieving its quality targets to sustain the high standards of patient care and service delivery. Person Specification
- Evidence of appropriate continuing professional development activity to maintain up-to-date knowledge and on-going competence in all aspects of the Nurse Practitioner role.
- Experience in management long term conditions asthma, COPD, diabetes, CHD etc.
- Evidence of working autonomously and as part of a team.
- Registered General Nurse (Currently registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council)
- Recognised NP qualification at minimum of degree level or equivalent Independent Nurse Prescriber.
- Previous post registration experience.
Nurse Practitioner - Stockton-on-Tees, United Kingdom - Woodbridge Practice
Description
Job summary
Thepost holder is an experienced Nurse Practitioner, who acting within their professionalboundaries, will provide care for the presenting patient from initial historytaking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of theircare.
They will demonstrate safe,clinical decision-making and expert care for patients within the generalpractice. They will work collaborativelywith the multi-disciplinary general practice team to meet the needs ofpatients, supporting the delivery of policy and procedures, and providing nurseleadership as required.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will:
About us
At Woodbridge Practice our approach to delivering healthcare services isinnovative, refreshing and above all caring. We are committed to puttingpatient care first and we are looking for dedicated professionals who share ourvalues and our passion for delivering quality care.
We provide front-line NHS services across Thornaby and Ingleby Barwickto over 18,000 patients. We aim to make a lasting positive difference to the quality-of-carepeople receive and to support people to be healthier, happier and in control atevery stage of their journey.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
CORE TASKS AND FUNCTIONS
The post-holder will:
Experience
Essential
Qualifications
Essential