Advanced Nurse Practitioner needed at Aylesbury (Visa Sponsorship Available)

Clinical Responsibilities:

In accordance with the practice timetable, the ANP will work autonomously, delivering care within their scope of practice to the patient population.

• Contributing towards clinical areas such as health promotion, chronic disease management, health prevention, and well-woman and well-man clinics, as well as supporting the management team in the review of clinical policy and procedure.
• Manage patients presenting with a range of acute and chronic medical conditions, providing subject matter expert advice to patients
• Implement and evaluate individual specialized treatment plans for chronic disease patients
• Identify, manage, and support patients at risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patient’s health
• Provide advanced, specialist nursing care to patients as required in accordance with clinical-based evidence, NICE, and the NSF
• Provide wound care (ulcer/Doppler, etc.) to patients
• Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing, contraception, etc.
• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
• Provide travel medicine services
• Request pathology services as necessary
• Process and interpret pathology and other test results as required
• Provide chronic disease clinics, delivering patient care as necessary, referring patients to secondary/specialist care as required
• Maintain accurate clinical records in conjunction with extant legislation
• Ensure read codes are used effectively
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Prioritize health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognize, assess, and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Implement vaccination programs for adults and children
• Delegate clinical responsibilities appropriately (ensuring safe practice and the task is within the scope of practice of the individual)
• Support the clinical team with all safeguarding matters, in accordance with local and national policies
• Understand practice and local policies for substance abuse and addictive behaviour, referring patients appropriately
• Deliver opportunistic health promotion where appropriate
• Extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over-the-counter medicines (within their own scope of practice), reviewing annually as required
• Contribute to practice targets (QOF, etc.), complying with local and regional guidance
• Liaise with external services/agencies to ensure the patient is supported appropriately (vulnerable patients, etc.)