Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Blandford Medical Centre has a fantastic opportunity for an advanced nurse practitioner to join our busy training practice to work closely with a great team of supportive clinicians. The successful candidate will support our busy triage team in booking and allocating appointments as well as running their own clinic in the afternoon. 

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Independently prescribing appropriate medication, evaluating and referring to other specialists and services as necessary.
• Manage patients presenting with a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions.
• Implement specialist treatment plans for chronic disease patients.
• Provide advanced specialist care to patients as required.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure read codes are used effectively.
• Support the team with clinical emergencies.
• Request and review pathology test/results.
• Review and update clinical letters and discharge summaries.

• Be a registered first level nurse, MSc or equivalent, holding current registration with the NMC
• Master degree level qualification
• Hold an independent prescriber qualification
• Hold a mentor/teaching qualification
• Have clinical supervision training
• Have advanced clinical practice skills
• Be able to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Be confident in leading in a variety of settings: your leadership of others will also enable you to use and further develop your teaching and mentoring experience/qualifications
• Be forward-thinking and will strive to develop innovative ideas and new ways of working, that address the health needs of the practice, whilst motivating and encouraging others to do the same
• Be an excellent communicator and collaborator
• Embrace opportunities to work and liaise with others, across multi-professional and multi-agency boundaries, in the interests of improving patient outcomes
• Be consistently compassionate and respectful, placing a high value on the dignity of patients, relatives, carers and colleagues.
• Experience working in primary care is desirable.
• Systm One experience would also be preferred but is not essential as training can be provided.
• Use of AccuRx or PATCHs total triage systems would be beneficial.

• NHS pension
• Competitive rates of pay
• 6 weeks annual leave.