Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Practice: Provide autonomous care, including assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment for patients presenting with undifferentiated or complex conditions.
• Patient Management: Manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating various treatment methods, and prescribe medications within your scope of practice.
• Health Promotion: Support patients in adopting health promotion strategies and apply principles of self-care.
• Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, including GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, to deliver comprehensive primary health care services
• Care Home Support: Provide care to housebound patients and those living in care homes, including conducting ward rounds and liaising with care home staff
• Administrative Duties: Engage in administrative tasks such as maintaining accurate patient records, participating in audits, and supporting the development and implementation of practice policies.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Registered Nurse: Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Advanced Clinical Skills: Demonstrated advanced clinical decision-making, assessment, and management skills.
• Prescribing Qualification: Independent prescribing qualification (e.g., V300) and experience in prescribing medications safely and effectively
• Education: Evidence of continued professional development, including relevant postgraduate qualifications (e.g., MSc in Advanced Practice).

Desirable Attributes:

• Specialist Training: Qualifications in areas such as minor illness, advanced physical assessment, or chronic disease management.
• IT Proficiency: Familiarity with clinical systems (e.g., EMIS) and proficiency in using electronic patient records.

Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical Practice: Provide autonomous care, including assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating treatment for patients presenting with undifferentiated or complex conditions.
• Patient Management: Manage both acute and chronic conditions, integrating various treatment methods, and prescribe medications within your scope of practice.
• Health Promotion: Support patients in adopting health promotion strategies and apply principles of self-care.
• Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, including GPs, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals, to deliver comprehensive primary health care services
• Care Home Support: Provide care to housebound patients and those living in care homes, including conducting ward rounds and liaising with care home staff
• Administrative Duties: Engage in administrative tasks such as maintaining accurate patient records, participating in audits, and supporting the development and implementation of practice policies.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Registered Nurse: Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Advanced Clinical Skills: Demonstrated advanced clinical decision-making, assessment, and management skills.
• Prescribing Qualification: Independent prescribing qualification (e.g., V300) and experience in prescribing medications safely and effectively
• Education: Evidence of continued professional development, including relevant postgraduate qualifications (e.g., MSc in Advanced Practice).

Desirable Attributes:

• Specialist Training: Qualifications in areas such as minor illness, advanced physical assessment, or chronic disease management.
• IT Proficiency: Familiarity with clinical systems (e.g., EMIS) and proficiency in using electronic patient records.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered 1st General nurse OR BSc
• Advanced Nurse/Practitioner MSc/Post Grad Diploma with evidence of clinical competencies sign off.
• We would welcome non nursing candidates with the relevant qualifications and clinical skills.
• Level 7 Module of Advanced clinical assessment and management (30 credits).
• Consultation skills.
• Prescribing
• Confidence in managing a variety of acute presentations
• Someone who is proactive, compassionate, and patient-centred

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary care
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Knowledge of the EMIS system
• A team player with excellent communication skills

Experience

Essential

• Registered Nurse: Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC.
• Advanced Clinical Skills: Demonstrated advanced clinical decision-making, assessment, and management skills.
• Prescribing Qualification: Independent prescribing qualification (e.g., V300) and experience in prescribing medications safely and effectively
• Education: Evidence of continued professional development, including relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g, MSc in Advanced Practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary care
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Knowledge of EMIS

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered 1st General nurse OR BSc
• Advanced Nurse/Practitioner MSc/Post Grad Diploma with evidence of clinical competencies sign off.
• We would welcome non nursing candidates with the relevant qualifications and clinical skills.
• Level 7 Module of Advanced clinical assessment and management (30 credits).
• Consultation skills.
• Prescribing
• Confidence in managing a variety of acute presentations
• Someone who is proactive, compassionate, and patient-centred

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary care
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Knowledge of the EMIS system
• A team player with excellent communication skills

Experience

Essential

• Registered Nurse: Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council NMC.
• Advanced Clinical Skills: Demonstrated advanced clinical decision-making, assessment, and management skills.
• Prescribing Qualification: Independent prescribing qualification (e.g., V300) and experience in prescribing medications safely and effectively
• Education: Evidence of continued professional development, including relevant postgraduate qualifications e.g, MSc in Advanced Practice.

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary care
• Experience of working in a GP Practice
• Knowledge of EMIS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Firth Park Surgery

Address

400 Firth Park Road

Firth Park

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S5 6HH

Employer's website

https://www.firthparksurgery.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)