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Location

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | United Kingdom

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Job description

A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

Registered Adult Nurse registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC)

Hold an Advanced Nurse Practitioner qualification

Can show evidence of using autonomous physical examination and assessment skills in practice

Can demonstrate a broad and sound knowledge of complex and common conditions in primary care in adults

Knowledge and experience of QOF desirable
• Develop, implement and embed health promotion and wellbeing programmes
• Identify, manage and support patients as risk of developing long-term conditions, preventing adverse effects on the patients’ health
• Provide wound care
• Provide specialist clinics such as ear syringing etc.
• Undertake the collection of pathological specimens
• 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
• Maintain chronic disease registers
• Develop, implement and embed well man clinics
• Develop, implement and embed an effective call/recall system
• Prioritise health issues and intervene appropriately
• Support the team in dealing with clinical emergencies
• Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs
• Be part of the implementation of vaccination programmes in concordance with the Practice Nurse Lead
• Be an extended and supplementary prescriber, adhering to extant guidance
• Support patients in the use of their prescribed medicines or over the counter medicines (within 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.)

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
• Act as an audit lead, effectively utilising the audit cycle and developing the health champion role
• Monitor and ensure the safe storage, rotation and disposal of medicaments
• Participate in local initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient care
• Support and participate in shared learning within the practice
• Develop an area of specialist interest, taking the lead within the practice
• Continually review clinical practices, responding to national policies and initiatives where appropriate
• Participate in the review of significant and near-miss events applying a structured approach i.e., root cause analysis (RCA)
• Drive the development of nursing services within the practice, liaising with external agencies and professional organisations as required
• Develop practice administrative and clinical protocols in line with the needs of the patient and current legislation
• Be part of the management of the nursing team, providing guidance when necessary, acting as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff
• Assist in orientation and support to new staff to the units.
• Support junior staff with supervision and development.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Feb 2024

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