About Us:
The Confederation, Hillingdon CIC works with General Practice and other healthcare providers to deliver its vision for Hillingdon to deliver the best primary care outcomes for patients in the whole of London. We are a not-for-profit community interest company. The Confederation works to develop and support individual GP practices, PCNs and Neighbourhoods and their changing needs. We deliver excellent clinical services ourselves both at scale and complementary to General Practice. We are the provider representative voice for local General Practice into the wider NHS and other Partners. We are of the NHS but independent, innovative and transformational.
The Confederation determines to develop as an attractive place to work, providing rewarding roles and opportunities to grow in order to attract and retain great staff that in turn delivers our vision.
Our Values:
Job Summary:
We have a new and exciting opportunity to appoint an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our dynamic and friendly operations team. The post-holder will have the opportunity to work in our Same Day Urgent Care service. You will be dealing with a wide range of patient health needs across the local area. You will be supported in your role through the clinical leads across the services you are working in as well as an experienced and friendly management and administration team. Hillingdon celebrates working in partnership to achieve positive outcomes for patients whilst creating a positive work environment. Working in Hillingdon also means you have access to our outstanding training hub providing support and development to clinicians working in the area.
This post may require you to travel between sites within the borough of Hillingdon as and when required you must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and hold pin and a certificate of completion of training.
Primary Responsibilities
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In accordance with the services needs the post-holder will make him/her-self available to undertake a variety of advanced nurse practitioner duties including prescribing medication, medical cervical smear tests, post-operative dressings, HRT reviews, Pill Checks, Immunisations, BP checks, asthma checks and diabetic reviews and spirometry if trained.
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Assessing the health needs of patients with chronic health needs and using your own judgment to assess whether further input is needed.
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Screening patients for disease risk factors and early signs of illness.
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Contributing to QOF requirements and recording data appropriately.
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Contributing to PCN requirements and recording data appropriately.
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In consultation with patients and in line with current practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for health related illnesses.
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Screening patients for health education.
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Admitting and discharging patients to and from the caseload and referring to other care providers as appropriate.
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Recording clear and contemporaneous consultation notes to agreed standards.
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Collecting data for audit purposes and contributing to the practice audit programme as required.
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Take responsibility for some aspects of the clinical work within the team, for example: coordinating aspects of governance, QOF, enhanced services, CPD and keeping clinical protocols up to date.
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In general, the post holder will be expected to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a practice nurse working within primary care, as set by Royal College Nursing and the Nursing and Midwifery Council and councils applicable to the staff within the practice, Department of Health, Clinical Commissioning Groups and all other regulatory and standard setting organisations.
Collaborative Working Relationships:
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Foster and maintain strong links with all services across the PCN and neighbouring networks.
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Explores the potential for collaborative working and takes opportunities to initiate and sustain such relationships.
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Demonstrates use of appropriate communication to gain the co-operation of relevant stakeholders (including patients, senior and peer colleagues, and other professionals, other NHS/private organisations e.g. CCGs).
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Can recognise personal limitations and refer to more appropriate colleague(s) when necessary.
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Liaises with other stakeholders as needed for the collective benefit of patients.
Professional Development:
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Work with your line manager to undertake continual personal and professional development, taking an active part in reviewing and developing the role and responsibilities.
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Involved in one to one meetings with line manager monthly to discuss targets and outcomes achieved.
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Adhere to organisational policies and procedures, including confidentiality, safeguarding, lone working, information governance, and health and safety.
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Review yearly progress and develop clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required:
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Recognises priorities when problem-solving and identifies deviations from normal pattern and can refer to seniors when appropriate.
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Able to follow legal, ethical, professional and organisational policies/procedures and codes of conduct.
Education, Training and Development:
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Understands and demonstrates the characteristics of a role model to members in the team and/or service.
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Demonstrates self-development through continuous professional development activity.
Leadership:
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Demonstrate understanding of, and contributes to, the workplace vision.
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Demonstrates ability to improve quality within limitations of service. Reviews yearly progress and develops clear plans to achieve results within priorities set by others.
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Demonstrate ability to motivate self to achieve goals.
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Promotes diversity and equality in people management techniques and leads by example.
Health and Safety/Risk Management:
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The post-holder must comply at all times with all local Health and Safety policies, in particular by following agreed safe working procedures and reporting incidents using the organisations Incident Reporting System.
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The post-holder will comply with the Data Protection Act (1984) and the Access to Health Records Act (1990).
Equality and Diversity:
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The post-holder must co-operate with all policies and procedures designed to ensure equality of employment. Co-workers, patients and visitors must be treated equally irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion etc.
Patient Confidentiality:
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The post holder must at all times respect patient confidentiality and, in particular, the confidentiality of electronically stored personal data in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation and in keeping with Hillingdon Primary Care Confederation Information Governance Policy and procedures.
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The post holder should not divulge patient information unless sanctioned by the line manager and required for the role.
Communication & Working Relationships:
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The post-holder will establish and maintain effective communication pathways at all times with project team members.
Special Working Conditions:
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The post-holder is required to travel independently between sites (where applicable), and to attend meetings etc. hosted by other agencies.
Job Description Agreement:
This job description is intended to provide an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities only. There may be other duties required of the post-holder commensurate with the position. This description will be open to regular review and may be amended to take into account development within The Confederation. All members of staff should be prepared to take on additional duties or relinquish existing duties in order to maintain the efficient running of the service or function.
This job description is intended as a basic guide to the scope and responsibilities of the post and is not exhaustive. It will be subject to regular review and amendment as necessary in consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria:
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Able to carry out duties with or without premises adaptation
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NMC registration
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Nurse Prescribing Qualification
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Experience of working within the NHS, with general public & team working
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Well developed IT skills and an enthusiasm for new applications and software
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Good time management and highly organised
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Ability to use initiative, judgement, resourcefulness, common sense and local knowledge
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Interest in quality improvement work
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Able to obtain and analyse complex technical information
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Recognises priorities when problem solving and identifies deviations from the normal pattern and is able to refer to seniors when appropriate
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Able to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
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Experience working within primary care
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Certificates for Practice Nurse Training and cervical Smears Training with relevant registration numbers.
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Work effectively independently and as a team member
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Demonstrates accountability for delivering professional expertise and direct service provision
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Immunisation status - Hep B / MMR
Desirable Criteria:
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Other postgraduate qualifications (Minor Surgery, Education, Family planning etc)
