Nurse Practitioner

Job summary

Provide a holistic approach to patients, including assessment, diagnosis, planning and implementation of high-quality care.

To work collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of patients using evidence based care principals. Liaising with the Nursing & AHP Clinical lead, responsible for ensuring required audits are completed and all practice staff comply with local and national policy.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made."

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide autonomous urgent care to patients who present to the Health Centre.

The post holder will:

• Work across NPC Wellway sites, we have surgeries at Morpeth, Pegswood, Lynemouth & Newbiggin
• Be able to work autonomously within an extended nurse practitioner role.
• Provide a holistic approach to individuals including assessment, diagnosis, planning and implementation of high quality care up to the point of discharge or referral to another specialty
• Support to manage the department- HR responsibilities- Contribute to the business planning process
• Supervise and educate junior staff
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promoteownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

About us

Northumbria Primary Care Ltd (NPC) is a pioneering partnership with local GPs and now manages several GP practices with around 120,000 registered patients in Northumberland and North Tyneside.

Whilst appointees will have a base practice within NPC,they may be asked to work at other practices across our group. We do however limit this as much as possible as we appreciate continuity is vital to effective primary care.

Please note that NPC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

Make sure to read the 'NPC Candidate Pack' before submitting your application and make sure you know everything there is to know before applying to join our fantastic organisation.

Job responsibilities

• Contributes to the work of the Health Centre through the provision of quality evidenced based nursing care and the appropriate use and deployment of resources
• To practice autonomously
• To provide autonomous critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning when making clinical decisions
• Undertake the management of patients over a period of time and organise appropriate services, as well as delivering direct patient care
• Responsible for the co-ordination of nursing staff on duty
• Works collaboratively with other health and social care professionals across professional boundaries to ensure safe and effective practice
• Helps to facilitate new developments and innovations through planning and the nurse education process
• This is a suitable post for an individual with established skills to develop and extend advanced clinical skills and demonstrate managerial ability.
• Registered Mentor

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