Job summary
To provide the practice patients with access to both scheduled and unscheduled care provision. The aim of the role is to:
- Deliver convenient accessible care
- Provide assessment, differential diagnosis and treatments of acute episodes of minor health and minor injury conditions
- Work in partnership with patients in agreeing management plans
- Promote self care in order that patients are empowered to manage their own health needs
Responsibilities
- Work as an autonomous practitioner, providing completed episodes of care to individuals
- Work within agreed guidelines and protocols where they exist and make autonomous decisions in the absence of guidelines
- Prescribe within knowledge and skills and in accordance with national and local guidelines
- work within scope of practice and draw on relevant experience to deliver quality patient care
- Work in partnership with other health and social care providers
- Provide patients with the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development of the service
- Day to day clinical management of the nursing/practitioner team
Requirements
- Experience of working as an advanced practitioner in UK general practice
- NMC or practitioner registration
- Confident managing a broad range of acute conditions
- Prescriber
- Experience of face-to-face, telephone and online consultations
- Some experience of undertaking home visits and caring for housebound patients
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of safeguarding, clinical governance and safe prescribing
- Able to manage workload independently while knowing when to seek support
- Experience of/interest in managing a small nursing/practitioner team
- Evidence of continuing professional development
About us
Fairfield Medical Centre is a well-established, friendly, forward thinking training practice and has a well organised and dedicated team, with strong nursing and administrative support.
We are looking for an advanced nurse or paramedical practitioner to join the team from March 2027. The role includes managing the nursing team, some home visits and dealing with all administration generated within the role.
The Practice:
- GMS practice
- Training practice
- List size circa 10,000
- Five partners, two salaried GPs, an advanced nurse practitioner, a paramedic practitioner, one practice nurses, two HCAs, one first contact physiotherapist, two clinical pharmacists and two pharmacy technicians
- A dedicated administrative team
- High QOF achievers
- EMIS Web clinical system
- CQC rating – good on all indicators
Benefits package
- Remuneration package in keeping with skills and experience levels
- Free car parking
- A great team
- Socials and cake
How to apply
In writing please to the practice manager – [email protected]
If you would like an informal chat about the role or the practice – please call us on; 01372 455450 and ask to speak to Audrey.
And if you would like to visit the practice – just let us know.