Advanced Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Clinical Practitioner

Job summary

Core Values:

To treat our patients as we would want our family to be treated

Treat our team as we would want to be treated

Guiding

#weareACCE (Accountable,Credible,Compassionate andEmpowered)

Main duties of the job

What we can offer:

Accessible locations; 30-minutes from Leeds, Selby, York

A mix of face-to-face and telephone appointments

In-house Pharmacy, Cardiology and Paediatric Nurse team

R&D Team

Opportunities for additional training and development

Morning huddles; an opportunity to meet up with colleagues

Competitive pay and bonuses

Training practice medical students, FY2, GP Trainees

Tier 2 Visa Sponsorship Accreditation

Want to know more? Drop Sarah an email to arrange an informal chat or site visit ([email protected])

About us

Do our Core Values and Guiding Principles align with our own? Then why not come and join us here at Health Care First? We are proud to be one of the largest general practices serving the local population of Castleford, Ferrybridge, Methley and Normanton. With over 29,900 patients, we put our community and our people at the heart of decision making.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the full copy of the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about the role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Undergraduate Degree in Nursing
• Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Practice, with Digital Badge/RCN Credentials (or willingness to work towards)
• Postgraduate Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice
• Mentor/teaching qualification
• Clinical supervision training and experience
• Current NMC Registration (inc. Independent Non-Medical Prescriber)

Desirable

• Community nursing specialist qualification
• Urgent Care
• Long Term Conditions

Experience

Essential

• Relevant clinical experience post-registration
• Recent secondary care, primary care or community experience
• Management of minor illness, minor ailments and injuries
• Clinical triage
• Compiling procedures and clinical guidelines
• Leadership in quality initiatives, such as clinical benchmarking
• Leading a team
• Audit and research

Desirable

• Project management
• Working with community development initiatives
• Health needs assessment

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Clinical leadership skills
• Communication skills, both written and verbal
• Communication of difficult messages to patients and families
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Change management
• Teaching and mentorship in a clinical setting
• Advanced clinical practice skills
• Management of patients with long term conditions
• Management of patients with complex needs
• Clinical examination skills
• Accountability of own role and other roles in a primary care setting
• Local and national health policy
• Wider health economy
• Clinical governance issues in primary care
• Patient group directions and associated policy
• Self-directed and enthusiastic practitioner
• Highly motivated and a team player
• Flexibility
• Ability to work across boundaries

Desirable

• Knowledge of public health issues
• Able to identify determinants on health in the area
• Knowledge of public health issues in the area