ANP / ACP

We are a practice of 7500 patients situated in the Boughton Heath area of Chester. We have a clinical team of GPs, ANPs and Practice Nurses delivering high quality health care and attaining high QOF achievements. The practice is one of four in the Chester East Primary Care Network (PCN). We work closely with our PCN colleagues and are further developing our workforce as a group. The PCN has recently employed a team of Care coordinators, clinical pharmacists, and a Pharmacy Technician. We also have Mental Health and Social Prescribing Link workers.,

• Act upon most alerts (e.g. QOF) and reminders during a routine consultation


• Provide all ANP/ACP services required including Home Visits


• Respond to medical problems presented by patients, including history taking, examination, investigation, diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate.


• Provide appropriate preventative health care and advice.


• Provide medical support as required to patients referred by nursing staff


• Provide medical support to the wider clinical team where necessary.


• Adhere to the practice prescribing formulary, local and national guidelines.


• Make professional, autonomous decisions in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other health care workers within the organisation


• Record clear and contemporaneous I.T. based consultation notes to agreed standards


• Collect data for audit purposes


• Compile and issue computer-generated acute and repeat prescriptions


In general the post-holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with working within primary care.

Other responsibilities with the Practice:

• Supporting the practice staff and responding to requests for advice and assistance from the practice reception, secretarial and nursing staff.


• Attend MDT, clinical and practice meetings.


• Provide additional enhanced services to the practices that meet the needs of the practices' patient population and maximise the income streams to the practice


• Awareness of and compliance with all relevant practice policies/guidelines, e.g. prescribing, confidentiality, data protection, health and safety, annual QOF Assessment of the Practice.


Confidentiality

• In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately;


• In the performance of the duties outlined in this Job Description, the post-holder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the Company as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.


Flexibility

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive. The post-holder will be expected to adopt a flexible attitude towards the duties outlined which may be subject to amendment at any time in consultation with the post-holder and in line with the needs of the organisation.

Health & Safety

The post-holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy, to include:

• Using personal security systems within the workplace according to practice guidelines


• Identifying the risks involved in work activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks


• Making effective use of training to update knowledge and skills


• Using appropriate infection control procedures, maintaining work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards


• Reporting potential risks identified.


Equality and Diversity

The post-holder will support the equality, diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues, to include:

• Acting in a way that recognises the importance of people's rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent with practice procedures and policies, and current legislation


• Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues


Personal/Professional Development

In addition to maintaining continued education through attendance at any courses and/or study days necessary to ensure that professional development requirements are met, the post-holder will participate in any training programme implemented by the practice as part of this employment, such training to include:

• Participation in an annual individual performance review at practice level maintaining a record of their own personal and/or professional development


• Taking responsibility for own development, learning and performance and demonstrating skills and activities to others who are undertaking similar work.


Communication

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

• Communicate effectively with other team members


• Communicate effectively with patients and carers


• Recognise people's needs for alternative methods of communication and respond accordingly


Contribution to the planning and implementation of services

The post-holder will:

• Apply practice policies, standards and guidance


• Discuss with other members of the team how the policies, standards and guidelines will affect own work


• Work with the Partners and Management to achieve standards of quality, performance standards, budgets and targets without compromising levels of patient healthcare.


• Contribute towards the development and implementation of new standards, policies and procedures that are/will be required of GP Practices now and in the future (as directed by NHS/ DoH/ SHA/ PCT, new legislation etc.)
  
  Experience in General Practice


• Have an active registration with the NMC


• Practice within the four pillars: Advanced Clinical Practice, Leadership, Facilitation of education and learning, Evidence research and development


• Have a Job Plan that demonstrates advanced nursing practice and has equity with peers working at this level


• Be educated to Masters level (180 level 7 points (Scottish equivalent of level 11).


• Be an independent prescriber


• Meet NMC revalidation requirements


• Demonstrate autonomous evidence